{"id":31939,"date":"2022-06-16T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=31939"},"modified":"2022-06-16T09:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:59:41","slug":"koko-5k-fun-run-and-1-mile-walk-to-return-in-sept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=31939","title":{"rendered":"Koko 5K Fun Run and 1 Mile Walk to return in Sept."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16343\" src=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Koko-5k-2022-flyer-image-file.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/>After a 2 year hiatus due to Covid, the annual Koko 5K Fun Run and 1 Mile walk is back. The event will take place on Sunday, September 18th at 9 am at East Brandywine Park in Downingtown. Run the 5K loop through the park, or choose the 1-mile walk &#8211; a great choice for kids. This year there will be cash prizes for first, second, and third place. There&#8217;s more than just running. The\u00a0event will feature a DJ and a moonbounce and face painting for the kids. It is a fun day for the whole family. One of the most popular parts of the day is the raffle baskets. There are expected to be over 15 baskets to take a chance on.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Koko 5K is named in honor of Edward Kokoszka who passed suddenly on December 12, 2015.\u00a0Ed was a wonderful father, husband, son, brother, and friend to all of those who knew him.\u00a0He was so positive and always encouraged everyone he knew.\u00a0Proceeds from the race go towards a scholarship for a student who attends Neumann University, Ed&#8217;s alma mater.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Interested participants can register online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/koko5k.weebly.com\/\">https:\/\/koko5k.weebly.com\/<\/a> Runners and walkers who register before August 15th will be guaranteed a race T-shirt.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a 2 year hiatus due to Covid, the annual Koko 5K Fun Run and 1 Mile walk is back. The event will take place on Sunday, September 18th at 9 am at East Brandywine Park in Downingtown. Run the 5K loop through the park, or choose the 1-mile walk &#8211; a great choice for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[98,11426],"class_list":["post-31939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-downingtown","tag-koko-5k-fun-run-and-1-mile-walk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31940,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31939\/revisions\/31940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}