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Race exceeds $1.4 million raised for charities

Published on Thursday, September 03, 2009

     The CIGNA Falmouth Road Race broke its fund-raising record by more than $100,000 at this year’s 37th running, raising $1.41 million for the 68 groups it supports with its Numbers-for-Nonprofits program.
     Each year the race directors provide guaranteed entries, exempt from the lottery and with an extended deadline and a discounted entry fee, to selected charities. The charities then offer the entries to runners, who solicit donations for the non-profit. More than 900 people participated in the program this year. Runners in last year’s race raised $1.3 million and the total for the past seven years is more than $6.2 million.
     This year’s top fundraiser was Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston, with more than $192,000, followed by Compassionate Care ALS of North Falmouth, which raised $177,000, and Children’s Hospital Boston at $121,000.
     The individual leaders were Elise Warhaftig of Hingham, who raised $32,000 for the NephCure Foundation, and Robin Davis of Newton, with $29,000 for Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. The team of Doug and Patty Oakley of Weymouth and North Falmouth collected more than $38,000 for Compassionate Care ALS of Falmouth and Michelle Silk of Brookline raised $24,600 for Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
     Cape-Cod-based non-profits did very well at this year’s race. In addition to Compassionate Care, 21 other local groups participated in the program, raising more than $287,000. Last year’s Cape tally was just over $240,000. Among the local leaders were Ariana Kerrigan of East Falmouth and 14-year-old Aoife Callinan of West Falmouth. Callinan, a Falmouth High School freshman, raised over $3,500 for the Cape Cod Center for Women and Kerrigan raised $4,300 for the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
     Other leading groups include Lymphoma Research Foundation, $100,000; Ronald MacDonald House of Boston, $91,000; Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, $63,000; American Stroke Association/Teddy's Team, $56,000; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, $55,000; and Joslin Diabetes Center, $50,000.
     In addition to the money raised by runners, the race made direct donations of more than $40,000 to local non-profits, sports teams and athletes.
     Information about the nonprofit groups in the program is listed at www.FalmouthRoadRace.com/guaranteed-entries.
     The charities involved were 300 Committee of Falmouth, AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, Alzheimer’s Association, American Diabetes Association, American Liver Foundation, American Stroke Association/Teddy's Team, Arthritis Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod, Cam Neely Foundation, Cambridge Cares for Aids, Cape and Island Special Olympics, Cape Cod Center for Women, Cape Cod Theatre Project, Cherish Foundation, Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund, Children's Hospital Autism Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Children's Tumor Foundation, CMV Research Fund, Community Systems, Compassionate Care ALS (Falmouth), Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, Dream Day on Cape Cod, Easter Seals, Falmouth Commodores, Falmouth Community Television, Falmouth Education Foundation, Falmouth Military Support Group, Falmouth Service Center, Falmouth Veterans Council , Fit Girls, Genesis Club, Gosnold on Cape Cod, Hole in the Wall Gang, Independence House, Jambo Tanzania, Jimmy Fund Paula Clifford Memorial, Joslin Diabetes Center, Kristin Leukemia Fund, Lymphoma Research Foundation, Make-a-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Spina Bifida Association, Matthew Houlihan Foundation, Melanoma Foundation New England, MS Cure Fund, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Down Syndrome Society, National Kidney Foundation., NephCure Foundation, New England Center for Children, NextStep, PAL of Cape Cod, Penikese Island School, Recovery Without Walls, Ronald McDonald House Boston, Ronald McDonald House Providence, Run2rhimember, Running for the Twins, Sherry's House/Why Me Foundation, Starlight Chidlren's Foundation, Team Cheryl for Lymphoma Research, Wampanoag Home Run and Wings for Falmouth Families.