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Local DunkinÛª
Donuts Business Owners to Sponsor New American Prize Money Category at TD Beach
to Beacon 10K
MEMIC, the
raceÛªs official Safety Sponsor, also joins as new sponsor for 18th
running of classic road race in coastal Cape Elizabeth, Maine
CAPE
ELIZABETH, Maine (June
30, 2015) ÛÒ DunkinÛª Donuts, in partnership with their
local franchise owners, has signed on as a new sponsor of the TD Beach to Beacon
10K Road Race and will provide prize money for a new American-only runner
category, race officials announced Tuesday.
DunkinÛª Donuts, AmericaÛªs
favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, joins an elite
group of high-level sponsors who help make the 18-year-old TD Beach to Beacon such an undeniable
success each year.
ÛÏLocal
DunkinÛª Donuts business owners are always looking for ways to support
their community and events like the TD Beach to Beacon,Û said Dana Reid
of DunkinÛªs Donuts. ÛÏWe are very proud to sponsor the American
prize money category and celebrate these amazing athletes.Û
The
new $23,000 prize purse for American men and women is one of the most generous
offered at U.S. road races and swells the TD Beach to BeaconÛªs total
prize money available to athletes to more than $90,000.
The
American-only prize money, which is likely to attract many of the
countryÛªs top distance athletes to the Aug. 1 race, will be split evenly
among the top five men and women and break down like this: $5,000 for first,
$3,000, $2,000, $1,000 and $500.
ÛÏWe are so
grateful to the local DunkinÛª Donuts business owners for joining us
this year and adding this exciting and transformative new element to the
race,Û Race President Mike Stone said. ÛÏThe generous support that
we receive from our sponsors, both new and returning, is vital to our mission.
In addition to being a world-class road race, the TD Beach to Beacon 10K truly
has grown into a celebration of health and fitness for the entire region. The
stature of this race would not be maintained without the continued support we
receive from all of our sponsors. We canÛªt thank them enough.Û
In
addition to the prize purse sponsorship, DunkinÛª Donuts also will be on
site throughout race weekend raising money for race beneficiary Good Shepherd
Food Bank through the sale of DunkinÛª Donuts product.
Based
in Canton, Mass., DunkinÛª Donuts is a market leader in the hot
regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced coffee, donut, bagel and muffin
categories. There are more than 150 locally-owned DunkinÛª Donuts
restaurants based in Maine with many being multi-generational family businesses
that have served and supported their local communities for decades.
Another
new sponsor this year is MEMIC, which will
serve as the TD Beach to BeaconÛªs official Safety Sponsor. Based in
Portland, Maine, MEMIC helps employers from a variety of industries boost
productivity and lower costs by embracing workplace safety. MEMIC is
MaineÛªs largest and leading workersÛª compensation insurer,
providing coverage to more than 18,000 Maine employers and their estimated
180,000 employees. The other new 2015 sponsors are WymanÛªs of Maine, the Holden Agency and
WinXNet.
Below
is the complete list of sponsors who help make the TD Beach to Beacon possible,
from title sponsor TD Bank to other
sponsors since year one ÛÒ Nike, Hannaford, Poland Spring and MaineHealth. Other long-time sponsors
are IDEXX, Northeast
Delta Dental and WCSH6.
Corporate
Partners
TD
Bank
– Title Sponsor (since year one)
Nike ÛÒ Official
Race and Volunteer Apparel Sponsor (since year one)
Hannaford – Official Trainer
Sponsor (since year one)
IDEXX ÛÒ Official
Business to Business Challenge Sponsor (returning sponsor)
Poland
Spring
– Official Bottled Water Sponsor (since year one)
Northeast
Delta Dental
(returning sponsor)
WCSH6
TV –
Official Media Sponsor (returning sponsor)
MaineHealth – Official Medical
Partner (since year one)
Dead River Company – Official Energy
Partner & Kids Fun Run Presenting Sponsor (returning sponsor)
Olympia Sports – Official Sporting
Goods Retailer (returning sponsor)
Prize
Money Sponsors
TD
Bank – Top 10 Men and Women (since year one)
UNUM – Wheelchair Men and Women (since year
one)
DunkinÛª
Donuts ÛÒ American Prize Money (new sponsor)
Anthem BlueCross BlueShield – Masters Men and
Women (ages 40+) & Senior Men & Women (ages 50+) – (returning sponsor)
Northeast
Delta Dental – Maine Resident Men and Women & Course Record Bonuses
(returning sponsor)
L.L. Bean ÛÒ Age Group Awards &
Awards for Category Winners (since year one)
Thos. Moser ÛÒ Keepsake Beacon Boxes
as Awards for Category Winners (returning sponsor)
Race
Supporting Sponsors
Courtyard
Marriott Portland Downtown/Waterfront ÛÒ Hospitality Sponsor
(returning sponsor)
Fairchild ÛÒ Green Sponsor
(returning sponsor)
MEMIC
ÛÒ Safety Sponsor (new sponsor)
Oakhurst Dairy – Kids Fun Run Sponsor
(since year one)
Spectrum Medical Group ÛÒ
Volunteer Sponsor (returning sponsor)
AAA
Northern New England (returning sponsor)
Barber
Foods (returning sponsor)
Bon
Ton Stores (returning sponsor)
Cabot
Cheese (returning sponsor)
Cliff
Bar/Luna Bar (returning sponsor)
Holden
Agency (new sponsor)
Leavitt
and Parris (returning sponsor)
Lee
Auto Mall (returning sponsor)
Mainely
Tubs (returning sponsor)
Norman
Hanson & DeTroy (returning sponsor)
Perkins
Thompson (returning sponsor)
Pine
State Beverage Company (returning sponsor)
Pioneer
Athletics (returning sponsor)
Pizza
Joint (returning sponsor)
Seafax
(since year one)
Shamrock
Sports & Entertainment (returning sponsor)
Shipyard
Brewing Co. (since year one)
Terra
Cotta Pasta (returning sponsor)
Vessel
Services, Inc. (returning sponsor)
WEX
(returning sponsor)
WinXNet
(new sponsor)
WymanÛªs
of Maine (new sponsor)
ÛÏJust
like the world-class runners we attract each year, our sponsors include some of
the most recognizable and trusted names in Maine, the region and around the
world,Û said Race Founder and Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit
Samuelson. ÛÏWe couldnÛªt be more pleased to add DunkinÛª
Donuts, MEMIC, WymanÛªs, Holden Agency and WinXNet to the list this year.
TheyÛªre in good company.Û
This
year marks the 18th running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K, which filled online
in less than five minutes and is considered one of the gems on the U.S. road
race circuit. In 2014, a record-setting 6,494 runners from 14 countries, 42
states and more than 260 Maine cities and town finished the winding, rolling,
often breathtaking 6.2-mile coastal course. The race debuted in 1998 with 2,408
runners crossing the finish line.
The
2015 race beneficiary is Good Shepherd Food Bank (www.feedingmaine.org), MaineÛªs
largest hunger relief organization, which receives a $30,000 donation from the
TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, AmericaÛªs
Most Convenient Bank®. TD Bank has now donated $540,000 to Maine
charities over the history of the race.
For
additional information about the race, visit www.beach2beacon.org, and follow the
race on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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