Cedar Way PTO – Fun Run Committee

Cedar Way Elementary

22222 39th Ave West

Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043

To: Mountlake Terrace and Surrounding Area Businesses and Organizations

Subject: Mountlake Terrace 5K Fun Run/Walk – July 28, 2012

We are excited to announce that our school, Cedar Way Elementary (CWE), is teaming up with the Tour de Terrace of Mountlake Terrace to promote the first annual Mountlake Terrace 5K Fun Run/Walk! This runwill start and end at Mountlake Terrace High School, while winding its way through the scenic back roads of Mountlake Terrace and through the new CWE playground (installed in the summer of 2011 with community support). The proceeds from this Fun Run will benefit CWE and the other area elementary schools in Mountlake Terrace.

CWE had great success when we reached out to our community to win a national grant sponsored by Pepsi.What we realized during that process is how supportive our community is of providing funding for adequate education, safe places for our children to play, and enriching activities. We are hoping that if we sponsor an annual community-wide event, we can create an activity that:

  • encourages parent groups to work together to financially support the local publicschools,
  • improves our civic life and brings people together, and
  • draws people to our wonderful city so they see what a great community we have.

Our goal is to have200 participants at this inaugural race. We will be charging $25/participant ($20 for kids 6-17), which will include a race-day T-shirt. However, we still need your help. Cedar Way PTO is hoping to obtain $3,000 worth of sponsorships from area businesses to help us offset the costs of the Fun Run.

  • Gold ($300): Large logo (approx. 3”x3”) on backof T-shirt + be part of our advertisement in the MLT news + Bronze-level acknowledgement!
  • Silver ($200): Smaller logo (approx. 1.5” x 1.5”) on back of T-shirt+ Bronze-level acknowledgement.
  • Bronze ($100 OR provide a monetary donation, raffle item or in-kind donations of water, fruit or other snacks for participants): We will acknowledge your participation on our website, print your name on our T-shirt, and on a bannerat our event. You can set up a table at the event to display literature.

If you cannot provide us with any sponsorship, there are other ways you can support our event.You can:

  • support a team from your company to participate and choose a school to dedicate your tickets.
  • allow us to leave flyers so that your customers can learn about our event.
  • volunteer. We need as many volunteers as possible on the day of the fun run to staff the registration table, the start line, along the course route at intersections, and at the finish line. Please contact Joy Muller or Molly Luna at .

For more information, please visit our website at:

We appreciate your consideration,

CWE Parent Teacher Organization, Fun Run Committee: Molly Luna, Joy Muller, Mia Fisher, Taira Rink