Roxbury Thanksgiving Day Charity Race will raise money for two organizations

ROXBURY – The Roxbury Thanksgiving Day Charity Race – to be run on a 3.1-mile loop with both paved and dirt surfaces - will generate proceeds for two local charities.

The money will be donated to the Roxbury Ambulance Association and the Roxbury Scholarship Foundation.

The race will be held for the eighth time on Thursday, November 27, at 9 a.m., starting and finishing near the Everett B. Hurlburt Community Park at 18 Apple Lane.

The top finishers will receive wooden medallions made by Dave Harvey, a former season champion at the Roxbury Road Runners Club series.

Registration is $10 via UltraSignup - . https://ultrasignup.com/regist... - through Tuesday, November 25

There is an additional $3.12 service fee. Race day registrations of $15 per runner will be taken on November 27 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. at the community park.

Donations of non-perishable goods will be accepted for the Roxbury Food Pantry.

Last year’s race raised $1,085 for the charities. Along with additional funds from the Roxbury Road Runners Club series, which sponsors the race, each of the charities received $700.

Roxbury’s Alex Hancock won last year’s race in 17-minutes, 7 seconds along the route, which goes from the community park to Rocky Mountain Road through the intersection to Hemlock Road. The runners then turnaround near the bottom of Hemlock Road and retrace their steps.

Hancock placed seventh in 2024 at the prestigious Litchfield Hills Road Race.

For more information, contact Scott Benjamin, the race director, at ScottBenjaminWCSU2014@gmail.com, (Voice-mail) (860) 354-3521.