| PLYMOUTH, MA… | | | | children's fun sprint of 100 meters. The Kids |
| Volunteers are needed in all areas of this race, | | | | Classic will take place on the track at Plymouth |
| which includes a half marathon starting on Old | | | | South High School. |
| Sandwich Road near Ellisville Harbor State Park, | | | | |
| and a 10k starting at Plimouth Plantation. Both | | | | "We have a strong board of volunteers who have |
| races will finish at Plymouth South High School. | | | | taken the Race this far but with essentially three |
| | | | | starting locations and a large finish line area, not to |
| "As a first year race with two starting locations, | | | | mention pre-race registration, water stops along |
| we need all the help we can get. That includes | | | | the way and all the other jobs that go into a |
| behind the scenes prior to the race and | | | | race, we need some help," said Brenner. |
| volunteers to help before, during and after the | | | | "Anybody who wants to be a part of a fun, |
| race," said Craig Valentine Brenner, race director | | | | one-of-a-kind, historic road race that will benefit |
| for the Old Sandwich Road Race. "So while it's | | | | the people and businesses of America's |
| going to be a lot of work, it's also going to be a | | | | hometown of Plymouth are welcome." |
| lot of fun and the profits from the race are going | | | | |
| to a very good cause, The Home for Little | | | | Those interested in volunteering can do so online |
| Wanderer's Baird Center in Plymouth." | | | | by going to For companies interested in |
| | | | | sponsoring the Old Sandwich Road Race, the |
| The Baird Center School is a year-round residential | | | | minimum sponsorship is $250. Current sponsors |
| and day school treatment program for youth | | | | include: Entergy, Retrofit Technologies, Bayside |
| aged 10-18 with a wide range of emotional, | | | | Runner, King Collision Centers and the Village |
| behavioral, educational and psychiatric issues. | | | | Racquet & Fitness Club at the Pinehills. |
| Adding yet another historical element to the Old | | | | |
| Sandwich Road Race, The Home for Little | | | | Originally a trail used by the Wampanoag Native |
| Wanderers is the nation's oldest non-profit child | | | | American tribe, Old Sandwich Road later became |
| and family service agency, with roots dating back | | | | the nation's first true public road and a stagecoach |
| to 1799. | | | | route to ferry passengers and mail back and |
| | | | | forth between the Massachusetts towns of |
| In addition the 10k and half marathon, the Old | | | | Plymouth and Sandwich. Today, the road remains |
| Sandwich Road Race will also include a Kids Classic. | | | | pretty much as the Pilgrims left it--a wide, scenic, |
| The Kids Classic features four one-mile kids' races | | | | dirt road bordered by beautiful tall pine trees and |
| with age groups from 7 to 14 years of age and a | | | | towering oaks. |