Area track and field coaches, student runners, Special Olympians and representatives from area nonprofits recently converged at the CVS/Caremark Customer Support Center to celebrate the record-breaking funds raised by the 2007 CVS/Caremark Downtown 5K.
The group of approximately 125 youths and adults joined CVS Caremark executives and staff for dinner and a presentation of checks to their respective schools and organizations. The 2007 race – which turned out over 7,000 registered runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes, brought the tally of funds raised during CVS Caremark’s eight-year sponsorship of the Downtown 5K, to $800,000.
Representatives from the following ten nonprofit groups were honored and presented with checks: All Children’s Theater, Amos House, Best Buddies of Rhode Island, Meeting Street, National Braille Press, People Actively Reaching Independence (PARI), Perkins School for the Blind, The Groden Center and The Providence Center.
Additionally, organizations providing volunteers for the race – including schools, track clubs and nonprofit organizations, were recognized at the dinner and awarded grants. To promote health care and to emphasize the importance of physical activity for children, CVS Caremark also awarded $500 grants to ten schools that won random drawings. •
