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5K Run/Walk for Ovarian Cancer Research

Event:  5th Annual girlygirl P.A.R.T.S. (Pre-screening Awareness Required To Silence...ovarian cancer) 5K Run/Walk
Date: Saturday September 27, 2014
Time: 8:30am Start
Location: Town Neck Beach/Boardwalk Sandwich, MA
Cost & Registration:  Online registration @Active.com Adults $25 Children $15
On site Pre Race Packet Pick Up & Registration Friday 9/26/14  4-6:30pm and Day of Race Packet Pick Up & Registration Saturday 9/27/14  6:30-8am  Adults $35 Children $15

Free T-shirt to the first 500 registered.

All proceeds go to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to develop a much needed diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer and raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of this disease.

VIP Tent for teams that raise over $3,000.  

Parking will be at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich.  Take Town Neck Rd. to Freeman Ave.  Turn left at the end of Freeman Ave.  This will lead you to the Town Neck Beach parking lot. Participants will walk across the Sandwich Boardwalk to start the race on Boardwalk Rd. When this lot is full, we will provide overflow parking at Stop and Shop Plaza on Route 6A.  Shuttle buses will be there to bring you to and from the Town Neck Beach parking lot.

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