Cashion Kicks Off 'Color Me Spring' Festival With 5K Run

Next Saturday, the town of Cashion will celebrate the start of the spring season with a day-long festival full of food, fun and family-friendly activities.

The Color Me Spring Festival raises money for the Cashion Community Relations and Beautification Fund, and this year's proceeds will go to main street road improvements, lamp posts and new sidewalks.

The festival kicks off with a breakfast and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. This year's festival includes a new event, the Color Me Spring 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run, which will start at 9 a.m. After the run, community members and visitors have the opportunity to donate blood at the Cashion Fire Station. The blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. While at the fire station, participants can enjoy face painting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and a Chili Cook-Off and station tours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The festival continues on Main Street from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. with food, door prizes, craft vendors, a Chicken Plop, flower sales and more. The final event of the day is dancing and food on Main Street from 6:30 p.m. to midnight.

For festival booth entry information, contact the Cashion Town Hall at 405-433-2243 or Jennifer Firgard at 405-433-3016.

Visit the Color Me Spring Festival Facebook page.

Color Me Spring 5K/1 Mile Fun Run Registration and Event Details

5K Pre-Registration: Before 3/20/14 - $20; Race Day - $25

1 Mile Pre-Registration: Before 3/20/14 - $15; Race Day - $20

Registration and packet pick-up will begin at 8 a.m. on March 22 at the Cashion Town Hall, located at 102 S. Main Street. The race will begin at 9 a.m. at the corner of ESS Blvd. and Main Street. Runners will race routes through downtown and residential areas. Racers in the 5K run are encouraged to wear white, because they will be splashed with powdered colors while they run.

Run awards include cash and certificate prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. All entries will be entered into a door prize drawing at the end of the race.

Click here for more Color Me Spring Run details, rules and entry forms.

Additional information is available by calling the Cashion Town Hall at 405-433-2243 or Jennifer Stone at 580-370-5277.