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The 7th annual Jamaco River Run and Post-Race celebration will be held once again on Saturday, June 15, 2024.  This is a fun, family-friendly day complete with a Kid's Fun Run, a USATF certified & sanctioned 5K road race, and a post-race event with live music, a craft beer tent, burgers and dogs, homemade ice-cream, activities for the kids, award ceremony and an amazing prize raffle.  Registration & Bib Pickup will begin at 8am at Waterhouse Field (74 E. Main St, Merrimac, MA).  Free parking is available on site.  The Kids Fun Run kicks off at 9am followed by the 5K walk/run at 10am.  The first 200 registrants receive a custom commemorative t-shirt, a swag bag, and a free beer (21+).  

This year, we are pleased to announce that we are partnering with the RLG Foundation to raise funds for leukemia awareness, research and support of families impacted by this terrible disease.

Reid Landry Garrant was a 22 year old young man who graduated from Pentucket Regional High School in 2014. He played Varsity Football & Lacrosse and went on to play football for The University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. During high school, Reid and his family lived in West Newbury and Merrimac and he was well-loved by his family, friends and the entire Pentucket community.

On June 1, 2018, Reid passed away from Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia or APML/APL - a cancer of the white blood cells, after only being diagnosed the previous day from Dana Farber Cancer Institute doctors. Reid’s Foundation was born out his family wanting to honor his name and give back to other families having to deal with Leukemia.

Reid’s motto was “Family, God & Football” and this statement is what will guide his foundation’s mission to help others. Scholarships and awards are set up in Reid’s name at Pentucket Regional High School.  A fund has also been established to help families dealing with Leukemia and his foundation will work to create awareness & funding working with institutions such as Dana Farber Cancer Institute, American Red Cross, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Be The Match and individual families.

For 2024, the funds raised by our race will be used to benefit the RLG Foundation.

We are looking forward to our biggest and best race yet!

~ the Jamaco River Run Board of Directors