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Walk and Run to benefit breast cancer charities.
Thanks for joining our 8th annual event on July 8, 2007, 8:30am, Wakefield, Ma . We netted over $12,000 for our charities in 2007!  Watch this spot for our 2008 plans.


What is Take the Lake 5k?
The Take the Lake 5K is a charity run and walk around Wakefield's beautiful Lake Quannapowitt. In the six years since its founding, over 3,200 local walkers and runners have participated in the event and over $78,000 has been donated to two cancer related charities (The American Cancer Society and The Coalition for Cancer Survivorship).

Year after year, runners and walkers, family and friends, children and grandparents have universally enjoyed this event.

Please come and 'Take the Lake' with us once again July 13, 2008.


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Join us for the eighth annual hosting of this fun and fulfilling event!
Thanks to a great group of runners, walkers, sponsors and volunteers we have donated over $78,000 to the American Cancer Society and the New England Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. At the same time, we have had a truly enjoyable event for the participants and the hosts. Please join us again July 13th, 2008. If you have any questions or suggestions for the event organizers, please send them to info@takethelake5k.com!

Prior Event Results:
See the 2007 results on CoolRunning here and some pictures of the 2005 taken courtesy of Wakefield World WakefieldWorld.com.

When:
Sunday, July 13, 2008 - Starts at 8:30am (Walkers at 8:35)

Where:
Comverse Headquarters
200 Quannapowitt Parkway
Wakefield, MA

Who:
Runners and Walkers Welcome (separate starts)

Entry Fee and Race Highlights:
$18 before July 1 ($20 after July 1 and day of race)
Refreshments after the race
Water along the course
T-shirts to all registrants registered before July 1.
Awards to top 3 male and female in each division
Walkers welcome!
Professional Scoring
Mile Splits


Application Forms - Take your choice
On-line Registration

Print, fill out and mail this HTML form (address on form)

Or we can mail you a copy - please send an email request to info@takethelake5k.com (and let us know if you want us to email an application or drop it in the post).

Directions:
From Rte 128 North or South take exit 39 "North Ave. Reading/Wakefield". Turn at light onto Quannapowitt Parkway (Unmarked, but before the Lord Wakefield Hotel). Follow past **second** Comverse building to parking at 200 Quannapowitt Parkway. There is plenty of parking available in the Comverse parking lot.



Bib Pick-up/Race Day Registration:
Race day registration and bib number pick-up for all registrants will be in the Comverse building at 200 Quannapowitt Parkway (the race start line) beginning at 7:00 AM on Race Day.

Race Route:
Race Route is a flat and fast loop around Wakefield's Scenic Lake Quannapowitt. You won't find a flatter 5k than this one! (We have clipped some off of the lake route by spreading the start and finish so that this is a 3.1 mile race). USATF certified course (See Map MA02012RN here).

Proceeds will be donated to:
The American Cancer Society and The New England Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

Dedication:
Take the Lake is Dedicated to Janice (Mignosa) Frye
Janice (Mignosa) Frye traces her roots to Wakefield. A voracious reader, Wakefield High School (class of 1980) scholar and thespian, and Lucius Beebe library regular, Janice loved all things literary. She carried that affection to UMass at Amherst (Journalism, 1984) and settled in Holyoke to marry Bob Frye, a teacher. Jan worked in the wonderful and caring community of Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Mass. Janice and Bob formed a wonderful young family, Samantha, Zoe, and Calvin Frye. The family carries on Janice's quiet love for books, home, and relationships. Janice lost her struggle with cancer in 1999. We would like to continue Jan's story by paying tribute to her and to the organizations that strive to help the countless local families afflicted by this cruel disease. Please join us in the "Take the Lake 5K" road race and walk to benefit The American Cancer Society and The New England Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.

The Family and Friends of Janice (Mignosa) Frye

Questions:
Call us at 781 944 1156 or email to info@takethelake5k.com.

Sponsors:

We thank the following organizations and people who have been important and repeated sponsors of the Take the Lake event:


Platinum Sponsors:

  • FNA Transmission

  • Kelly’s Roast Beef

  • Honey Dew Donuts

  • West Side Social Club

  • Sentinel Benefits

  • Bay State Federal Charitable Foundation

  • Comverse

  • Rawson Auto Body

  • A Cut Above

  • JA Packaging



    • Gold Sponsors:
  • Adesa

  • Finn the Wolfhound

  • Mimi

  • Nanna & Nanno

  • Papa

  • Pepsi

  • Runner's Edge

  • Stop & Shop

  • Yell-o-Glo Corporation



    • SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
  • Atlantic Food Mart

  • Finagle a Bagel

  • Mike's Gym

  • Reading Trophy & Shirts




    • Pledges and Donations can be made out to Take the Lake 5K, or directly to the American Cancer Society and sent to:

    Take the Lake 5K,
    PO Box 154,
    Wakefield, MA 01880
    MORE INFORMATION?
    Contact Tom at 781 944 1156 or 781 676 7531 or send an email to info@takethelake.com