Team Framingham History & Fundraising

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Each year, the Boston Athletic Association’s (BAA) City and Towns program awards 22 to 25 invitational entries to each of the 8 cities and towns along the Boston Marathon course in recognition of the support these communities provide for the annual running of the Boston Marathon. This program has been in place for decades. 

Following the tragic 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, the Framingham Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to establish the Team Framingham program. The program's stated goal is to make the awarding of these valuable invitational entries a much more open and transparent process available exclusively for the benefit of Framingham residents, Framingham town/city employees, and Framingham-focused charities.

An additional goal of a more formal process and program was to leverage the value of these entries in the running community to benefit Framingham-focused charities through a fundraising requirement.  

A final goal was to work with the local running club and running community to provide a comprehensive training program so that recipients of these entries, whatever their running history, could complete the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon.

Team Framingham 2014 was therefore launched for the April 2014 Boston Marathon.  

Team Framingham Fundraising

 In 2024, Team Framingham surpassed a total of $1,000,000 raised in our 10+ year history! 

Our five Team Framingham 2025 charities are: Leadership Metrowest, Call2Talk, Family Promise Metrowest, Framingham History Center, and Bethany Hill Place.

Check out the great work each of these five fantastic charities do for the Framingham community at their websites below: