Depending on how you organize your run, it is usually helpful to have some volunteers. Volunteers can be parents, teachers, administrators, or even students from the older grades. Some of the tasks you may use volunteers to help are: securing a location, monitoring students, monitoring an obstacle or station, distributing water, fruit or frozen yogurt, distributing certificates of completion. Sometimes, your school's physical education teachers and coaches can be a great help.

You can hold a Fun Run in any location such as in a gymnasium, a track, a field, or a park. Ideally it should not be held on hard surfaces such as pavement or cement, but any flat smooth or soft surface like grass will do. Most schools either have a suitable location on school property or one is available very close by, such as a park. A fenced or closed area is easier to manage from a security perspective. If you're holding your event in a public open space, assign volunteers to monitor the students and to ensure they stay in the assigned area. The ideal location should be easy to monitor with good sightlines, and have no traffic or road crossings. If any kind of crossing is required, recruit a volunteer to act as a crossing guard. Make sure the course is well marked and clear of any obstructions. It's a good idea to have a backup location (and date) in case of bad weather. A gymnasium can be a suitable indoor location.

Your Fun Run does not have to be just a run. You can make it more exciting by adding fun obstacles. Any type of obstacle that is safe will work. Some ideas for basic obstacles are; running through tires, going over an obstacle, going under an obstacle, crawling, etc... In addition to obstacles, you can add stations that require the completion of a task before moving on to the next station. For example, a student has to carry or drag a weight, throw something, etc. You can be creative and make it fun. Consider having teams of 2 students tied together at the ankle complete the course while attached together.

After students have finished the course, have teachers and volunteers congratulate the students for completing the course and for participating in the fundraiser. This is a great time to instill pride in the students and for positive re-enforcement for a job well done. Have a volunteer issue the “Certificates of Completion” to all participants who have completed the course. Try to provide plenty of water and healthy snacks like bananas or oranges if possible.