At Sherwood Island State Park on Sept. 27, a 5K Fun Run called the Colorflash, organized by Phoebe’s Friends, was held to help support cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

The Colorflash is a 5K that has runners jogging close to three miles around Sherwood Island, Westport, Conn. At sections of the course, stations are set up to throw colored powder at passing runners. The powder consists of corn starch and food coloring. Runners must pay a fee of $30 to take part in the Fun Run. They also get a white T-shirt to run in, sunglasses to wear, and tutus to put on.

After people completed the run, they gathered near a DJ booth where they were handed color packets of dyed powder. During some of the songs, the DJ counted down from three to one, and all at once, the runners threw loose colored-powder into the air, dousing each other with different pigments.
Although final dollar figures were not available at press time, last year the event raised $60,000. This year’s event was even higher and the final amount raisedshould be greater than last year.
All funds are to be donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where it will used to find treatments for individual leukemia patients.