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BRONZE PLAQUE UNVEILED TO COMMEMORATE THE START OF DAVE MCGILLIVRAY’S HISTORIC CROSS-COUNTRY RUN

MEDFORD, Oregon – Nearly 42 years after he took the initial steps of what would be his historic 3,452-mile cross-country journey, Dave McGillivray returned to Medford, OR, for the unveiling of a commemorative bronze plaque outside Medford City Hall and a jog around memory lane.

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CELEBRATION OF 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAVE MCGILLIVRAY'S HISTORIC CROSS-COUNTRY RUN TO BENEFIT THE JIMMY FUND SET FOR AUG. 23

BOSTON — A day of celebration is planned to mark the 40th anniversary of Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray’s historic solo 3,452-mile run across the U.S. – from Medford, Oregon to Medford, Massachusetts – to benefit the Jimmy Fund.

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DAVE MCGILLIVRAY REUNITES WITH JIMMY FUND 'HERO' WHO HELPED INSPIRE HIS ENDURANCE RUNS IN THE 1980s

BOSTON The last time Dave McGillivray saw Tara Orlowski was the early 1980s when she was undergoing chemotherapy at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and he was completing feats of endurance to raise money for cancer research through the Jimmy Fund.

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