{"id":391940,"date":"2026-07-30T13:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/391940\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:15:08","slug":"back-to-school-color-run-in-plano-lets-kids-get-dirty-for-a-good-cause-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/391940\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to School Color Run in Plano lets kids get dirty for a good cause \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Plano Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting an event where kids can get dirty \u2013 all in the name of supporting others.<\/p>\n

The Chamber\u2019s Back to School Color Run event is 8 \u2013 11 a.m. on Saturday at Lathrop Park in Plano<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Registration begins at 8 a.m. The Color Run is from 8:30 to 9 a.m., and the After Party is from 9 to 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

The Chamber said proceeds from the event directly contribute to its scholarship fund, \u201cempowering our graduating high school students to achieve their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The ‘Back to School Color Run’ hosted by the Plano Area Chamber of Commerce is Aug. 1, 2026. (Photo Provided By The Plano Area Chamber of Commerce)<\/p>\n

Executive Director Tiffany Forristall said last year, the Chamber distributed more than 400 backpacks to students. Last year\u2019s event featured more than 60 runners getting covered in brightly-colored paint.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking alongside local not-for-profits, we collectively donated hundreds of backpacks, making a tangible difference in our community,\u201d Forristall said in a release.<\/p>\n

The After Party features a foam pit party, bounce house, and family-fun activities.<\/p>\n

Forristall said the event is open to families, both inside and outside the Plano School District 88<\/a>, and any businesses \u201ceager to connect with the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can learn more about the event by visiting facebook.com\/PlanoILAreaChamberOfCommerce\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Plano Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting an event where kids can get dirty \u2013 all in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[910,4196,437,1440,251,841,50343,160,162,161,11967,4119,1049,123392,23501,1441],"class_list":["post-391940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-business","tag-chamber-of-commerce","tag-economic-development","tag-kendall-county","tag-local-news","tag-nonprofits","tag-oswego","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-plano-school-district-88","tag-schools","tag-students","tag-sugar-grove","tag-volunteers","tag-yorkville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}