6 Framingham Charities to Benefit from 2015 Team Framingham Runners

Framingham Selectmen Vice Chair Michael Bower and Framingham Assistant Town Manager Jennifer Thompson unveiled the six local organizations chosen by the Framingham Selectmen and Framingham Police Chief Ken Ferguson to participate in the Team Framingham fundraising for the 2015 Boston Marathon.

The organizations selected are as follows:

• Call2Talk
• Framingham Adult ESL Plus
• Framingham History Center
• Friends of the Callahan Senior Center
• Resiliency for Life
• Voices Against Violence

The Town of Framingham will receive 22 invitational entries from the Boston Athletic Association for the 2015 Boston Marathon.

Framingham Selectmen, at its Sept. 23 meeting, voted unanimously to continue the process for allocating the BAA Boston Marathon invitational entries, with a few minor revisions from the 2014 Marathon process.

The primary change to the process this year is to require a minimum $ 1500 fundraising requirement for one of these six organizations, with a fundraising target of $ 2500. This is up from last year’s $ 500 minimum requirement and $ 2000 target.

Guidelines for the new process and applications for runners interested in participating in the random selection for these invitational entry numbers are available on the Town of Framingham website at
http://www.framinghamma.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=877

The application deadline is Monday, Dec. 1 at 4 p.m.

The public drawing to select the 22 runners will take place on Monday, Dec. 8.

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.