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Saturday, August 2, 2025
6th Annual Medway Community Church Reach Out & Run 5k = Aug 23
Thursday, July 31, 2025
St Vincent DePaul: Friends of the Poor Walk/Run Annual Fund Raiser - Sep 27, 2025
Saturday, November 30, 2024
13th Annual Franklin Turkey Trot Raises $49,630 for the Franklin Food Pantry
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13th Annual Franklin Turkey Trot |
Presenting Sponsors: G&C Plumbing & Heating and Sweetgreen
Platinum Sponsors: Accurate Baker Elman, LDS Church Franklin, MyFM 101.3, Next9Up, Physician One Urgent Care, Notturo Home Services, Terrazza, and Wild Birds Unlimited
Gold Sponsors: America’s Best Defense, Body Fit Training, Club Pilates Franklin Village, Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication, Inc., Franklin Knights of Columbus Council 1847, Franklin Physical Therapy, Middlesex Bank, Mount Street Farm, Paul A. Longobardi & Sons Trucking, Sabolinski Family, Vet Med Pet Supplies, and Wicked Fitness FranklinSilver Sponsors: Active Recovery Boston, Adirondack Club, Advanced European Repair, Baur Family, Dean Bank, Elizabeth’s Bagels, Emmons St. LLC, Franklin Matters, Grove Street Auto Repair, Hilltop Auto, Junk Dunkers, Keefe Insurance, Mint Dental, Nutrify Performance Nutrition for Women, LLC., Poirier Home Improvement, Simon’s Furniture, Spiffy Designs, Starr & Glick Orthodontics, Valerie Fila, Vendetti Motors, Inc., and Xpression Prints
Friends Sponsors: Allegra Marketing, Daniella Bush, Chestnut Dental, Donohue Family, Robert Doyle, Fitzgerald Family, Franklin Interfaith Council, Alexandra Frey, William Haddad, Rebecca Hauk, Timothy Hughes, Johnson Family, Janine Kizik, Lobo Family, Normandin Family, O’Neill Family, Powderly Family, The Rome Restaurant, Sancher Family, Allison Sheen, Tait/Shimer/Shanks Family, Van Roon Chiropractic, and Whitmore Family
The Franklin Food Pantry thanks the following local businesses and partners who provided food for race day morning: Garelick Farms, Shaw’s Supermarket, and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Franklin Food Pantry thanks the following local business and partners who provided door prizes for the event: Body Fit Training, Child Therapy Boston, Comer Teng Studio, Elizabeth’s Bagels, Learning Express Toys, Kevin Holmes, Level 99, Muffin House, Stott Family, Urban Air Adventure Park, USMMA, and Wicked Fitness Franklin
The Franklin Food Pantry, Inc. offers supplemental food assistance, household necessities, and resource referral programs to more than 1,800 individuals per year. The Pantry relies on donations and grants to purchase items and pay for daily operations, and partnerships with The Greater Boston Food Bank, Spoonfuls, and local grocery stores to achieve greater buying power and lower costs.
Programs include In-person Shopping, Curbside Pick-up, Emergency Food Bags, Mobile Pantries, Home Delivery, Kids’ Snack Bags, Weekend Backpacks, Holiday Meal Kits, and the SNAP match at Franklin Farmers Market. The Pantry is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in good standing in Massachusetts, recognized by Charity Navigator as a Four-Star Charity, and awarded GuideStar’s Platinum Transparency ranking. The Pantry is located at 341 W. Central St. in Franklin, MA on Route 140. Please visit www.franklinfoodpantry.org for more information.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Reminder: Friends of the Poor Walk/Run: Saturday, September 28, 2024
Monday, September 25, 2023
2023 Milford 5K Benefitting Mass Special Olympics Programs: Saturday Sept 30
- Registration - 8:00am (Day of Registration Fee is $25)
- Fun Run - 8:30am
- Race - 9:00am
- Awards - 10:15am
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2023 Milford 5K Benefitting Mass Special Olympics Programs: Saturday Sept 30 |
Thursday, May 11, 2023
12th Annual FBRTC 5K - This Saturday, May 13 at 9 AM (early bib pickup info)
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Friday, April 29, 2022
Reminder: Rail Trail Road Race 5K - May 7, 2022 - Help this SNETT fund raising effort!
https://www.active.com/franklin-ma/running/distance-running-races/11th-annual-fbrtc-5k-road-race-2022
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Rail Trail Roadrace 5K - May 7, 2022 |
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
SAFE 5K - THIS SATURDAY - still time to register and participate!
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
FBRTC fund raising: Rail Trail Road Race 5K - May 7, 2022
https://www.active.com/franklin-ma/running/distance-running-races/11th-annual-fbrtc-5k-road-race-2022
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Rail Trail Roadrace 5K - May 7, 2022 |
Thursday, March 31, 2022
SNETT Fund raising: Rail Trail Road Race 5K - May 7, 2022
https://www.active.com/franklin-ma/running/distance-running-races/11th-annual-fbrtc-5k-road-race-2022
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Rail Trail Roadrace 5K - May 7, 2022 |
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Safe Coalition Road to Recovery run-walk 5k - Apr 30
THIS JUST IN: NORFOLK COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT. K9 unit AND Command Center will be attending the Road to Recovery 5k!
