2024 Shamrock Run kicks off Saturday, pasta supper fundraiser this Friday evening

The start of the 2023 Annual Shamrock Run. | BristolCT.net

Posted By: David Fortier March 14, 2024

The 21st annual Shamrock Run & Walk will be held Saturday, March 16, with registration and packet pick up at 7 a.m. Registration is online only. Click here for the link. The page includes detailed information about the courses as well as videos and photos of previous events and sponsors.

The Shamrock Run Pasta Dinner will be Friday, March 15, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Gregory CCD Center on Stafford Avenue. Tickets are sold at the door for $10.

The Shamrock Run event features a Kids Fun Run at 8:45 a.m., a two-mile run and walk at 9 a.m., and the five-mile run at 10 a.m.

There is an event fee of $30, with a fee of $5 for the Kids Fun Run. Register by March 15 to be guaranteed an event t-shirt, limited t-shirts are available after March 15. The $5 fee for the kids runs does not include a t-shirt.

For information, contact Patrick Collins at (860)212-7665 or pcirishc5@aol.com.

The annual event has for its primary benefactor the St. Vincent DePaul Society, a non-profit that provides shelter, food, counseling and referral services for people in need. The society operates a 25-bed homeless shelter, a 10-family Women with Children Transitional Center and a 13-unit transitional living center for single men.

Last year’s event raised $6,000 for the shelter, while raising awareness for the society. Since the race began in 2003, it has raised over $190,000 for the shelter.

In addition to benefiting St. Vincent DePaul, the run will again offer a $1,000 grant to the Cover, a center for grieving children.

Among the Shamrock Run sponsors are the Bristol Hospital, BNDC Neighborhood Development Corp., Bristol Parks, Recreation, Youth and Community Services, Bristol Police Department, Bristol Hospital EMS Department, Dunkin Donuts, St. Joseph Church, St. Stanislaus Church, St. Gregory Church, Attorneys Vitrano, Preleski & Wynne, BristolCT.net, Scarritt Pools & Spas.

For a complete list, go to www.CTShamrockRun.com.

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