2019 Camy 5K Run & David 5K Walk

DATE AND TIMES

The 19th annual CAMY 5K RUN & DAVID 5K WALK was held on SAT., NOV. 9, 2019 - Rosina Fun Run, 9:30 a.m.; David 5K Walk, 9:50 a.m.; Camy 5K Run, 10 a.m.

MEDIA COVERAGE

2019 NEWSPAPER EVENT COVERAGE

http://www.hometownweekly.net/walpole/camydavid-5k-runs-winter-weather

2019 NEWSPAPER PRE-RACE ARTICLE

http://www.hometownweekly.net/walpole/camydavid-5k-coming-november-9/

2018 NEWSPAPER EVENT COVERAGE

http://www.hometownweekly.net/walpole/walpole-rallies-camydavid-5k/

2018 NEWSPAPER PRE-RACE ARTICLE

http://walpole.wickedlocal.com/news/20181026/walpole-5k-to-honor-its-matriarch

2017 NEWSPAPER DONATION PHOTO

http://www.hometownweekly.net/walpole/camy-david-5k-makes-donation/

2017 NEWSPAPER EVENT COVERAGE

http://www.hometownweekly.net/walpole/community-gathers-annual-road-race/

RACE RESULTS

2019 - 19th annual race

http://www.coolrunning.com/results/19/ma/Nov9_CAMY5K_set1.shtml

2018 - 18th annual race

http://www.coolrunning.com/bin/res_load/res_print.cgi?r=18/ma/Nov10_CAMY5k_set1.shtml

2017 - 17th annual race

www.coolrunning.com/bin/res_load/res_print.cgi?r=17/ma/Nov11_Camy5k_set1.shtml

THE EVENT

Held at the Walpole Italian-American Club, 109 Stone St., Walpole, Mass., on the second Saturday in November, the USATF-certified event was created in 2001 in honor of Camilio “Camy” Clerici and his grandson, David Clerici, Walpole I-A Society members who died nine months apart in 2000. The Rosina Fun Run for kids is named in honor of Camy’s widow and David’s grandmother, Rosina Clerici, who died in 2006. And the David 5K Walk top trophies are named in honor of his late parents (the Frank Clerici Sr. Award to the 1st male finisher; the Carol Hunt-Clerici Award to the 1st female finisher).

2019 Run/Walk Info and Registration

COURSE MAP & CONTACT INFO

USATF-CERTIFIED course map (#MA15011RN):

https://www.usatf.org/events/courses/search/searchResults.asp?embed=&courseID=&distance=&distanceUnits=&distanceComparison=&city=&state=&courseName=camy+5k&courseStatus=A&courseType=R&drop=&dropComparison=&separation=&separationComparison=&certificationYear=&lastName=&format=view&submit=Search

MORE INFORMATION, please contact the race at camydavid5k@yahoo.com

DIRECTIONS

FROM THE SOUTH - Route 95N to Exit 9 (Walpole 1 & 27). Follow Route 27 to set of lights. Left at lights onto Route 27N. Left at 3rd set of lights onto Washington St. Turn right onto Stone St. at bottom of the hill. I-A Club is on left in approximately 2 miles.

FROM THE NORTH - Route 95S to Exit 10 (Coney St./Walpole/Sharon). Left at end of ramp onto Coney St. Proceed approximately 3/10th of a mile to set of lights. Turn right onto Route 27N. Follow Route 27N thru Route 1 intersection. Follow directions above.

FROM ROUTE 1A N/S - At middle set of lights in Walpole Center (with Walpole Co-op Bank on right, old Town Hall on left), turn onto Stone St. and proceed for approximately half a mile thru School St. intersection. I-A Club is on the right.

2019 ONLINE REGISTRATION

Direct Link To Register

http://www.active.com/walpole-ma/running/camy-5k-and-david-clerici-5k-walk-2019

2019 MAIL-IN REGISTRATION

Print a mail-in application (one form per entrant - do not combine names on one form). Fill out completely and clearly, sign, and mail with a check made payable to Camy 5K as instructed.

2019 Camy 5K Run & David 5K Walk application (doc)Download

BENEFICIARIES

Raises funds for charitable organizations, which over the years has included Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Coach Bill Squires “Run Smart” Fund (for economically-challenged student-athletes); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Invensys Foxboro YMCA; Matty Eappen Foundation (to prevent abusive child head trauma); One Fund Boston; Norwood Hospital Oncology/Hematology Clinic/Lab; Norwood Hospital Cancer Center at Foxboro oncology department (including a blanket warmer unit for chemotherapy patients; building improvements); Walpole Community Food Pantry; Walpole Italian-American Club (including the purchase of defibrillators); Walpole Italian-American Society; among others.

PHOTO CAPTIONS

Top - Walpole police electronic message board in the center of town spreading the word about the race in 2018. (Photo by Paul Clerici)

Above - Frigid temperatures helped reduce the number of entrants, but additional donations, sponsors, raffle ticket sales, and auction bids enabled the event to donate a combined $3,600 to Walpole Community Food Pantry ($900); I-A Club ($900) and I-A Society ($900) for $1,800 to the General Operating Fund; and the Carol Hunt-Clerici Chamber Music Series Clerici Quartet ($900). The Quartet was created in 2018 to honor the race’s late matriarch and raise funds and awareness while bringing classical music to more people. At the presentation of checks inside the food pantry, back row, from left, race director and I-A Society member Paul Clerici, race committee member Frank Clerici Jr.; front row, from left, I-A Club & Society financial secretary Stefanie Nineve, Quartet co-founder/artistic director and violinist Guiomar “Gigi” Turgeon, food pantry volunteer Kate Watson, Quartet co-founder/executive director Barbara Lee. (Photo by Christine Lee)

Right - Runners on Stone Street being escorted by Walpole police. (Photo by Ted Tyler from coolrunning.com)