Mark your calendar for an exciting weekend for our P-H-M families! PHMEF will be hosting our annual Silver Mile Run for Education and co-hosting Penn’s Homecoming!! The festivities will include a brand-new homecoming parade, the return of our TIMED Silver Mile 5k & 1-mile family fun run/walk, SJHS Health & Fitness Expo, a Fun Zone with inflatables & food trucks AND the Penn football game. This two-day event will take place on September 23 & September 24 at Penn High School! This will give our P-H-M families a chance to reconnect and strengthen our P-H-M community. Here’s a quick rundown of the events…
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 – Fun kicks off at 5:00pm
- HOMECOMING PARADE – Come decked out in your school colors or PHS black & gold to show off your P-H-M pride! Gather along the parade route with friends and family to be part of this exciting Homecoming tradition!
- SILVER MILE HEALTH & FITNESS EXPO – Saint Joseph Health System will be back offering valuable health screenings and interactive activities.
- FUN ZONE - P-H-M families can meet and reconnect while enjoying a variety of inflatables and dunking their favorite administrators in the dunking booth! There will also be food trucks on site for your nourishment.
- PENN vs. MARIAN FOOTBALL GAME – Stick around for kickoff!! Students 10 & Under will be
- SILENT AUCTION – There will be an amazing virtual silent auction available to bid on during homecoming week. More info will be available on the website
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 – 8:30am
- SILVER MILE RUN FOR EDUCATION - $10 student/$20 adult (fee includes finisher’s medal; t-shirts available for purchase)
Registration now open!!! Sign up today at Silver Mile – PHM Education Foundation (phmef.org)
The TIMED 5K is back! It will start and finish on the TCU Freed Field with a course that winds through the neighborhood behind the school. The 5K awards ceremony will begin at 9:15am.
The 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk is an upbeat entertaining mile-long walk withing the Penn campus. This event also starts & finishes on the TCU Freed Field track. This is not a timed event – strollers & strolling welcome.
TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS, WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
- SILVER MILE FUNDRAISING – Please encourage your student council, teachers and administration to brainstorm ideas to raise funds. A Spirit Week (let students do something special for $1 donation) leading up to the event would be a great idea! Some other successful ideas in the past have been penny/quarter wars, 3x3 basketball tournaments, parties, restaurant nights, etc. Your school will get back 25% of their total you raise AND the rest will support innovative teacher grants and programs in ALL of our 15 P-H-M schools!!
- VOLUNTEERS - To run smoothly, the Silver Mile enlists a volunteer force of more than 100 parents, friends, P-H-M staff and students. If you are interested or know of any groups looking for volunteer hours, let me know.
- SPREAD THE WORD - PLEEEEEASE help us get the word out about this exciting event by including information in your newsletters, emails, social media pages and share and like our posts on FB, Twitter, Insta. Thank you for your support and remember, the more visibility the Foundation has, the more money we are able to raise to support your schools!
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much for supporting this special P-H-M community event! You are all key in motivating students, staff and parents to participate.
Amber Kennedy
PHMEF Special Events Coordinator
574-276-8317 (cell)
574-259-7941 x 10721
55900 Bittersweet Rd.
Mishawaka, IN 46545
PHMEF.org
