Team Framingham Has Raised More Than $30,000

Team Framingham, fundraising for six local charities, just topped the $ 30,000 mark announced Framingham Selectmen Vice Chair Mike Bower Sunday.

As of 10 a.m. on Sunday March 29, Team Framingham runners have raised $ 30,068 for local charities.

The runners have raised more than $12,000, since the last update on March 4.

The leader board by organization stands at:

• Resiliency for Life (8 runners) $11,656
• Call2Talk (4 runners) $5,040
• Adult ESL Plus (3 runners) $4,491
• Framingham History Center (2 runners) $3,482
• Friends of the Callahan Senior Center (2 runners) $3,439
• Voices Against Violence (3 runners) $1,960

The leader board by runner stands at:

• Jason Kane $2,531
• Matthew Trostel $2,381
• Margaret Ciccarelli $2,103
• Elizabeth Parnell $2,066
• Nathan Hogan $1,966
• Sheila Cusolito $1,807
• Julie Buszuwski $1,755
• Katie MacIsaac $1,675
• Peter Gould $1,672
• Beth Delahunty $1,475
• Matt McDonough $1,336
• Jonathan Marshall $1,301
• Sarah Matteodo $1,251
• Joseph Mazzola $1,116
• Candice Beermann $1,050
• Michelle Kinsella $1001
• Philip Mooney $999
• Lauren O’Connell $961
• Clyde Robinson $926
• Maria Davis $671
• Katie Dandurand $25

With three weeks to go until Marathon Monday, Team Framingham fundraising is off to a great start, said Bower, in a press release.

Donations to the Team Framingham runners and their various charitable organizations can be made by visiting the town web-site at the following link: www.framinghamma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18208

Please help our Team Framingham runners and the organizations they are running for, said Bower, who also will be running in the 2015 Boston Marathon.

They are well on their way to catching the 2014 Team Framingham fundraising total of $53,572, he added.

Your contributions today can help six great organizations cross the finish line of fundraising success.

Team Framingham runners are currently training very hard for this year’s marathon, said Bower.

They are being mentored by members of the Greater Framingham Running Club; Ed Finnegan, Ed Stoll, and Bower.

Many of the team’s runners participated in a long an 18-21 mile run, along the marathon course on Saturday March 28 in preparation for the Boston Marathon.

Inquiries or questions regarding Team Framingham can be sent to MarathonBibs@framinghamma.gov or by the Board of Selectmen/Town Manager’s Office at 508-532-5400.

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Pictured is Team Framingham runners: Liz Parnell, who works at Barbieri Elementary and is raising funds for RFL, Katie MacIsaac, who works at Stapleton Elementary and is raising funds for the Framingham History Center, Michelle Kinsella, a health teacher for the Framingham Public Schools who is raising funds for Call2Talk, and Beth Delahunty, who works at Brophy Elementary and raising funds for Adult ESL.