The Gail Borden Public Library Foundation and the U-46 Educational Foundation are teaming up this year for two events celebrating Day of the Dead in Elgin. El Trote De Las Calacas, aka the Skeleton Trot, is a 5K race and walk that will be held at 8 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 2, beginning and ending at the Gail Borden Public Library in downtown Elgin. It will be followed at 10 a.
m. with a Day of the Dead Festival inside the library. “As both organizations support education, we often collaborate together,” library spokeswoman Denise Raleigh said.
“When we both found that each other was planning a 5K, we decided to work together, especially with the library’s Day of the Dead Festival and the Olmec Origins exhibit coming this fall.” El Trote De Las Calacas, aka the Skeleton Trot, is a new 5K race and walk being organized for November by the Gail Borden Public Library Foundation and the U-46 Educational Foundation. (Gail Borden Public Library) Proceeds from race entry fees will be split between the library and school district foundations.
The library foundation supports efforts that include a summer reading program, youth and family events and exhibits. “In short, it supports the library’s quest to enhance literacy in this community and to sustain a world-class library district,” Raleigh said. The U-46 Educational Foundation helps fund opportunities for School District U-46 students that are outside the realm of the school district’s budget, U-46 spokeswoman Karla Jime�.