Save the Date: 2024 Awesome 3000 will be held on Saturday April 27, 2024!

awesome 3000 kids running

Awesome 3000 Race & Fundraiser

Since 1983 the Awesome 3000 has been a staple in the Salem-Keizer Community, bringing friends and family together in support of our Salem-Keizer School District; its students, staff, and teachers.
Volunteer

2024 Awesome 3000 t-shirt design contest is now open to all Middle and High school students!

Calling all Middle and High School students, do you love to draw and design, if so submit your artwork for the 2024 Awesome 3000 T-shirt design contest! Each year of the Awesome 3000 showcases the artwork from a local Middle or High school student. The chosen artwork is promintely displayed on t-shirts, announcemnets, and flyers for the 2024 Awesome 3000. There is a cash prize for the winning artist and their school’s art department. Click the button below to submit your artwork by the deadline.

Awesome 3000 T-shirt design contest information and Submission Form

impact

The proceeds from the  2023 Awesome 3000 raised $45,000, which will go directly to the Salem-Keizer Schools Fund held by the United Community Foundation.

Community support

Approximately 400 volunteers from our community came together to give their time and effort! This event was also made possible with the support of our 23 community sponsors.

a large group of young boys running in a race outside wearing green t-shirts
kids sprinting in a race wearing green tshirts
one boy wearing a green shirt and a kid in an alligator costume playing rock, paper, scissors sitting on a field
a teenage boy laying on a bleacher resting wearing a gray tshirt and phone on his stomach
teenagers running in a race outside wearing green tshirts
little kids wearing green tshirts giving high fives to volunteers in yellow tshirts that are on the sidelines
kids running in a line on a trail through the woods outside
an upward angle of a kid running outside with a blue sky, sun, and flood lights
an overhead picture of the crowd of people in the bleachers watching a girl run on the track wearing a green tshirt
large group of kids running a race wearing green tshirts
large group of kids running a race wearing green tshirts
little kids wearing green tshirts giving high fives to volunteers in yellow tshirts that are on the sidelines
kids wearing green tshirts running in a race
Back to the Awesome 3000 participation medals
boys in green t-shirts giving high fives to adults cheering on each side of them wearing yellow shirts
child in front running a race on a track smiling with his arms in the air and a young girl running behind him
A man dressed up like Mario running a race with a large group of kids and teens
two girls in focus, kids blurry in the background, participating in the race wearing green t-shirts
kids running, laughing and smiling in a race wearing green t-shirts
a boy in a wheelchair wearing a green t-shirt smiling with his medal being pushed by a boy wearing all black guy in yellow handing out medals
two girls in green t-shirts running on a gravel path outside with green grass. yellow flowers, and trees
a girl crossing the finish line in a green t-shirt and black shorts, giving high fives to the crown on each side of her
Ariel shot of a boy running alone on a track wearing all blue and his shadow