The Community Futures Dinosaur Marathon, in five years, has contributed $75,000 to the Badlands Community Facility, including this year’s $21,000 donation to the Badlands Community Facility Fundraising Cabinet. At the presentation are (l-r) Hansine Kostelecky of the BCF Fundraising Cabinet, Jens Madsen of the Dinosaur Marathon, Heather Colberg and Kim Suntjens of the BCF Fundraising Cabinet and Colin Kloot of the Dinosaur Marathon.
The Community Futures Dinosaur Marathon is continuing its support for the Badlands Community Facility and this year gave $21,000 to the BCF fundraising effort.
On Thursday, November 20, organizers of the road race presented the Badlands Community Facility Fundraising Cabinet the donation from this year's events.
This puts the Marathon's five year total contribution up to $75,000.
"We are honoured to have the participation and support of the local community, the local businesses, the town, the RCMP, and all the sponsors we have,” said member of the race committee Colin Kloot. “We continue to do this for the betterment of the general population of the town and to bring people into the valley.”
The annual event hit a benchmark this year. To celebrate its fifth run, organizers introduced a full marathon to go along with the family 5k fun run, the Encana 10k and the Community Futures Dinosaur Half Marathon.
“We all agree the marathon event will continue and we believe it was a success, and the feedback we have had from participants was very positive. Everybody loved the routes,” said Kloot. "We are really pleased.”
The marathon event remains committed to supporting the fundraising efforts for the Badlands Community Facility.
“Next year our goal is to have our donation to the Badlands Community Facility exceed the $100,000 mark," said Kloot. “This donation today brings us up to $75,000, so we set our goal for better than the $21,000 we are giving this year."
“Our ultimate game plan is to ensure there is a continuation of the event into the infinite future.”
