2008

 Dreamfar is formed
9 Students from Newton South finished the Providence Cox Marathon

2009

Number of Students Triples
Newton North joins

2010

Nonprofit Status Becomes Official
Forms partnership with Mentor Connection
Brookline and Sharon High School join

2011

Hires part-time executive director and 2 coaches
Urban Science Academy and Charlestown join
55 Students Finish the Marathon

2012

Partners with John Hancock Non-Profit Marathon Program
Mary Lyon and Medford High join
Organizes first official 10K

2013

Forms partnership with Brookline Teen Center
Over 100 Students join
Needhan High, Dorchester Academy, Boston Tech Academy and West Roxbury Academy join F

2014

First two students who participated all 4 years
111 complete program despite snowiest winter in Boston record
Arlington High, Boston Public Schools, Boston Community Leadership Academy, and Madison Park join the program

2015

Forms Partnership with Partners For Youth With Disabilities
The number of schools increases to 15.
2 students run the Boston Marathon
SBCD Dorchester and Match Charter join

2016

Partners with Mass Mentoring Partnership
120 Students finish the Providence Cox Marathon
Becomes quality mentoring program

2021

Students train for a virtual half marathon
Weekly virtual meetings to maintain benefits of training despite pandemic

Partner with WPS Institute in Newton Center

Programming expands to increase accessibility with multiple season culminating events while still training synchronously

With the support of WPS a speaker series was developed

Participation increases to more than 50 with 48 athletes completing the season with us!

Expansion to Larger Service Area

In an effort to serve a larger group of athletes Dreamfar intends to expand to Waltham High School in the fall 2024.