Save The Date! B.F. Day Move-A-Thon Friday, May 8, 2026

Annual Move-A-Thon Details

The annual Move‑A‑Thon returns on Friday, May 8, 2026 and brings together students, families, and neighbors for one of B.F. Day’s most joyful community‑building traditions. This event invites every Sun Dragon to run, walk, or dance, while moving their way around the course while raising funds that directly support school programs.

As the event gets closer, we’ll circle back with event day details like timing, costumes, bubbles and how to volunteer the day of the event. We’re planning a lively, heartwarming day that celebrates movement, community, and school spirit.

We do have three pre-event asks: group lap pledges, business and community sponsors, and committee leads.

Call For Group Pledges

Each year, parents organize a collective pledge from the community to ensure that everystudent is supported. Participants in the group pledge to sponsor every lap completed by every child, reinforcing a sense of belonging and shared accomplishment across the school. While many students also receive pledges from friends, relatives, and neighbors outside the school community, the group pledge ensures that all students know they are being cheered and that their efforts are helping the school.

Community members are invited to join this year’s group pledge by contributing one penny (or more) per student per lap. Last year, students completed approximately 7,750 laps, which would translate to a donation of about $77 for a one‑penny pledge, $154 for a two‑penny pledge, etc. The goal is to finalize the group pledge list in time to be printed on the pledge envelopes students bring home.

Please contact Cheryl at hlavac.cheryl@gmail.com if you would like to join the Group Lap Pledge.

Call For Sponsors

The Move‑A‑Thon offers a meaningful opportunity for local businesses to support B.F. Day students. If you know of a company, organization, or neighborhood business that may be interested in sponsoring or contributing to the event, please reach out to Jahna at fundraising@bfdayptsa.org. Community partnerships help strengthen the event and deepen connections between the school and the broader Wallingford  and Fremont neighborhoods.

Call For Committee Leads

The core of the committee is parents of graduating 5th Grade Sun Dragons – we will need help in the future to keep this community building and fundraising event going. A special thanks to Cheryl Hlavac, mom to a fifth grade Sun Dragon and two B.F. Day alums, for leading the event and putting the “fun” in the “Fun Run” for so many years. If you are interested in being involved in a bigger way, please reach out to Jahna at fundraising@bfdayptsa.org or Cheryl at hlavac.cheryl@gmail.com to learn more.

GO SUN DRAGONS!!