2026 Wildwood Jog-A-Thon!

This newsletter is your "one stop shop" for all the information about Wildwood's 2026 Jogathon! Please take a few minutes to read through as well as fill out forms for your student(s) and register on Get Movin. This Wednesday, March 4, students will come home with their pledge sheet as well as a few other flyers with this information as well! We're very excited for all the fun themes, prizes, and activities planned for our Wildwood Tigers.

Once again, Wildwood has teamed up with Get Movin’ Fund Hub to help collect credit card donations from family and friends who live out of town! Each page is secure, and you will control what information will be displayed for your child. Only people you share the link with can view your child’s fundraising page. Get Movin’ Fundraising will take a small percentage of any online credit card donations made. We also allow and encourage corporate matching!

Wildwood will keep 100% of all cash and check donations.

You can find Wildwood’s 2026 Jog-a-Thon website HERE or via the QR code

Every student receives a Wildwood Jogathon t-shirt thanks to the PTA! Please fill out this form by Monday, March 9 indicating your child's size as well as permission to participate in the jogathon.

During the jogathon kickoff assembly this week, classes will randomly draw for their color shirt & then will come up with a creative class name!

Parents are also welcome to purchase a shirt- fill out that section of the T-Shirt order form. The deadline to order a shirt is Monday, March 9!

Kinder/1st

Warm Up - 8:30-8:40

Jog - 8:40-8:55

Cool Down - 8:55-9:05

2nd/3rd

Warm Up - 9:05-9:15

Jog - 9:15-9:30

Cool Down - 9:30-9:45

4th/5th

Warm Up - 9:50-10:00

Jog - 10:00-10:15

Cool Down - 10:15-10:30

TK Fun Run

10:30-11:00

Tally Punchers: will be assigned to a small group of students to punch their tally card as they complete each lap! You will receive all instructions and you will meet the students you will be responsible for at your classroom. This is such a fun way to get to know students and be in the middle of all the action!

Cool Down Station: Help pass out otter pops & bananas after running.

TK Parents: Our wonderful TK kiddos will be doing a "TK version" of the jogathon, where they will be running without any pressure of counting laps. They would LOVE your support out there, cheering them on, as they participate in their first ever Wildwood Jogathon from 10:3-11:00.

Please use THIS LINK to sign up. Any questions, reach out to Tracy Yoder tracyoder@gmail.com

Don't forget volunteers and visitors must sign in at the office. Thanks in advance for your help!

Monday, March 9: T-Shirt sizes and permission slip due!

March 11, 18, 25, and April 1: Packet Turn in dates

Thursday, April 2: Jogathon event for all students

Tuesday, April 14 at 1:00 pm: All Jogathon Pledge Money Due

Friday, May 9: Lunch on the Lawn

Friday, May 16: Food and Fun Night for Top Earning Grade

Sunday, April 26 or Saturday, May 2: Options for Donut Delivery ($750 prize)

Friday, June 5: All School assembly for reaching $65,000 goal

Friday, June 5: Slime assembly for meeting goal of $250

Cheer on your child with a personalized banner or a yard sign!! Banners will be hung on the fence surrounding the lunch tables and yard signs will be displayed around the Jog-A-Thon track. Please see the attached form below or pick one up at the front office.

In addition to banners, we also have yard signs! You can pick up a blank one in the office, take it home & decorate it with encouraging words/phrases, and return to campus where they will be displayed around the track during the jogathon. You can leave a suggested donation of $10 when you pick up your yard sign.

• The Jog-A-Thon is our largest fundraiser of the year and has allowed us to reduce the number of fundraisers over the years. In previous years, the event has brought in over $80,000.

• With your help, we hope to raise enough money to allow Wildwood PTA to continue to fund much-needed enrichment programs that are not provided by the school district – PE, STEAM, Art Masters, Red Ribbon Week, Abilities Awareness, Computer Lab, and Instructors as well as fun and educational assemblies for our Tigers. Without your generous support, these programs would not be possible for our students.

***For the top 3 earners: In the event of a tie for 1st place, the winners will split the 1st and 2nd place prizes. In the event of a tie for 2nd place, the winners will split the 2nd and 3rd place prizes. In the event of a tie for 3rd place, winners will split the 3rd place prize.

In an effort to be more earth-friendly we are asking that students bring their own water bottles to Jog again this year. Water bottles will stay with each class, but please LABEL your student's water bottle so we can return it if it gets misplaced. We will still have water stations around the track for the runners during the jog-a-thon!