Colour run guide
- Send a note to your community including information about Rare Disorders Month and how people can get involved. Give details about the colour run and any other events you are organising to get people involved.
- As you may have group members across Aotearoa, you could ask members to organise colour runs in their own towns or cities. Send them this guide for more information.
- Ask participants to bring old clothes they feel comfortable running in and getting paint on. To align with the #GlowUpShowUp theme, encourage participants to dress in bright or neon coloured clothes and accessories where possible.
- In the note to your database, ask people who are able to bring a koha for Rare Disorders NZ, and include a link to the RDNZ donation page.
- Editable posters are available for download here. Use this template to include information about your own colour run.
- A colour run is usually 5km, but this could be adjusted depending on ability. Set up stations around the run where volunteers can throw the paint powder on participants.
- You could incorporate a colour run into an existing community event, like a Park Run or
fair. - Powder paint is available from Creative Classrooms and holipowder.nz.
- Take a photo of participants in their post-colour run #GlowUpShowUp attire, and post it on your social media accounts, website, newsletters, and any of your other channels.
- After the event contact RDNZadmin@raredisorders.org.nz to organise transfer of donations and send in your photos.
