Medway & Millis August 2019

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2nd Annual Medway Police Chase August 31, 2019
By J.D. O’Gara
Get ready to run (or walk!) in
the second annual Medway Police
Chase, a glow run, set to take
place at the very end of August,
from 7 – 11 p.m. on Saturday,
August 31st, 2019 at Medway
High School, 88 Summer Street,
Medway. The event will feature
a 5K road race and a kids’ fun
run, and it benefits the Medway
Police Association.
Medway Police Officer Lauren
Swarthout, who is organizing
the event with Sgt. Jason Brennan,
says that last year’s event,
which was put together very
quickly, had a surprising turnout
of about 200 people, twice the
number she had expected.
“We were shocked,” says
Swarthout. “It’s our biggest fundraiser,
and it’ll probably end up
being the only one we do. Last
year was the perfect day. It could
not have been better.”
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She hopes that this year, with
more time to plan, that the nighttime
fundraiser is even more successful.
This Kids Fun Run will take
place at 8:30 p.m. and is one mile
long. The 5K run will start at 9
p.m.
Registration on site begins
at 7:30 p.m., but you can register
online at https://runsignup.
com/Race/MA/Medway/
MedwayPoliceChase5K. More
information is also available at
http://firstmile-fitness.com/
medway-police-chase-5k/. The
first 100 registrants will receive a
free t-shirt. Swarthout says runners
and walkers are encouraged
to wear glow-in-the-dark attire
to make the event more festive.
T-shirts will also be available for
purchase.
The Medway Police Association,
says Swarthout, is a nonprofit
group that raises money to
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help various groups in town.
“We usually work with the
football team, the hockey team,
Scouts, MABA, the Lions Club,
and we also do a winter present
drive,” says the officer. The group
donates to two local scholarships
as well as to causes in Medway,”
she says.
As for the evening race,
Swarthout says last year’s worked
out well. “Most races are early
Saturday morning. I think a lot
of people are turned off by that.
Night was something different.
We wanted to do the glow thing
and didn’t want to do a basic 5K
that’s so common in Medway.”
Because it’s a run organized
by the police, she says, the event
has the resources it needs.
“We have 20 people to control
traffic, cruisers and the lighting,
and all the bike officers ride
around,” she says. “We can control
safety pretty well, and we just
all do it for free, and obviously,
everyone (all police officers)
goes.”
There will be refreshments
available, says Swarthout, although
not all of the food trucks
had yet been confirmed at press
time. “Last year we had Pangea,
out of Medway,” she says, and
there will likely be an ice cream
truck and shaved ice. Local businesses
donated water for the runners
at last year’s event as well.
Swarthout says that now, with
more planning, the Medway
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Police Association will be able
to give folks more notice, which
will be useful for residents of
Adams, Winthrop, Lovering and
Summer Streets. Some of those
residents, she says, would have
liked a bit more notice last year,
a request Swarthout hopes to accommodate
this year with media
notice and flyers.
Overall, though, the Police
Chase was well received.
“We got really good feedback
last year, and I hope people come
back and do it again, and I just
hope we can do it for many years.
It was such a good feeling, stressful
because it was so quick getting
it together, but seeing how much
everyone enjoyed it, I was on a
high for a few days. It was awesome.”
With Medway Schools beginning
the following week, the
Medway Police Chase might just
be a great way to end the summer.
Entrance fees for the Medway
Police Chase are $20 online/$25
day-of for the 5K for adults 25+
(free for seniors 70+) and $15 online
and $20 the day of for kids.
Find out more at www.medwaypolicechase.com,
or simply look
for Medway, or simply check out
the Medway Police Facebook
page for more details.
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