Team Framingham Marathon Application Deadline Next Week

Originally Posted on Nov. 24, 2015

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The deadline to submit your name in the lottery for one of the 2016 Team Framingham Boston Marathon bibs is approaching.

The deadline is Monday Nov. 30 at 4 p.m.

Applications for runners interested in participating in the random selection for one of the twenty two invitational entries to participate in the April 18, 2016 Boston marathon are available on the Town of Framingham web-site for downloading or at the Board of Selectmen Office in the Memorial Building.

http://www.framinghamma.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1073

Framingham residents and full-year and school-year employees of the Town of Framingham and Framingham Public Schools, Keefe Technical School and the McAuliffe Charter School will be eligible to enter the random selection provided they commit to a fund raising effort to support one of the six selected charities, non-profits, and programs.

As of Friday Nov. 20, 65 applications have been submitted.

The random selection will be held on Monday December 7th at 7 p.m. in the Ablondi Room at Town Hall. The public is invited to attend. The Government Channel will broadcast the random selection live on local cable television.

The 22 lucky selectees will be able to participate in what will surely be another historic running of the Boston Marathon on Monday April 18, 2016.

“The Team Framingham Boston Marathon program has been a huge success these past two years. Our Team Framingham runners have raised more than $113,000 for local charities. 46 of our 47 Team Framingham runners have successfully completed the grueling 26.2 mile Boston Marathon course. We expect a high level of interest in the community and among town employees for a coveted invitational entry for the 2016 Boston Marathon” said Selectman Mike Bower.

The fundraising requirement for this year remains a minimum $ 1,500 for one of the following six organizations, with a fundraising target of $ 2,500:

• Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation
• Framingham High School Foundation
• Framingham History Center
• Friends of the Callahan Senior Center
• Resiliency for Life
• Voices Against Violence

Submissions of completed applications can be made via email to MarathonBibs@framinghamma.gov or by drop off or US mail to the Board of Selectmen, Marathon Bibs, 150 Concord St., Memorial Building, Framingham MA, 01702.

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