Manchester Road Race Makes Interval House Donation Official

Manchester CT

02 June, 2022

5:25 PM

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MANCHESTER, CT — Efforts to thwart domestic violence have received a helping hand from the Manchester Road Race Committee. Officials from the road race Wednesday presented a check in the amount of $7,800 to Hartford Interval House during a ceremony at the Manchester Police Department headquarters. Interval House is the largest agency in Connecticut dedicated to domestic violence victims. Since its inception in 1977, Interval House has provided assistance in a "nurturing and encouraging environment" to approximately 6,500 victims of domestic violence each year in 24 of the state's cities and towns. The MRR raised the donation through its annual Honors Club Program at last November's Thanksgiving Day run. Under the program, up to 100 runners can opt to pay $100 (instead of the traditional $32 entry fee) and all the proceeds are donated to a specific local charity. The road race committee selected Interval House as its beneficiary last year, and 78 runners signed up to run last Thanksgiving in honor of the organization. "We are very pleased that our race will benefit the compassionate, life-saving role that Interval House plays in our area," said Dr. Tris Carta, the longtime President of the Manchester Road Race Committee. Carta said that the road race has several strong connections to Interval House. For example, Olympian Donn Cabral, who was raised in Glastonbury and has been one of the MRR's top finishers for more than a decade, is a member of the Interval House Men's Initiative, a group of prominent Connecticut men who have been engaged in public education and fund-raising for the cause against domestic violence for more than a decade. The Manchester Police Department, a key element "in the safe and orderly operation of the MRR" since it began, has had a domestic violence victim advocates employed by Interval House working at police headquarters for the past 25 years. Manchester's Domestic Violence Outreach Team is the longest running partnership of its kind in the state. The highly specialized team handles cases of domestic violence, stalking and non-stranger sexual assault. "Interval House works tirelessly to end domestic violence and to help the people who are affected by it," Carta asaid. "We are so grateful to Interval House, and to the wonderful runners who participated in the Honors Club Program at last year's race." More information about the Manchester Road Race and its Honors Club Program will be available starting Sept. 1 at www.manchesterroadrace.com. The 86th annual 4.748-mile Manchester Road Race is on tap for this year at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24, 2022). The race starts and finishes on Main Street in Manchester, in front of St. James Church.