THE WOODLANDS, TX —
A thick fog blanketed Market Street early Saturday morning, but it couldn’t smother the energy more than 750 kids brought with them to compete in a race for charity.
![Children from kindergarten through eighth grade take off from the starting line during the Kids Running for Kids fundraising event Saturday at Market Street in The Woodlands. <span class=meta>Michael Minasi/HCN</span>](https://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/ktrk/images/cms/020815-ktrk-kidrace3.jpg)
![A runner crosses the finish line during the Kids Running for Kids fundraising event Saturday at Market Street in The Woodlands <span class=meta>Michael Minasi/HCN</span>](https://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/ktrk/images/cms/020815-ktrk-kidrace1.jpg)
![Children from kindergarten through eighth grade warm up before the start of the Kids Running for Kids fundraising event Saturday at Market Street in The Woodlands. <span class=meta>Michael Minasi/HCN</span>](https://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/ktrk/images/cms/020815-ktrk-kidrace2.jpg)
![Children from kindergarten through eighth grade take off from the starting line during the Kids Running for Kids fundraising event Saturday at Market Street in The Woodlands. <span class=meta>Michael Minasi/HCN</span>](https://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/ktrk/images/cms/020815-ktrk-kidrace4.jpg)
![The Woodlands resident Todd Stephens pins a bib on his 6-year-old son, Owen, during the Kids Running for Kids fundraising event <span class=meta>Michael Minasi/HCN</span>](https://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/ktrk/images/cms/020815-ktrk-kidrace5.jpg)
![At least $7K was raised for CISD's Read for a Better Life initiative through the Kids Running for Kids fundraising event on Saturday <span class=meta>Michael Minasi/HCN</span>](https://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/ktrk/images/cms/020815-ktrk-kidrace6.jpg)
![Conroe ISD Superintendent Don Stockton during the Kids Running for Kids fundraising event on Saturday, Feb. 7, at Market Street in The Woodlands. <span class=meta>Michael Minasi/HCN</span>](https://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/ktrk/images/cms/020815-ktrk-kidrace7.jpg)
Children from kindergarten through eighth grade take off from the starting line during the Kids Running for Kids fundraising event Saturday at Market Street in The Woodlands.
The children from all over Montgomery County were a part of the third annual Kids Running for Kids charity race that raised $7,000 for the Read for a Better Life program in Conroe ISD.
“All students are important,” CISD Superintendent Dr. Don Stockton said. “By your participation this morning, you are helping all our students. I encourage you to read every day and that will help you to succeed.”