MINOOKA — Minooka Elementary School in Minooka hosted a Boosterthon Fun Run event on March 23, culminating a nine-day program that raises much-needed funds for Minooka Elementary School and inspires students to live healthy, character-filled lives.

Students ran, on average, 30 to 35 laps together to themed music at the school’s most-anticipated event of the year.

This year’s Boosterthon character theme is Backyard Box Office, which will introduce more than 1.3 million students in 1,900 schools across the nation to five real-life, inspiring students, whose world-changing ideas will prepare today’s youth to implement their own ideas.

To provide schools with a premier character education program, Boosterthon teamed up with CHARACTER COUNTS!, the nation's most popular and effective youth-development program.

For more information, visit www.boosterthon.com.