2025 Fun Run Recap
- BIBLF Staff
- Sep 4, 2025
- 1 min read
What an incredible day we had at the 12th Annual Fun Run at Story Land on Monday, September 1st! We had a fantastic turnout, perfect weather, and some speedy racers out on the course. A huge thank you goes out to our amazing volunteers, dedicated staff, generous sponsors, and of course, Story Land for making this event possible. We can’t wait to see everyone back again for next year’s Fun Run!
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AO Lucy here with the Believe in Books Literacy Foundation.
We would love to thank all that were involved in our successful annual fun run fundraiser at Story Land this last Labor Day.
Thank you to all the volunteers that helped out and to our own staff, and to Story Land of course and the Story Land staff, who were wonderful.
Thank you to our major sponsors who were Gaynor Heating and Cooling this year and Dairy Queen in Glenn, NH.
Thank you folks so much for helping to support this wonderful event.
So once again, everyone involved, we had a successful year. I think it was our 12th and we had perfect weather and everything worked out great.
Thank you so much!
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