Costume Contest

While the whole Human Race experience was great and the event was put on very successfully, one of the best parts of the day was after the race - the Costume/Dance Contest. There were many organizations whom participated in the race that had mascots to represent their company. For the 2-1-1 initiation back in February, United Way had ordered a huge phone costume, since 2-1-1 is a free phone number to call in order to get health and human services in your community. Our Resource Development Office, Rob Read, had the honors of wearing the costume and representing United Way at the Human Race this year. Some other costumes were "Reddy" - the large Redwood tree from Redwood Credit Union, as well as two mascots from the local radio station, BOB FM 96.7.

All of the mascots were to perform the "macarena" together, but due to the lack of the Macarena song, it ultimately turned into a "dance-off". All of the mascots were right in front the live band, dancing and showing their moves. Not only was it hilarious and entertaining to watch, but it definitely got the crowd enthused and involved. A bunch of little kids got up to dance with the mascots too, which added to the "family-friendly" atmosphere of the Human Race.

After dancing to a few songs with much enthusiasm, the crowd did a brief ranking of each mascot, by yelling loudest for the mascot they thought deserved first place. Our own 2-1-1 phone won!! Rob did a great job out there; he is hardly one to get shy which definitely helped while dancing in front of a crowd in a large phone costume!

If you want to read more about Rob and the success of the Human Race, visit http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090509/ARTICLES/905099983/1349?Title=10-000-run-walk-in-annual-Human-Race