Colour Fun for the College Community

Colour Fun

for the College Community

By Nicole Roache, Marketing Manager

The inaugural Fulfilling Lives Colour Dash, the brainchild of Head of Senior School Simon Young, was a fantastic day for the College community. Mr Young advocated strongly for the event, even getting showered with colour by a group of Prefects at assembly, in a suit. When this video hit social media, the Colour Dash was always going to be a success. The Main Oval at Senior School was a sight to behold on Sunday 24 February, as hundreds of children of all ages, and the occasional dog and adult, were showered with colour for a cause.

Groups of Prefects threw handfuls of coloured powder at the runners as they ran, jogged and screamed to each station. It was a short course, so the runners had plenty of opportunities to dash through the colour, layering green on blue, on red and purple. There were plenty of coloured clothes, faces and smiles by the end of the morning.

Along the side of the oval were refreshments such as sausages, cakes, Zooper Doopers, lollies and drinks to keep the energy levels high, and there was a coffee cart for the observers. At the end of the dash, there was a lone man with a leaf blower, blowing the leftover powder from the pristine grass. By the next day, you would never have known it had happened. It was, of course, Mr Young. The Fulfilling Lives Colour Dash raised funds for the communities visited during the Year 10 Fulfilling Lives program, in South East Asia, Central Australia and Arnhem Land.

It certainly was a colourful day for all involved and we look forward to the next one!