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Grafton Residents Walk for Jimmy Fund

Twenty-three town walkers take steps along the Boston Marathon route.

Twenty-three Grafton residents are walking as many as 26.2 miles today 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.

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The walk is the largest single-day participatory event benefiting the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Since its 1989 inception, the walk has raised more than $73 million.

The Grafton walkers are:

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From South Grafton: Richard Boscia, Michael Brennan, Brian Brennan, Amy Brennan, Jacqueline Brennan, Jody Brennan, Janakiram Gubbala, Koteswara Rao Kandukuri, Shankar Magapu, Anjali Paranjape and Robert Raven.

From Grafton: Julie Domaingue, Ty Fraga, Celeste Michaud, Mary-Elizabeth Solomita, Robin Sommers, Michael Weiss.

From North Grafton: Mary Belmore, Bert Cross, Rebecca Cross, Sarah Cross, Janet Montgomery, Gail Tebo.


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