Event Overview
Welcome to Voices Against Violence's 5th Annual "Run/Walk to Break the Silence" Event on Saturday, September 24th!
Honorary Chair: U.S. Representative Katherine Clark
Voices Against Violence is the local community based domestic violence and rape crisis center serving the greater Framingham and Marlborough areas of MetroWest Boston. We provide free and confidential services and support to victims and survivors of sexual and domestic violence including 24 hour hotline, counseling and support groups, advocacy, confidential shelter and supervised visitation. All of our services are offered in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Event Logistics
• Event Start Time: 9AM for music, displays, guest speakers and children’s activities
• Run/Walk Start Time: 10AM sharp. The timed run will begin promptly at 10AM followed by the walkers and casual runners.
• Location: 7 Bishop Street, Framingham, MA 01702
• Parking: Free parking in the rear of the building.
• T-shirts: First 250 registrants will get an event t-shirt
• Wrap-up: The course will bring you back to 7 Bishop for the post-race awards and celebration and we will end by noon.
• Registration fees: Timed Runner fee is $25. There is no registration fee for 2K Walkers/Causal Runners.
If you don't want to register for the event but want to make a general donation to support Voices, or a Team or individual runner/walker, simply click on this link
FUNDRAISE HERE! where you can make a donation or create your own fundraising page that you can personalize and share with family and friends, and post on social media.
Fundraiser Information and Instructions
Here's a helpful link:
LEARN ABOUT FUNDRAISING
While you are registering for an event, you will have the option to sign up for fundraising. It will happen after you register, on your confirmation page. Click “Sign up to fundraise.” You can make a donation here to someone that is already fundraising, or sign up to fundraise yourself. Enter in your email address for further details, and then you will be brought to a page to further entering in your information. This will bring you to your fundraising summary page. You can see how much you’ve raised, and make edits. Click “Click to edit profile” You can edit the personal message that people see when they come to your page. You can change your fundraising target dollar amount. You may also change the image on your page and the message people see when they donate. You can change what is visible to people visiting your page too. Be sure to click save! You will also find your link to share with friends and family here. Click “preview” to see what your page looks like.
Once you're registered, you can login to your athlete account and go to “My Page” Scroll to the bottom of your page to see the event you’ve registered for. If you signed up to fundraise for a race, you will see an icon that looks like a dollar sign underneath the event you’ve registered for. Click that. It will bring you to your page. You can see how much you’ve raised, and make edits. Click “Click to edit profile” You can edit the personal message that people see when they come to your page. You can change your fundraising target dollar amount. You may also change the image on your page and the message people see when they donate. You can change what is visible to people visiting your page too. Be sure to click save! You will also find your link to share with friends and family here.