Monson Memorial Classic Races

Monson Memorial City Hall in the Massachusetts town of the same name serves as the starting and finish line for the Monson Memorial Classic Half Marathon, an event inaugurated in 1996 to commemorate local residents Kelly and Kathy Waldron Perry, two sisters who passed away from cancer within eight months of each other. The race will mark its 14th annual running in November 2009, and proceeds will go towards the Curt and Shonda Schilling Foundation as well as Griffin's Friends, two foundations that provide support, education and awarness to support those with cancer and help fight the disease.