DERBYSHELTON — Jay Carlucci, the community-minded owner of The Dew Drop Inn, is this year’s honorary starter of the 2025 Commodore Hull Thanksgiving Day 5K, scheduled to start 8 a.m. Nov. 27.

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The race, which covers downtown Derby and Shelton, raises money for programs at The Boys & Girls Club of the Naugatuck Lower Valley.

The following statement was posted to the club’s Facebook page:

“๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ ๐—ผ๐—ณย Dew Drop Innย ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฑ๐—ž!
Jayโ€™s support for our community has been extraordinary โ€” from being a steadfast supporter of our Club year after year to providing hundreds of Thanksgiving meals for our Club families. His generosity and heart truly embody the spirit of this race.ย 

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ๐—ž ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!”