Tropicolor World Tour 2016 Color Run benefits Akron Children’s Hospital

June 11, 2016 at 4:38p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

It’s been said that a pot of gold lies at the end of the rainbow.

No gold nuggets awaited Paula Barrett when she crossed the finish line in a benefit race, however, but she took home many other rewards.

“I did the whole race. It was just a fun thing to do,” said the 73-year-old Poland woman, who finished her run decked out in extra red, orange, yellow, green and blue corn-starch powder that had been tossed on her T-shirt as she ran.

Barrett was referring to having been among the estimated 3,000 people of all ages who took part in Saturday morning’s Tropicolor World Tour 2016 Color Run 5-kilometer race, which began at the Covelli Centre near downtown.

Proceeds from the race, which took runners through much of downtown as well as along the Market Street Bridge and back to the Covelli Centre, are to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley, noted JoAnn Stock, ACH’s senior director of development.

The race brought in between $10,000 and $12,000 each of the last three years, Stock explained, adding that this year’s goal is $30,000. The funds will go toward the hospital’s programs and wellness services, she continued.