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Walter's Run

The Parkway Running Club (PRC) of West Roxbury, MA has hosted an annual Santa Scamper 5k road race since 1994. This race raised money for the Boston Globe Santa Fund, a charity to support children of need in Massachusetts. In 2004, PRC re-named the race Walter’s Run to honor a very special friend and member, Walter Burgess. Walter passed away suddenly in November 2003 at the age of 40 shortly after having completed the Great Floridian Ironman Triathlon. To more fully demonstrate Walter's love of community and running, we have expanded the organizations receiving proceeds from Walter's Run to include the YMCA Reach Out Campaign and the Walter Burgess Scholarship Fund

Come for a great pre-holiday 5k through the neighborhoods of West Roxbury, and then enjoy some of the best post-race party food (inside at the YMCA) in the area! It's a very family friendly race, with a FREE 1k kids race at 10:40am, balloon animals, a clown, and of course, Santa!

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