WHAT WE DO

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PROGRAMS

We have two signature programs that bring our mission to life.

Running Is A Right seeks to provide young people living with limb loss the access they need to recreational prosthetics. We’ve partnered with Shriners Hospitals for Children to produce special events across the country that engage and inspire.

Learn more here.

The Dream Big Marathon dares kids to run 26 miles, read 26 books, and perform 26 acts of kindness. Inspired by the Dream Big children’s book, classrooms, scout troops and other groups of young people can take part in this nationwide experience.

Discover more here. (coming soon)

 
 
 

BENEFICIARIES

The Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation is proud to support organizations that capture our mission to inspire and empower youth across New England and beyond to increase physical activity, expand literacy, and build community and self-esteem through running, reading, and performing acts of kindness. Beneficiaries of the funds raised by our foundation include:

  • Running Is a Right

  • Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library

  • Power Kids Summer Enrichment Program

  • Medford Parks And Recreation Program 

  • Medford Senior Center

  • The Center For Citizenship And Social Responsibility At Medford High School

  • The Jimmy Fund

  • Joseph Middlemiss Big Heart Foundation

  • Boston Children’s Hospital OWL Program

  • Soul Train

  • Girls on the Run Boston

  • Black Girls Run

  • Tommy’s Place

  • Martin Richard Foundation

  • Team Hoyt, MetroWest YMCA

  • American Heart Association

  • Merrimack College Athlete Scholarship

  • Healthy Kids Running Series

  • Cromwell Center

  • Ironstone Farms

  • Rogue Valley Foundation

  • Michael J. Fox Foundation

  • Medford Public Library

  • Girl Trek

  • The Hoyt Foundation

  • Sports Museum of New England

  • Andover Fire Department

  • Falmouth Walk

  • Center for the Performing Arts

  • North Andover Cross Country Team

  • New England 65+ Runners Club

  • Lawrence Catholic Academy

 

EVENTS

 
 

Run Medford has announced it will once again bring a variety of community running and walking events in Medford, Mass., on Sept. 22 and 23. The event is presented by the Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation and produced by DMSE Sports. The event will feature new distances and events, including a five-mile run and two-mile walk at Medford City Hall on Saturday morning, and as well as children’s and mile events at Hormel Stadium on Friday night. Festivities will kick off with the dedication of the Dave McGillivray Track at Hormel, an honor revealed by Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn to McGillivray at last year’s Run Medford event. Registration is now open for all distances.