2016 Team Framingham Corporate Sponsors Announced

FRAMINGHAM, MA - Assistant Town Manager Jim Duane and Board of Selectman Vice Chair Mike Bower announced that six 2016 Team Framingham corporate sponsors have stepped forward to support the efforts of the team in their training for the April 18 Boston Marathon.

Premier Sponsors:

· Atlantis Dental (Dr. Sumbul Naqvi)

· Herb Connolly Acura (Chris Connolly)

· La Cantina Italiana (Lee Mencaboni)

· Michael P. Cannon & Associates (Michael Cannon)

· Samba Steak & Sushi and Samba West (Joseph Zhang)

Gold Sponsor:

· Boston Technology Advisors, Inc. (Bob Berman)

The six corporate sponsors have been invited to attend the Tuesday, March 8 Selectmen meeting to be recognized publicly for their support of Team Framingham 2016 and the six wonderful charitable organizations the 22 runners are actively fundraising for.

Corporate sponsors help to underwrite the expenses in support of the Team Framingham runners:

• Team Framingham t-shirts

• Team Framingham busing for training runs, including Charity day, Saturday March 26

• Team Framingham busing to the Hopkinton starting line on Marathon Monday April 18

The Team Framingham 2016 runners have been training hard with three team long runs already held.

The runners are also working hard to raise funds for six local charities, attempting to surpass the fundraising totals set by the 2014 and 2015 teams which combined to raise more than $113,000.

Individuals interested in learning more about our six charitable organizations or wishing to donate to the team runners can click here.

The Team Framingham training program is being run in cooperation with the Greater Framingham Running Club.

It has been extremely successful in guiding 46 of 47 team runners to the finish line of the historic and challenging Boston Marathon course during the first two years of the program, said Bower.

Inquiries or questions can be sent to MarathonBibs@framinghamma.gov