Salem Sound Coastwatch 5K Set For Beverly Beach

BEVERLY, MA — A family-friendly run and walk on the beach to benefit Salem Sound Coastwatch is set for Dane Beach in Beverly in June.

The 5-kilometer event will take place on June 8 with registration at 8 a.m. and the race beginning at 9.

The chip-timed event will include prizes in several categories.

Attendees will be able to see animals inside a large touch tank and go inside Delilah, a 45-foot North Atlantic Right Whale.

Volunteers are needed for race day as well.

The entry fee is $40 now through June 5th. Registration includes a T-shirt until May 29.

Go here for more information.

Registration will also be available on the day of the race for $45.

This event benefits the Salem Sound Coastwatch, a local nonprofit environmental organization working for the past 35 years to protect and improve the environmental quality of Salem Sound and its watershed towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Peabody, Danvers, and Manchester.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)