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Shamrock Walk for Refugees raises over $7,000 on a foggy morning (photo essay)
Lead by members of the Franklin Neighborhood Support Team, about 100 people gathered to walk (and run) around the Franklin High School track Saturday morning.
Shamrock Walk for Refugees |
registration for the non-competitive walk, conversations were encouraged |
sponsor listing for the Shamrock Walk for Refugees |
Adam Calvert thanked those participating and the sponsors |
group photo before starting the walk/run |
Donations are still accepted through the website https://walkforrefugees.org/
at the start of the walk |
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/02/inside-shamrock-walk-for-refugees.html
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Reminder: Rail Trail Road Race 5K - May 7, 2022
https://www.active.com/franklin-ma/running/distance-running-races/11th-annual-fbrtc-5k-road-race-2022
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Rail Trail Roadrace 5K - May 7, 2022 |
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
1st Day 5K: New Year's Day in Whitinsville, MA
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Friday, October 15, 2021
Franklin 5K Turkey Trot Returns to In-Person Race - Nov 25, 2021
The $20 early bird registration fee is effective through October 18 and then increases to $25. The registration fee goes directly to the Franklin Food Pantry, keeping donations local to help feed those in need. Participants can register online here. Due to COVID restrictions, the Franklin Food Pantry will not be able to accept food donations instead of the fee. Thank you for understanding this change in policy. Runners can also purchase a t-shirt directly from the registration page to commemorate their experience.
“In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Pantry has shifted its distribution model to meet our neighbors’ changing needs for food and services. This month, we are moving to a hybrid distribution model, offering both in-person and drive-up distribution. We have added home delivery and mobile pantries to reach our neighbors who cannot come to us and increased office hours to assist neighbors who may need more than food,” said Tina Powderly, Executive Director for the Franklin Food Pantry. “We are so grateful for the continued tradition of the Franklin Turkey Trot to help fund our many services. These programs help us provide hunger relief to our community, especially during these
challenging times.”
There are also several opportunities for local businesses to sponsor the race. Funds received from sponsorships are used to cover costs associated with the event, including the race registration company, timing technology, insurance, and security details.
Thank you to our current 2021 Sponsors**:
Gold: Accurate Baker Elman, Capstan Atlantic, DDR Contracting, Fenton Financial, La Cantina Winery, Middlesex Bank, Mount Street Farm, Paul A. Longobardi & Son’s Trucking and Vet Med Pet Supplies
Silver: Citizens Bank, Eagle Stainless Tube, Franklin Nutrition, Franklin Matters, Law Offices of Roche and Roche, P.C, LemonTree, Paula McNulty, Safford Insurance, Simons Furniture Vendetti Motors and Xpressions
Friends: The Campbell Family, Bob Donahue, Molly Bradosky, The Fitzgerald Family, LDS Church 1st and 2nd Wards, KW Premier Properties, The Lobo Family, The Morandi Family, Kathleen O’Neill, Pool Pals, Mike and Maureen Sabolinski, and The Shimer, Shanks and Tait Family.
“I’d also like to thank Race Director Krystal Whitmore and our Sponsorship volunteer, Kim Cooper. We are fortunate to have an incredibly hard-working group of dedicated volunteers, led by Krystal, to make this event come to life,” said Powderly. “Krystal organizes church members, high school students, and her own family to plan and work the event, while Kim works tirelessly to secure local businesses to cover the associated costs. The Turkey Trot is an amazing amount of work, and we could not hold this incredible community tradition without them.”
The Franklin Food Pantry offers supplemental food assistance and household necessities to more than 1,000 individuals per year. The Franklin Food Pantry is not funded by the Town of Franklin. As a private, nonprofit organization, we depend on donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and other strategic partners. We are grateful for our many partnerships, including that with the Greater Boston Food Bank, that allow us to achieve greater buying power and lower our costs. Donations and grants fund our food purchases, keep our lights on, and put gas in our food truck. Other programs include home delivery, Weekend Backpack Program for Franklin school children in need, mobile pantry, emergency food bags and holiday meal packages. The Pantry is located at 43 W. Central St. in Franklin on Route 140 across from the Franklin Fire Station. Visit www.franklinfoodpantry.org for more information.
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The pack is off and running in the 2019 Franklin 5K Turkey Trot |
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Reminder: St. Vincent de Paul Society - walk/run - Sep 25
Each year, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary’s Church walks to bring awareness to the Franklin Community of the struggles some residents experience that impact their daily lives. For thirty years, SVdP has been helping people in need in regardless of race, religious beliefs or ethnic background. The SVdP members work closely with many charitable and government organizations in Franklin.
