FENWAY — More than 2,500 runners and walkers took to the field at Fenway Park and the streets around the park for the 14th annual Run to Home Base to support Home Base’s programs to support veterans, active service members, and military familes. The event raised nearly $3 million. On hand at Fenway to support those walkers (5K) and runners (9K) who headed out over the Mass Avenue Bridge to Boylston Street were the group’s…

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MILTON — Hundreds gathered outside the Glover Elementary School in Milton as former Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy launched the Cassidy Murray Foundation, named in honor of one of his daughter’s friends who died in Aruba while vacationing with her parents in 2022. (The foundation hopes to help families dealing with grief following a tragic loss by increasing access to trauma and grief therapy, according to Fox 25 News.) Cassidy did not come home empty-handed, he…

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EVERETT — 500 guests attended the Northeast ARC’s Under the Stars reception and fashion show to support the organization’s programs. The event was held at Encore Boston Harbor and hosted by president and CEO Jo Ann Simons. Special guests include Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, Patriots player James White, Encore’s president Jenny Holaday, Mary Beth McMahon, president of Special Olympics of Massachusetts, and RoAnn Costin, founder, president and CEO of Wilderness Point Investments. All photos by…

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DORCHESTER — 300 guests attended the Special Olympics Massachusetts 2023 Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which was held at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Dorchester. Massachusetts Special Olympics President and CEO Mary Beth McMahon and her committee hosted. The event honored Katherine Craven, Lynn McCarthy, Ryan Dixon, and Dalene Basden with induction into its Hall of Fame. The organization also honored Craven with its Jack Brett Champions Award, named for the brother…

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