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Grafton Resident Running Falmouth Road Race

More than 10,000 runners will participate in the race on Aug. 11.

This Sunday Danielle Flavin will be running a seven-mile race from in Falmouth to help support the Jimmy Fund,

Flavin, a Grafton resident, is one of the 200 Team Dana Farber members running the race with the goal of raising $450,000 for cancer research.

"Dana-Farber team members running the Falmouth Road Race must meet a basic fundraising commitment of $1,250. One-hundred-percent of the funds raised go to the Jimmy Fund," a press release from the Jimmy Fund says.

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To learn more about running for Dana-Farber or to support Flavin or any other runner, visit www.rundanafarber.org.

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