The SVdP members are all volunteers. Members assist people in a number of ways to help them retain their dignity and to help them to become self-sustaining. Some ways in which the SVdP society assists those in need include:
• Provide clothing and furniture through our SVDP Thrift Stores
• Supply non-perishable food and paper products from our pantry to supplement other food resources
• Assist financially during an unexpected crisis helping to pay rent, medical, car repairs etc.
Last year we helped Franklin Families 345 times for $59,319.00
This year walk participants will follow a route around the town common. Participants may walk between one and three miles. One time around the common is a third of a mile. Registration opens at 8 AM. The walk begins at 9 AM.
If you would like to support our mission of helping residents of Franklin in need, you may make a financial donation in one of two ways.
2. Online to the SVDP team at: https://www.fopwalk.org/event/2617
If you have any questions, please call SVDP 508-918-2291. All donations stay in Franklin and all information is kept confidential.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Friends of the Poor Walk/Run - St. Vincent de Paul Society - Sep 25
Each year, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary’s Church walks to bring awareness to the Franklin Community of the struggles some residents experience that impact their daily lives. For thirty years, SVdP has been helping people in need in regardless of race, religious beliefs or ethnic background. The SVdP members work closely with many charitable and government organizations in Franklin.
The SVdP members are all volunteers. Members assist people in a number of ways to help them retain their dignity and to help them to become self-sustaining. Some ways in which the SVdP society assists those in need include:
• Provide clothing and furniture through our SVDP Thrift Stores
• Supply non-perishable food and paper products from our pantry to supplement other food resources
• Assist financially during an unexpected crisis helping to pay rent, medical, car repairs etc.
Last year we helped Franklin Families 345 times for $59,319.00
This year walk participants will follow a route around the town common. Participants may walk between one and three miles. One time around the common is a third of a mile. Registration opens at 8 AM. The walk begins at 9 AM.
If you would like to support our mission of helping residents of Franklin in need, you may make a financial donation in one of two ways.
2. Online to the SVDP team at: https://www.fopwalk.org/event/2617
If you have any questions, please call SVDP 508-918-2291. All donations stay in Franklin and all information is kept confidential.
Monday, August 9, 2021
Spier Family Kindness For Kids 5K & Kids Run + Family Day - Sep 19
Join us for a great race and family day at the site of so many championships!
Sponsored by the Spier Family and in support of Hockomock Area YMCA Food Access Programs, the annual 5K that hundreds have come to love (formerly called The Foxboro 5K) returns to Patriot Place and will be held Sunday, Sept. 19. Join us!
Food insecurity is a growing concern in the region and, to address this, the Hockomock Y provides free food and meals with no questions asked. We are proud to announce that the annual Hockomock Area YMCA 5K has matured beyond our former route neighboring the Foxboro Y and invite you to run/walk at Patriot Place surrounding Gillette Stadium!
This course and the entire morning of activities will make memories for years to come for all ages and abilities. All proceeds will go to feeding our community.
More info and link to register at https://www.hockymca.org/5k-family-day/
Spier Family Kindness For Kids 5K & Kids Run + Family Day - Sep 19
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Still time for the 10th Annual FBRTC Virtual Race – 5K run or walk 2021
Register today and support the Franklin & Bellingham Rail Trail Committee and the SNETT rail trail.
Thank you to TVFR (https://www.tri-valleyfrontrunners.com/) for partnering with us this year in organizing and supporting our event!
Register here: https://www.active.com/running/distance-running-virtual-events/10th-annual-fbrtc-virtual-race-5k-run-or-walk-2021
If you or your business would like to become a sponsor, please email us at fbrtcommittee@gmail.com for details. Thank you.
When: May 22 - May 31
Still time for the 10th Annual FBRTC Virtual Race – 5K run or walk 2021
Sunday, May 2, 2021
10th Annual FBRTC Virtual Race – 5K run or walk 2021 May 22 - May 31
Hello all!
The month of May is here which means our virtual 5k is just around the corner! Attached in this email is all the information you need to register for the event. Follow the link to sign up and get your free neck gaiter.
Also please forward this to all your friends and family to sign up as well! You can walk or run from anywhere! We will mail the neck gaiter to anyone outside the area so forward it to Aunt Sally in Florida or Uncle George in California! We have a limited number of gaiters so don't be left out!
Help us to make this a successful fundraiser for the SNETT!
Thanks so much for your support!
FBRTC Race committee
- Entry Fee: Runners $20, Walkers $15
- There will be a WALKER division (no timed results or awards)
- Race divisions will be Male Open (49 and under), Female Open (49 and under),
- Male Senior (50+) and Female Senior (50+)
- Each Male and Female division winner will receive a gift certificate from 67 Degrees Brewing (158 Grove St, Franklin)
- Race give-aways (guaranteed for participants who register by April 30, and to all others as availability allows) will be neck gaiter/buff which will be distributed from 67 Degrees during the race "open" period (May 22-31) during their regular hours. See the web site: www.67degreesbrewing.com
- Additional Info Available at www.tri-valleyfrontrunners.com