Newton Residents Honored for Raising $100K for The Jimmy Fund

Twenty Newton residents were recently honored as Pacesetters for the 2012 Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk.

Jimmy Fund Walk to Pass Through Newton this Sunday

The only road closure/detour on Sunday will be at the intersection of College Road and Old Colony Road, where one of the medical tents will be.

In just a couple of days, roughly 9,000 people will be making their way down Washington Street and Commonwealth Avenue in Newton for the 24th annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. The walk will take place this Sunday, Sept. 9 and three of the four walking routes will pass through Newton.  The longest route, from Hopkinton Center School to Copley Square, will follow the same 26.2-mile path of the annual Boston Marathon. Once walkers get to Washington Street in Wellesley (Route 16), they will continue into Newton up to Commonwealth Avenue and into Brighton. From there, the walkers will move on to Beacon Street through Brookline and into Boston. Check-in and rolling start in Hopkinton will be between 5:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Parking will be …

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More than 30 Newton, Chestnut Hill Residents to Participate in Annual Jimmy Fund Walk

The Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, which passes through Newton, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9.

The following is a press release from the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund walk: On Sept. 9, 34 residents from Auburndale, Newton, West Newton, Chestnut Hill and Waban will walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic route of the Boston Marathon in the 24th annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai. They will be among the 9,000 walkers expected to participate with the collective goal of raising more than $7.5 million to support lifesaving adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  The Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk is the largest single-day participatory event benefiting the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber and has raised nearly $80 million since its inception in 1989 to conquer all forms of …

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Sixty Newton Residents to Participate in Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk

The walk will take place this Sunday, Sept. 18 and will pass through Newton.

The following is a press release from the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk: On Sept. 18, 60 residents from Newton will walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic route of the Boston Marathon in the 23rd annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai. They will be among the nearly 9,000 walkers expected to participate with the collective goal of raising more than $7.5 million for lifesaving adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. The Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai is the only event, other than the Boston Marathon itself that is sanctioned by the Boston Athletic Association to use the official course from Hopkinton to Boston. The Walk is the …

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