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Second Annual Marathon Daffodil Dash remembers Boston Marathon victims

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  The Parks & Recreation Department sponsored the Second Annual Marathon Daffodil Dash at Suffolk Downs on Saturday. There were children’s crafts activities and a fun run.

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Valentina Acosta, 7, showed her Boston Strong support.
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Webster Elementary School second-grader Jerome Hebert, fifth-grader Rose-Mary Hebert, with Suffolk County Sherriff Dept. Officers Stacey Wood, Sara Berhe, Rosemarie Arias and Sgt. Holly Nelson (in front).
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Julia Hughes, 9, got sunflowers painted by Perfect Parties USA artist Jackie Herrera.
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The race kicked off.
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Pictured from left to right: Staff Sgt. James Hill Elementary School kindergartener Antonella Cruz, 5, and Hill School second-grader Emiliano Cruz, 8, made a plant with For Kids Only site coordinator Jennifer Ruiz and group leader Destiny Vega, respectively, to represent spring.
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Parks & Recreation staff, pictured from left to right: Luke Ellis, Vinny Vu, Domenic Boudreau and Sports and Fitness Coordinator John Leone during Saturday’s Second Annual Daffodil Dash at Suffolk Downs. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
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Isabella Walsh, 5, made a flower crown.
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James Cavanan (in blue shirt), 8, ran in the 50-yard dash.
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Revere resident Maria McShane, of Sweet Treats by Maria Rose, sold daffodil and paint-your-own cookies.
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Monisha Misra, founder of BoardsbyMo on Pearl Street in Malden, sold charcuterie boxes.

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