Registration open for 9th annual "2018 Run to Home Base Presented by New Balance" 9K 5K at Fenway, Saturday, July 28, 2018
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Has been providing road race timing, management, and computer services throughout New England and beyond since the early 1980s. From the summit of Mt. Washington to the starts of the New York City Marathon, we have timed and scored thousands of races including road races, cross country meets, triathlons and biathlons, bicycle and canoe/kayak events. For the 9th straight year, Daymark employees, their families and clients supported“Run to Home Base”an annual event committed to helping veterans suffering from mental trauma and brain injuries. At this year’s event we were able to offer our clients the unique opportunity to join “Team Daymark” thanks to our partnership with Cisco. In addition to volunteers throughout the event, we had more than 70 employees participate in the 9K/5K races. Following the event, we sponsored the Vietnam Veteran’s Tribute, in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, at the Red Sox vs. Yankees game.
Sign up now to take advantage of our $550 Early Bird fundraising minimum and encourage your friends, family, coworkers and running mates to register with you before the fundraising minimum increases to $800 beginning January 15, 2018. Participants running in the 8th annual 5K run at Fenway to raise money in support of Veterans and their families. To register for the 2018 Run to Home Base presented by New Balance on July 28th, visit The special early-bird fundraising minimum is $550. Whether you run, support a team, or make a gift, you help Home Base provide Veterans, Service Members, and their families with access to life-changing, lifesaving care at no cost. Daymark Solutions is an experienced technology integration and solutions provider that helps organizations throughout North America effectively architect, implement, and deploy customized solutions to help their clients grow and scale their IT infrastructure. Specializing in data center infrastructure and cloud solutions, Daymark’s unique combination of in-depth technical knowledge, extensive experience, and proven methodologies enable its clients to successfully address even the most difficult technology challenges.
Home Base’s services are needed now more than ever.
As a long-standing, major sponsor of the race, nearly 200 of our employees and volunteers will walk, run, and help assemble 1,000 care packages to show their support for troops in need. The Run to Home Base is our most critical, annual fundraiser providing vital funds for the clinical care and support for our Veterans and their Families who are impacted by the invisible wounds of war.Military suicides have increased 20% since the onset of the pandemic, with nearly 20 Veterans losing their lives to suicide each day. The Run to Home Base is our most critical, annual fundraiser providing vital funds for the clinical care and support for our Veterans and their Families who are impacted by the invisible wounds of war. Military suicides have increased 20% since the onset of the pandemic, with nearly 20 Veterans losing their lives to suicide each day.
The 9th annual Run to Home Base presented by New Balance will take place on Saturday, July 28, 2018. Search by team name and make a donation to support a team’s fundraising goals. Veterans and Active Service Members, 183 military spouses and family members, 60 family members of a fallen Service Member were among those participants. We’d like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone on Team Daymark, everyone who made a donation, and all those who came out to cheer on our team. If you’d like to support this great organization, you can still contribute here. It was an honor to sponsor the Military Appreciation Area at the event inside Fenway Park.
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The program leads regional and national efforts to help Post-9/11 service members, veterans from all branches of service including the National Guard and Reserve, and their families heal from the invisible wounds of war like traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress. During the event we hosted a military appreciation area where participants and spectators made care packages for deployed soldiers serving overseas. Approximately 100 BAE Systems volunteers, including family and friends, helped to assemble more than 1,000 care packages. "The services at Home Base have helped thousands of Veterans and Veteran family members over the past eight years, and that assistance would not be possible without the generous support and energy of the runners who help raise funds," said Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner. Home Base is a philanthropic partnership between the official team charity of the Boston Red Sox and one of the nation's most renowned teaching hospitals.
We value our partnership with Home Base and the Red Sox Foundation, because many of our employees are veterans or have family members who have served or are currently serving. Throughout the year we work with the Red Sox Foundation to sponsor other events that support the military, like Military Appreciation Weekend and Trees for our Heroes, which together provide activities for more than 500 military families annually. The Home Base Program is a joint partnership with the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Friends and family can watch you from the stands, with food, entertainment and fun family activities available in the concourses of America’s Most Beloved Ballpark. Volunteers and spectators made care packages for military members serving overseas. We have been a sponsor of the Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program for eight years as they support soldiers returning from combat and their families. At Home Base, we remain committed to providing world-class care, at no cost to Veterans and their Families. By participating in the Run to Home Base, you are sharing this commitment and helping to heal Veterans and their Families from the Invisible Wounds.
As an annual sponsor of the race, we have contributed more than $654,249 in support of that effort. We look forward to another successful event on July 28, where we can further show our support to such an impactful cause. Also in the last nine years, more than 500 of our employees have participated in the 9K and 5K races, running or walking 2,446 miles. The annual Run to Home Base is a unique 9K run and 5K run/ walk through scenic Boston ending with a once-in-a-lifetime experience of finishing the race by crossing Fenway’s famed home plate.
Run to Home Base 2017 Care Packages
"There are a lot of service men and women who are struggling with their injuries who need to know there is a team behind them when they get home," Hammond said. "The Run to Home Base is a way to not only say thanks, but step up to the plate to serve those who have served all of us. As a community, we are all strengthened when we share both the benefits and the burdens required in serving our nation." Discounted early bird registration is now open for the 9th annual Run to Home Base 9K run / 5K run-walk charity race, presented by New Balance.
Founded in 2008, the program supports the career development of wounded veterans and gives them a chance to give back at events throughout the year. Shampoo, batteries, and Boston Red Sox-branded 3D stickers – these may seem like simple, everyday items to some, but to deployed soldiers these items, when packaged together, bring a sense of home. That’s why each year our company sponsors a Military Appreciation booth at the event where hundreds of volunteers stop by and put together care packages for soldiers around the globe to give them that slice of home. In the last nine years, over 500 of our volunteers have helped assemble 7,646 care packages for our troops during this annual event. Support of the Run to Home Base ensures that our world-class clinical care remains available at no cost to the participant or family. Thanks to our generous sponsors, 100% of every dollar raised will go directly towards the life-saving care provided by Home Base.
The Run to Home Base is Home Base’s signature fundraising event, raising over $26 million to date.
We are proud to participate in this important event that raises more than $1 million annually to support the Home Base Veteran rehabilitation program. The Run to Home Base presented by New Balance is the primary racing event in New England dedicated to supporting Military Families and raising awareness of the invisible wounds, such as post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. Open to participants of all ages, registers runners and walkers can choose from two route options before crossing the home-plate finish line at Fenway. Nearly 200 BAE Systems employees and volunteers will walk, run, and help assemble 1,000 care packages to show their support for troops in need. Retired Brigadier General Jack Hammond, Executive Director of Home Base, says the mission of the Run extends beyond the much-needed fundraising.
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