Ninth annual Thanksgiving Day race to raise money for two charities

ROXBURY – The ninth annual Roxbury Road Runners Club Thanksgiving Day Charity Race will provide runners with a rolling 3.1-mile course to navigate and generate funds for two local civic groups.

The race will be run on Thursday, November 26, 9 a.m., starting and finishing near the Everett B. Hurlburt Community Park, 18 Apple Lane.

Pre-registration which started on Saturday, July 6, and will continue through Wednesday night, November 25 - is

available via Run Sign Up: https://runsignup.com/Race/CT/Roxbury/RoxburyThanksgivingDayCharityRace

The fee is $10 plus a $1.60 handling charge – for a grand total of $11.60. Race-day registration of $15 per runner – plus a $1.90 handling fee for a grand total of $16.90 - - will be available November 26 at the pavilion to the community park from 7:30 to 8:50 a.m.

The course will start near the community park with the runners turning right onto Rocky Mountain Road and then traveling to near the bottom of Hemlock Road and then retracing their strides to the area near the community park.

Proceeds will go to the Roxbury Ambulance Association and the Roxbury Scholarship Foundation. Last year the race series donated $1,000 to each organization through the proceeds from the race and monies from its treasury.

The top finishers will again be awarded wooden medallions designed by Dave Harvey, a former season champion in the Roxbury race series.

The race series also will be collecting non-perishable goods for the Roxbury Food Pantry at the Church of Christ in Roxbury.

For additional information, contact Scott Benjamin, the race director, at ScottBenjaminWCSU2014@gmail.com, r (v/m) (860) 354-3521 or access the race web site or the Roxbury Races Facebook page.