2023 Jog-A-Thon is on Friday, April 21, 2023
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Why Jog-A-Thon?
Aside from supporting continued efforts to provide excellence in education through students’ year-round enrichment programs (e.g., Math and Reading curriculum, Running Club, STEM Enrichment Programs, music and drama presentations, and more!), our annual Jog-A-Thon is both fun and an opportunity for every student to get involved, to show their school spirit and pride.
Fundraising
Student sponsorship donations this year will be done through a new to us platform called PledgeStar. Signing up for an account and requesting donations is super user friendly, just follow the below instructions.
- To make a PledgeStar account for your family, go to — we ask that you hold off on creating a PledgeStar account until April 3, 2023. We will update this site with instructions then.
- Click “Not Registered for this event?”
- Create a family account by entering a parent/guardian name and email address and choosing a password and prefered language.
- Follow the step by step instructions to enter your Tiger(s) as joggers.
- Personalize the pledge request letter.
- Add family and friends contact information.
- Share your donation request via text, email or on social media!
For anyone who would like to make a general donation to the school (e.g., a member of the Sandburg community), feel free to use our general PayPal donation page.
Spirit Days
Please note that the Tuesdays and Thursdays leading up to Jog-A-Thon are Spirit Days. Tuesdays are blue and yellow day, so wear your blue and yellow colors to show your spirit. Thursdays are themed dress-up days (TBD). Remember to wear your Jog-A-Thon wristbands, too!
Warm-up Dance
Students will begin learning this year’s Jog-A-Thon warm-up dance by following along with a video, we will share the link here when it is available. Be sure to have fun with the dance, and practice at home. A special thank you goes out to Mira Mesa High School Dance Team who so generously choreographed and filmed this year’s dance!
Announcements
Waivers
We have a lot in store for you and we are looking forward to working together to make this year’s Jog-A-Thon the best one yet. We hope to have everyone participate, which is why it is important to have every student’s waiver form signed prior to Jog-A-Thon. Please visit http://bit.ly/JATwaiver2023 to complete your student’s form. If your student’s name is no longer showing in the drop down, that means we already have received a signed waiver for them.
T-shirts
5th grader designs have been received and a winner has been chosen! Now, the wait. The winning design will be revealed the Day Of Jog-A-Thon when everyone receives their Jog-A-Thon T-shirt. Stay tuned!
Volunteers
Join the Jog-A-Thon Committee and help support our Tigers! Whether you have a few minutes or an hour, we would love your help. If this is something that interests you, please email volunteer@sandburgfoundation.org or feel free to join us at our Jog-A-Thon Committee meetings that take place during the Sandburg Foundation Engagement monthly meetings on the first Thursday of each month.
A roaring thank you to this year’s Jog-A-Thon Sponsors!
Connect
Join the Sandburg Elementary Tiger Den Facebook page to keep up to date with announcements and connect with fellow Sandburg Tiger families.
Questions? Please see our FAQs for assistance or contact us at jogathon@sandburgfoundation.org.
Want to see what our Jog-A-Thon is all about? Check out the video below from the 2022 Jog-A-Thon!
SANDBURG ROCKS! GO TIGERS!