NewsOctober 12, 2019
Runners and walkers came out to the Saint Francis Foundation’s first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Race coordinator Ashley Gentry said funds raised from the race go to the Dig for Life program which provides free screenings for the top four cancers in the area including lung, prostate, colon and breast. The dash consisted of a 5K race and a walking event.
Lindsay Adams of Cape Girardeau gets covered in coloring during a group color toss at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. 
Lindsay Adams of Cape Girardeau gets covered in coloring during a group color toss at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. 
Kateryna Elefson, 12, of Jackson, gets covered in blue coloring at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Kateryna Elefson, 12, of Jackson, gets covered in blue coloring at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Color Dash participants throw color into the air following the race at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Color Dash participants throw color into the air following the race at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Brittany Koch, 17, of Jackson, high fives a person tossing color along the route of the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Brittany Koch, 17, of Jackson, high fives a person tossing color along the route of the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
A color thrower holds a container of blue along the route of the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
A color thrower holds a container of blue along the route of the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Roger Ellinger of Chaffee, Missouri, gets into a downfall of blue at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Roger Ellinger of Chaffee, Missouri, gets into a downfall of blue at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Bobbie Jo Cathcart of Jackson takes part in the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Bobbie Jo Cathcart of Jackson takes part in the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
James Diveley of New Bloomfield, Missouri, and his son Cade Diveley, 1, play in a bag of red coloring at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
James Diveley of New Bloomfield, Missouri, and his son Cade Diveley, 1, play in a bag of red coloring at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Katelin Oswald of Cape Girardeau takes part in the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Katelin Oswald of Cape Girardeau takes part in the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Ryan Simmons of Cape Girardeau is covered in blue at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Ryan Simmons of Cape Girardeau is covered in blue at the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Jessica Boyd of Marble Hill, Missouri, and her daughter Brissa Boyd, 7, take part in the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
Jessica Boyd of Marble Hill, Missouri, and her daughter Brissa Boyd, 7, take part in the Saint Francis Foundation's first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Runners and walkers came out to the Saint Francis Foundation’s first Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Race coordinator Ashley Gentry said funds raised from the race go to the Dig for Life program which provides free screenings for the top four cancers in the area including lung, prostate, colon and breast. The dash consisted of a 5K race and a walking event.

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