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Proceeds for the event went to the art departments in Clinton City Schools and Anderson County Schools. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 10:40 PM EDT April 10, 2021
ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. Music, color and runners all showed up at Market Street on Saturday for an event to support the art departments in some East Tennessee schools.
The first annual Mosaic Color 5K/Fun Mile event was held to raise funds for the art departments in Clinton City Schools and Anderson County Schools. Participants had the chance to start their weekends with exercise, art from students and music from Blaze Ukulele and the Orff Ensemble.
For some organizations, resistance came from some unexpected sources as well.
âOur fundraising was very much affected by the pandemic ⦠and by the Post Office,â said Michele Moll, executive director of King of Prussia-based RSVP. âWe had our annual appeal mailed out in November and it never got mailed. We brought it to the Post Office and it never got mailed. Weâre finding out that a few people are starting to get it now. So between November and February we never even had our year-end appeal go out, so that was huge for us, not being able to get individual gifts. The Post Office said theyâd been hit hard by COVID and that with it being a nonprofit rate they had no obligation to send it out in any timely fashion, it was just really disappointing.â