Running is the tool he uses to set  and achieve goals, motivate others, maintain health, both mental and physical and give back to the community.  The DMSE Children’s Fitness Foundation is McGillivray’s newest endeavor which supports non-profit organizations whose efforts are directed at solving the epidemic of childhood obesity by providing direct funding to treatment and prevention programs. 

“Harry Truman is credited with saying, “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”  Dave McGillivray should be credited for living it.  With a heart the size of Boston, I can’t think of anyone who does more things for more people, without  expecting anything in return, than Dave McGillivray. His work ethic, his energy, his athletic feats, and his generosity are legendary; and he’s earned my vote for the greatest organizational and management genius of our lifetime.”

Joan Benoit Samuelson
1984 Olympic Gold Medalist,Marathon;
1979 and 1983 Champion, BAA Boston Marathon
Founder, TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K