THANK YOU!
A big thank you to everyone who braved the rain and joined us for the 9th annual Jack’s Abby United Way 5K on Saturday! Your incredible support for local community programs truly makes a difference, and we are deeply grateful for your participation.
We want to extend a special shoutout to our amazing Title Sponsor and hosts, Jack’s Abby, for making this event possible, as well as all our sponsors and in-kind donors. Your generous support helped make the race a huge success!
Sponsors:
- Jack’s Abby
- Herb Connolly Chevrolet
- BMW
- Granite City Electric Supply Company
- H & R Roofing
- Auto Bright Car Care
- Gordon Food Service
- Advocates
- St. Mary’s Credit Union
- Superior Communication Services
- Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects
- Cushing Electric
- Common Ground Yoga
- Creative Home Improvements
- Blessed Tattoo Shop
- Yale Appliances
- Carby’s Lumber
- Bowditch Attorneys
- Timbucktu RV
- Saxonville Mills
- Framingham Liquors
- Heart City Health Café
- Connerny Plumbing
- Hynes Plumbing, Heating & Gas Fitting
- Cornerstone Plumbing and Heating
In-kind Donors:
- Framingham Police Department and Community Policing Volunteers
- Dunkin Northern Management
- Trader Joe’s of Framingham
- Chick fil-A / Framingham
- Individual volunteers from the local community
Congratulations to our top male and female winners in the age categories below!
Prizes will be mailed to the winners who were unable to receive their gift cards at the event.
Male
14 and under – Zach Vichniac
15 to 19 – Rodrigo Maorais
20 to 29 – Jeffrey Spahl
30 to 39 – Hye Chang Rhim
40 to 49 – Laurindo Estevao
50 to 59 – Wayne Grover
60 to 69 – Andrew Brown
70+ - Barry Nelson
Female
14 and under – Aleksandra Ignatova
15 to 19 – Isabella Ciasullo
20 to 29 – Briana Jones
30 to 39 – Anna Schindler
40 to 49 – Amy Todd
50 to 59 – Dionisia Monteiro
60 to 69 – Pam Helinek
70+ - Alice Miller
Overall Male - Jeff Okerman
Overall Female - Ariel Beccia
We would like to recognize the participants who donated an additional $25 when registering!
Your name was included in our raffle for a chance to win a $200 Amazon Gift Card.
And the winner is….
Matthew Siegel
Gift card will be mailed to the winner
100% of runner’s registration fee supports our direct service programs including:
- The Pearl Street Cupboard & Café food pantry and hot meal program - serving all MetroWest
- Marlborough Community Cupboard food pantry – serving Marlborough
- WHEAT Community Connections food pantry and hot meals program – serving the Greater Clinton Area
- Call2Talk - Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program
- And Ready to Read - Early Literacy Program
As you know, our 5K is a fundraising event to support our community programs
that allow us to help residents across the MetroWest/495 Corridor
A few runners have asked us to add an 80+ age prize category
so new for 2025, we will be testing this prize category for one season
if we see an increase in runners over age 80 we will continue to offer this category
Thank you again for participating and supporting community programs for those struggling to get by.
Sincerely,
The United Way of Tri-County Team