Sponsorship and Support Grows for ABC's Into the Summer Fun Run

More than 50 local businesses and community agencies are sponsoring the ABCUSD Education Foundation’s inaugural Into the Summer Fun Run scheduled for Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Cerritos Regional Park.

All proceeds from the event at the park located at 19700 Bloomfield Ave., support the ABCUSD Education Foundation ensuring that all district students and schools succeed. 

The 5K run/walk starts at 7:45 a.m., a 2K run/walk starts at 9 a.m. and a wellness fair will take place from 7:00 a.m. to noon. Entertainment includes Urban Xtreme featured on the Disney Channel, The School Tour and a District-wide band. The wellness fair will feature local vendors and a kid’s fun
zone and free giveaways, including bike helmets. Food trucks will also be on-site. Attendees can take part in free health and dental screenings as well.

The 2013 ABC Into the Summer Fun Run sponsors include: 

Platinum: L.A. County Parks & Recreation Department.

Silver: Kaiser Permanente Downey; Image 1 T-shirts & More; City of Cerritos.

Bronze: L.A. County Board of Supervisors Don Knabe; LBS Financial Credit Union; A.1. Entertainment; Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Rudd & Romo; The School Tour/Urban Extreme. Friends of ABC Education Foundation: Cerritos Center; Sports Authority; City of Artesia; City of Hawaiian Gardens; Browning Motors/Cerritos Acura; Broadview Mortgage; ABC Niemes Elementary School; California Educational Centers; Sheraton Cerritos Hotel.

Community Sponsor: College Hospital; Global Culture Education Foundation; La Palma Intercommunity Hospital; Road ID; ABC Federation of Teachers; Dr. Gary Smuts; The Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation; ABC Board of Education Member Olympia Chen; ABC Academic Services/Magnet Schools; ABC Fiscal Services; ABC Burbank Elementary School; A Bright Pool & Spa Service; Rotary Club of Cerritos Foundation; L.A. Machinery Movers; First Choice Bank. 

Media Sponsor: Los Cerritos Community Newspaper Group. 

Family Sponsors: ABC Special Education Advisory Committee; ABC Gonsalves Elementary School; ABC Stowers Elementary School; ABC Tracy High School.

Wellness Fair Participants include: Dole Foods; Masada Homes & Helpline Youth Counseling Services, Inc.; YES Sports; Lakewood Orthodonist; JBA Institute; TriCity Regional Medical Center; Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC; Lestonnac Free Clinic; L.A. County Department of Public Social Services; California Highway Patrol; L.A. County Department of Public Health; NAMI; Alternative Options; CareMore; Indian Pharmacists Association and Artesia, Cerritos, Lakewood troops of Girl Scouts. 

Sponsorship opportunities are still available.  Volunteers are needed as well.

The ABCUSD Education Foundation was founded in February 2012 to support district programs in jeopardy due to budget cuts.