3rd annual Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk ~ Saint Francis Foundation

Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian

Monday, October 4, 2021

Saint Francis Foundation held the 3rd annual Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. The race began at 10 a.m., with all proceeds benefitting the Dig for Life program at Saint Francis, which provides free cancer screenings for the four major cancers in the area: lung, prostate, colon and breast.

A group of participants are seen coming down the home stretch of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
A participant is blasted with green chalk during the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
Participants run through a cloud of green chalk during the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
A participant throws his hands up in celebration as Saint Francis Foundation employees and volunteers splash him with green chalk when he passes during the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)

Saint Francis Foundation employees refill cups with colored chalk to dump on participants as they cross the finish line of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
A group of participants throws their hands up in celebration as they prepare to cross the finish line of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
A participant approaches the finish line of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
A participant approaches the finish line of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
A participant is blasted with colored chalk as he crosses the finish line of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)

Participants are blasted with colored chalk as they cross the finish line of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
Participants are blasted with colored chalk as they cross the finish line of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
Saint Francis Foundation employees sit at a table and watch as racers cross the finish line to record each racers individual time and overall place in the 3rd annual Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
A participant throws her arms out and laughs as she crosses the finish line of the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
A mother and son are covered in colored chalk after participating in the 3rd annual Saint Francis Foundation Color Dash 5k and Fun Walk Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)