On a drearily cold winter Saturday morning (it's like the weather remembered it's actually winter), slow motion confetti snow filled the air.
Inside Norris, runners were checking in to the annual DM 5k run, the proceeds of which go towards the beneficiaries.
"Snow I don't mind," said Glenview resident Jan Nussbalm, who participated in the run. "Thirty-five and raining is the worst." Nussbalm found the 5k as a way for others to contribute to DM without actually dancing. "My daughter's a senior here, and she's dancing, so I thought if she can stay up all night and dance, I can run 3.1 miles."
Weinberg senior Samantha Kaiser, who's never danced for DM, ran in the 5K for the second time. "I'm not really one for staying up a long time, so I think it's nice that they have other ways for people to support," Kaiser said. "It's also good because a lot of people are dancing, so after I run I can go and visit the dancers. And we're all sweaty, it's not just them."
A total of about 50 people signed up for both runs, 12 to 15 of which signed up for the 10K, which started earlier in the morning. Gift certificates sponsored by Universal Sole, a running store with locations in Chicago, were awarded to the first, second and third places in each of the female and male subdivisions.
"We do the 5k/10k as a weekend of events to raise awareness for people in the community and to raise money during the weekend of [DM]," said Weinberg senior Rebecca Berg, a DM special events co-chair. "It's something that our participants look forward to every year, and it's another easy way to get that last financial push."