Run Run Run Corona

“Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona”

We all know the lyrics, or at least the chorus, to this super popular 1970’s song!  And most likely you have heard the recent parody of this song.  If you have not, SPOILER ALERT, it includes needing toilet paper!  But all fun and joking aside the Corona Virus is affecting everyone’s life.  Besides staying home and quarantining ourselves, which is super important, why not find a way to carry on and engage others in a challenge while practicing “physical distancing” and inspiring healthy behaviors.  Welcome – Run Run Run Corona!

This challenge is a wonderful way to practice physical distancing, giving to your local community, and encouraging a healthy well being. Run Run Run Corona is a virtual challenge that can be a 1 Mile Fun Run, 5K, 10K, 21K, or whatever you would like to make it!  It also means you are in total control of  how and where you participate. The details are  below and the best part is that all the proceeds from this challenge will go directly to our local King Ferry Food Pantry! (How awesome is that!?)

Here is how it works:

Step 1: You sign up!  You will be asked as a part of the sign up process to share at least on kind of happiness you recently discovered while living through this current Pandemic.  Then you donate to the King Ferry Food Pantry.  Easy peasy!

Step 2: When it’s go time, after you register, you go for a walk, jog, run,bike or whatever you want! Wherever you want! Get outside and enjoy this beautiful area we live in!  Get on the treadmill and enjoy some music, a podcast, or recent Netflix bing. Find a trail you have never been on and see where it will take you…the choice is limitless and totally up to you!

Step 3: Record it and share it here on our Group Facebook page Run Run Run Corona .You can track your walk, run, jog, hike, or whatever on a smart device, or simply take a picture along the way and post it to our social media platform.

That’s it! We will share our challenge on Facebook, encourage each other, challenge each other, support each other and have fun as a community!

Did you know:

In March alone the King Ferry Food Pantry had 112 household visits and provided 5-7 day food supply!

In March the King Ferry Food Pantry also supplied food for 439 people!

With a $1 donation they can purchase 3 meals!

With $380 they can purchase 1 Ton of food!

Even though the Food Pantry enjoys people volunteering and donating goods, this is not the best time, for obvious reason.  However, with financial donations the Food Pantry has the ability to purchase from the Food Bank of CNY exactly what they need at any point in time!