📸 Love, Chloe Family Fun Run — Saturday, April 20, 2024
Posted Apr 23, 2024 12:52 PM
Runners begin the Love, Chloe Family Fun Run early Saturday morning, April 20, near the intersection of Ash Street and Santa Fe Avenue. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier
By OLIVIA BERGMEIER Lead Reporter - Salina Post
More than 600 runners gathered in downtown Salina on Saturday for the 2024 Love, Chloe Family Fun Run, which offered three different race routes for families and individual runners to enjoy.
Anna Albers, middle, races over to tag Daryan Dickerson, left, after getting tagged by Ryan Harman, badge number 365 on the right, and Hunter Harman, 7, badge number 366, on Saturday, April 20, at the 2024 Love, Chloe Fun Run in Salina. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier
Heidi Feyerherm-Smith, the founder and executive director of the Love, Chloe Foundation, said the race had about 540 total entries last year, but the final entries totaled 680 this year.
Zane Weis, 11, left, sprints to the finish line with his father, Michael Weis, right, during the 2024 Love, Chloe Family Fun Run on Saturday, April 20, in downtown Salina. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier
About 600 entries were in-person runners, while the rest counted as virtual.
Runners race down Santa Fe Avenue for the 2024 Love, Chloe Family Fun Run for various races including a one-mile fun run/walk, a 5K run/walk and a complete 10K course for runners on Saturday, April 20, in downtown Salina. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier
The funds raised from the event will go directly toward helping families with children battling cancer — ranging from holiday packages to providing funds for food and gas expenses when traveling to and from cancer treatments.
The 2024 Love, Chloe Family Fun Run sign near the City Lights Stage on Saturday, April 20, in downtown Salina. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier
Signs with the stories of various children helped by the Love, Chloe Foundation lined Santa Fe Avenue and the rest of the race course to show runners the people that the organization assists on Saturday, April 20, in downtown Salina. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier
