Want to run in person? Join a team, do some good!
Looking to secure your spot at the start line in Falmouth on August 15th? Looking to get involved by running and fundraising for a charity team? Contact one of our Massachusetts-based charity team partners by emailing the designated team captain using the contact information in the table below. They will send you a link to get registered to run the race. You’ll be a part of one of the first in-person events in Massachusetts – and you’ll have a great time raising awareness for a worthy cause.
2021 ASICS Falmouth Road Race Official Charity Teams
Hover your cursor over the nonprofit charity team name for a brief description.
To run for a charity, please email team captains directly using the addresses provided below.
* denotes Falmouth-based charity organizations
| Nonprofit Charity Team | Team Captain | |
|---|---|---|
| *300 Committee Land Trust, Inc. | Lucy Helfrich | lhelfrich@300committee.org |
| ALS Association, MA Chapter | Laura Donahue | laura.donahue@als-ma.org |
| ALS ONE | Jennifer DiMartino | jen@alsone.org |
| Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH | Marissa Bresnahan | mbresnahan@alz.org |
| American Cancer Society | Ramon Bermo | Ramon.Bermo@cancer.org |
| Back on My Feet | Mary Elizabeth Sullivan | fundrace@backonmyfeet.org |
| Bay State Games | Kevin Cummings | kevin@baystategames.org |
| Be Like Brit Foundation | Cherylann Gengel | Cherylann@BeLikeBrit.org |
| Beat Childhood Cancer Foundation (Beat NB) | Patrick Lacey | pat@beatCC.org |
| *Belonging to Each Other, Inc. | Gina Torielli | BTEOfalmouth@gmail.com |
| Best Buddies of Massachusetts & Rhode Island | Michael Sullivan | mikesullivan@bestbuddies.org |
| Beth Israel Lahey Health | Anne Gatnik | Anne_Gatnik@bidmilton.org |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod & the Islands | Julie Giragosian | jgiragosian@emassbigs.org |
| Boston Children’s Hospital | Aubri Farris | run@chtrust.org |
| Boston House: Hope and Healing for Children with Cancer | Mike Emerman | mike@thebostonhouse.org |
| Boston Medical Center | Kristen Lauda | team.bmc@bmc.org |
| Boston Scores | Danielle Molloy | danielle@bostonscores.org |
| Brain Injury Association of MA | Lisa Gonzalez | events@biama.org |
| Bridgewater State University | Kara Thurston | k2thurston@bridgew.edu |
| Brittany Fund for Trauma and Recovery | Brittany Loring | teambrittanyfund@gmail.com |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | Jonah Guerin | events@savebuzzardsbay.org |
| Calmer Choice | Julia Bateman | info@calmerchoice.org |
| Campus School at Boston College | Jennifer Miller | jennifer.miller.6@bc.edu |
| Cape Abilities | Jennifer Gaudette | jgaudette@capeabilities.org |
| Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition | Patty Maguire | prevention@suicideispreventable.net |
| Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center | Christina Schultz | tina@capeveterans.com |
| Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance | Brigid Krug | brigid@capecodfishermen.org |
| Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation | Calle Walsh | cgartside@capecodhealth.org |
| Cape Cod Times Needy Fund, Inc. | Stephanie Martinez-Greer | info@needyfund.org |
| Cape Cod Young Professionals | Kristen Vose Clothier | info@capecodyoungprofessionals.org |
| Cape Wellness Collaborative | Emily Kelly-Joseph | emily@capewellness.org |
| Cell Phones for Soldiers | Rob Bergquist | rob@cellphonesforsoldiers.com |
| Charlestown Boys and Girls Club | Derek Gallagher | dgallagher@bgcb.org |
| Charlestown YMCA | Bridgette Ridlon | bridlon@ymcaboston.org |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice | Alex Danesco | alexdanesco@cfjj.org |
| Closing the Gap Foundation | Matthew Gavis | golfforcf@gmail.com |
| Community Connections Inc | Dolores Fallon | dfallon@communityconnectionsinc.org |
| *Compassionate Care ALS | Ted Trevens | ted@ccals.org |
| Confikids, Inc. | Rachel Calabrese | rachel@confikids.org |
| Cops for Kids with Cancer | Laura Donahue | ldonahue1333@verizon.net |
| Courageous Parents Network | Sarah Casey | sarah@courageousparentsnetwork.org |
| Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation | Amanda Mendum | amendum@crohnscolitisfoundation.org |
| Cure SMA | Alyssa Zavislak | alyssa.zavislak@curesma.org |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Kelly Yardley | dfrunners@dfci.harvard.edu |
| Decibels Foundation | Shauna White | s.white@decibelsfoundation.org |
| DetecTogether | Jan Fountaine | jan.fountaine@detectogether.org |
| Dignity Matters, Inc. | Meryl Glassman | meryl@dignity-matters.org |
| Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc. | David Cohen | dcohen@docwayne.org |
| Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism | Ellie Gamache | egamache@flutiefoundation.org |
| Dream Day on Cape Cod | Tracey Sperry | ed@dreamdayoncapecod.org |
| Duffy Health Center | Christina Wiseman | community@duffyhealthcenter.org |
| EB Hope | Anne Marie Winchester | annemarie.pcohope@gmail.com |
| Ellie Fund | Kristen Sajdak | kristen@elliefund.org |
| empowerHER | Ann Marie Leitao | annmarie@empoweringher.org |
| *Falmouth Service Center | Mary Casey | maryc@falmouthservicecenter.org |
| Family Reach | Ethan Michaud | emichaud@familyreach.org |
| Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund | Thomas Murphy | thomasm@ouimet.org |
| Franklin Food Pantry | Lynn Calling | lcalling@franklinfoodpantry.org |
| Genesis Foundation for Children | Christine Dahlgren | cdahlgren@thegenfound.org |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts | Stacy Wilbur | swilbur@gsema.org |
| Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation | Adrienne Wesolaski | info@glendohertyfoundation.org |
| Good Sports | Sean Ndebele | sndebele@goodsports.org |
| *Gosnold, Inc. | Karen MacDonald | kmacdonald@gosnold.org |
| Gronk Nation Youth Foundation, Inc. | Susan Hurley | Susan@CharityTeams.com |
| Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod | Adrianne Wytas | events@habitatcapecod.org |
| Hannon Foundation | Laurie Hannon | Info@hannonfoundation.com |
| Heading Home | Jillian Smith | JiSmith@headinghomeinc.org |
| Heart Warrior Foundation | Matthew DiFava | heartwarriorfoundation@hotmail.com |
| Heroes In Transition | Nicole Spencer | Contact@heroesintransition.org |
| Herren Project | Pam Rickard | pam@herrenproject.org |
| HMEA’s Autism Resource Central | Kristen Cariglia | kcariglia@hmea.org |
| Homes For Our Troops | Krista Landry | klandry@hfotusa.org |
| Hopkinton Center for the Arts | Sandee Buckley | info@hopartscenter.org |
| Hospitality Homes | Jodi Riseberg | jriseberg@hosp.org |
| *Independence House, Inc. | Sandra Faiman-Silva | sfaiman@aol.com |
| Italian Home for Children | Pat Gotham | pgotham@italianhome.org |
| Jett Foundation | Caitlin Hughes | caitlin@jettfoundation.org |
| Joe Andruzzi Foundation | Gillian O’Brien | gillian@joeandruzzifoundation.org |
| Joseph Middlemiss Big Heart Foundation | Andrea Walsh | awalsh.jmbigheart@gmail.com |
| Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. | Brianna Higgins | teamjoslin@joslin.harvard.edu |
| Journey Forward | Susan Hurley | Susan@CharityTeams.com |
| Journey to Parenthood Foundation | Colleen Brierley | Jtp@journeytoparenthood.org |
| KeepSmilin4Abbie Foundation | Stephen Benford | keepsmilin4Abbie@gmail.com |
| League School of Boston, Inc. | Tim McCabe | tmccabe@leagueschool.com |
| Live4Evan | Dave Krueger | dave.krueger@live4evan.org |
| Lupus Foundation New England | Beverly Goodell | bgoodell@lupusne.org |
| Maddie’s Promise | Sean Downey | seandowney003@gmail.com |
| Major David Brodeur Memorial Foundation | Margaret Guardiani | mguard2802@cox.net |
| Make-A-Wish MA and RI | Hillary Muntz | hmuntz@massri.wish.org |
| March of Dimes | Colleen Walsh | cwalsh@marchofdimes.org |
| Martha’s Vineyard Community Services | Taylor Achin | tachin@mvcommunityservices.org |
| Mass Eye and Ear | Stacy Kelly | stacy_kelly@meei.harvard.edu |
| Mass. General Hospital – Emergency Department | Ben White | emonteiro7@partners.org |
| Mass. General Hospital Breast Cancer Research | Suzanne Sarafin | ssarafin@comcast.net |
| Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition | Michelle Dixon | mbcc.michelle@gmail.com |
| Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress | Jacquie Sherman | jsherman@mdsc.org |
| May Institute | Laura Joyal | giving@mayinstitute.org |
| Michael Lisnow Respite Center | Ricardo Barraza | ricardo@hopkintonrespite.org |
| MitoAction | Jeannie Freeman | jeannie@mitoaction.org |
| Moving Forward, Inc. | Patty Duffy | Pduffy006@gmail.com |
| National Brain Tumor Society | Nikki Margeson | CommunityEvents@braintumor.org |
| National Kidney Foundation | Marsea McGonagle | marsea.mcgonagle@kidney.org |
| National MS Society | Christine Heady | christine.heady@nmss.org |
| National Pancreas foundation | Diane Tonelli | dctonelli@hotmail.com |
| Nativity School of Worcester | Kim Driscoll | kdriscoll@nativityworcester.org |
| NEADS, Inc. | Lori Barrett | lbarrett@neads.org |
| NeighborWorks Housing Solutions | Serenity Belo | sbelo@nhsmass.org |
| Neurofibromatosis Northeast | Diana Flahive | dflahive@nfnortheast.org |
| New England Center for Children | Ashley Dodd | adodd@necc.org |
| New England Donor Services | Caitlyn Bernabucci | cbernabucci@neds.org |
| New England Hemophilia Association | Gabrielle Roth | groth@nehemophilia.org |
| Newton Athletes Unlimited | Mark Kelly | mkelly@newtonma.gov |
| Next Step | Nancy Hays | nancy@nextstepnet.org |
| Nicholas G. Xiarhos Memorial Foundation Fund | Emily Stephens | emily.stephens@hotmail.com |
| Officer Ronald Tarentino, Jr. Charitable Fund | Tricia Tarentino | tricia@tarentinocharitablefund.org |
| Old Colony Elder Services | Kim Bales | kbales@ocesma.org |
| Old Colony Hospice & Palliative Care | Toni Eaton | teaton@oldcolonyhospice.com |
| One Summit | Maria Papandreou | maria@onesummit.org |
| OUT MetroWest | Donna Tambascio | falmouth@outmetrowest.org |
| Progeria Research Foundation | Michelle Fino | Mfino@progeriaresearch.org |
| Quell Foundation | Renee Wilk | rwilk@thequellfoundation.org |
| *Recovery Without Walls | Bill Dougherty | recoveryww@aol.com |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of New England | Ellen Simmons | ESimmons@rmhcne.org |
| Ryan Richards Foundation | Colleen Richards | colleen.mcgrath@gmail.com |
| S.E.A.L. Foundation | Lynne Sarantopoulos | lynne@thesealfoundation.org |
| School on Wheels of Massachusetts | Mal Stanton McCunney | mal@sowma.org |
| School the World | Natalie Hambor | natalie.hambor@schooltheworld.org |
| Shawn Thornton Foundation | Susan Hurley | Susan@CharityTeams.com |
| Shooting Touch, Inc. | Ashley Walenta | ashley@shootingtouch.com |
| Signature Healthcare- Brockton Hospital | Valerie Flynn | VFlynn@signature-healthcare.org |
| SMILE Mass | Susan Brown | info@smilemass.org |
| Soccer Without Borders | Caitlin Saupe | caitlin@soccerwithoutborders.org |
| South Shore Stars | Kristen White | kwhite@southshorestars.org |
| Special Olympics Massachusetts | Charles Hirsch | xtramile@specialolympicsma.org |
| Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England | Jean Bertschmann | JBertschmann@SBAGreaterNE.org |
| Stride for Stride | Tom O’Keefe | tom@strideforstride.com |
| Swim Across America Nantucket | Erin Myers | emccrave@hotmail.com |
| TB12 Foundation | Susan Hurley | Susan@CharityTeams.com |
| Team IMPACT | Ali Peters | apeters@teamimpact.org |
| Tempus Unlimited, Inc. (Cerebral Palsy of MA) | Kevin Eardley | kceardley@tempusunlimited.org |
| Tommy’s Place | Kathy Bell | kbell@murphydonoghue.com |
| Toots Fore Tufts | Janna Muhlhausen | jmuhlhausen@tootsforetufts.org |
| Travis Roy Foundation | Andrew Brownsword | teamtrf@travisroyfoundation.org |
| Tufts Medical Center | Lauren Tedeschi | teamtuftsmc@tuftsmedicalcenter.org |
| Vanessa T. Marcotte Foundation | Kristen Dreyer | info@vtmf.org |
| Waldorf School of Cape Cod | Emily Holmgren | outreach@waldorfcapecod.org |
| We Beat Cancer | Joanne Whall | jhgallahue@gmail.com |
| *WellStrong | Danielle Alexandrov | Danielle@wellstrong.org |
| Yoga Neighborhood | Kathryn Rudman, MD | capecommunityyoga@gmail.com |
The following list of participating teams are FULL
| 4 You I Will Fight | Dave Bent | 4youiwillfight@gmail.com |
| BAMSI | Leigh Lopes | leighlopes@bamsi.org |
| Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Alexa Ramer | bwhteam@partners.org |
| Foundation to Advance Catholic Education | Miriam Sherman | msherman@catholicfoundationsema.org |
| Last Call Foundation | Sarah Wessmann | teamlastcallfoundation@gmail.com |
| Lurie Center for Autism | Tracey Turgeon | traceyturgeon@comcast.net |
| Marisa’s Mission | Lauren Federico | federico.lauren121@gmail.com |
| Mass Mentoring Partnership | Amanda Doyle-Bouvier | adoylebouvier@massmentors.org |
| Mental Health Collaborative, Inc | Ali Balste | ali@mentalhealthcollaborative.org |
| MSPCA-Angell | Dana Lawson | dlawson@mspca.org |
| Natick Service Council | Sonia Shah | info@natickservicecouncil.org |
| Road to Responsibility | Erin Cohen | ecohen@rtrinc.org |
| Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai | Sarah Lynch | sarah.lynch@mssm.edu |
| Tedy’s Team, Inc. | Elizabeth Tirrell | elizabeth@tedysteam.org |
| Why Me & Sherry’s House | Rebecca Kuczarski | rkuczarski@whyme.org |
