Celebrate National Dog Day with RexRun for PAWSitivity!
August 26, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
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RexRun for PAWSitivity 2023 benefiting “Back The Blue K9 Force” celebrates National Dog Day with a fun family 5K Trail run/walk event on August 26th at Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, 25690 E. Quincy Avenue, Aurora, CO US 80016.
RexRun for PAWSitivity 2023 is a fun family event committed to improving our community by providing funds for purchasing K-9’s, their much-needed protective equipment and medical needs and to support school-based therapy dog programs.
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Visit www.rexrun.com for all the details.
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Our 5K Trail run begins at 8am and is followed by the 5K Trail walk (with your dog) and a Kids Run.
After that, registered participants can enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast at the Flippin’ Flapjacks food truck!
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All day long, we will have K-9 training demonstrations and the ASCO Mounted Patrol will gallop in!
Don’t miss our dog costume contest followed by a silent and live auction!
The Kids Zone will have face painting and a balloon artist!
Vendors in the Marketplace will be handing out giveaways throughout the event!
Education classes covering pet safety, breeders, and pet insurance.
Free parking.
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K-9 Rex (the inspiration for the event) is a two-year-old black Labrador therapy dog. He and his fellow K-9’s with their handlers go to local schools to primarily offer comfort to students with special needs. Many are in crisis and are dealing with stress, anxiety and depression.
All net profits go to the law enforcement K-9’s through the 501(c)3 nonprofit, Back The Blue K-9 Force, to purchase K-9’s and their protective gear as well as provide funding for their medical needs.
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Apprehension K-9’s trained in narcotics, explosives, and electronics detection, are also funded by Back The Blue K-9 Force.
Several of the K-9’s will be at RexRun For PAWSitivity 2023!
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“Our 5 School resource K9’s service over 30 schools across 4 school districts. The number of positive contacts vary but it would be a conservative figure to estimate our dogs make approximately 800-1000 positive contacts with kids per day”
Four registrations are available this year!
- 8 am – 5K Trail Run
- 8:30 am – 5K Trail Walk and bring your dogs!
- 9:00 am -1-mile Kids Trail Run/Walk
- Virtual Run/Walk is open anytime from August 1st to September 1st.
Breakfast is included for all registered participants
A pancake, sausage, and coffee and juice breakfast are included in all runners, walkers, and volunteer registrations at the Flippin’ Pancake food truck!
All registrants receive:
- Commemorative RexRun 2023 T-shirt
- A goody bag full of giveaways
- Finishers medal
- Race bib with timing tag (runners only)
- Chip timed run
- Pancake breakfast
- Professional photos
- Entry into a drawing for “A Day With Rex”
Individual and team fundraising!
This year we are opening up individual and team fundraising! See all details on website at www.rexrun.com
Rain or Shine
The event will be held rain or shine unless there are extreme weather conditions in the area at any time before or during the race.
