2010 Labor Day Run for a Healthy World
Submitted by WRAdmin01 on Sat, 06/19/2010 - 00:31. |
The second annual Run for a Healthy World is coming this Labor Day, September 6! The Labor Day race will start and end in the Sunnyvale Baylands Park. There will be a 5K run/walk and a 10K. Both are on flat courses run over the baylands levees and through the marsh lands on mostly dirt roads and some narrow trails.
The proceeds from this event will support the charitable programs of World Runners. The programs include the education of young women in Africa, microfinance internationally and Health Trust locally. For more information about the race and to register for it CLICK HERE. |
Join World Runners Members at the 2010 San Francisco Marathon
Submitted by WRAdmin01 on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 03:31.
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Are you are running or walking in this years San Francisco Marathon, Half Marathon or 5K on Sunday July 25? If you are please join the World Runners team running and raising funds for the charitable programs of World Runners. The proceeds from the run support the charitable programs of World Runners. The programs include the Marlene Assell Program for the education of young women in Africa and microfinance in third world countries.
To make a donation in support of the team or a team member click here. |
Run for a Healthy World Results - All Years, All Locations
Submitted by WRAdmin01 on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 03:23.
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We now have a race series! Well, if two make a series that's what we have. Adding to our popular Run for a Healthy World at the Palo Alto Baylands on New Year's Day the new addition to the series is at the Sunnyvale Baylands Park on Labor Day. Both races are run on very scenic, "dead flat", USAT&F certified, courses, over baylands levees and through marsh lands on mostly dirt roads. Look for a third event in the series in the spring of 2011. Race results and photos for all year's and location's are available. The results and photos for the 2010 New Year's Day Run for a Healthy World are included. Information about age graded results with an age graded results calculator. This is fun to experiment with.
The proceeds from these runs supported the education of young women in Africa, microfinance in Central America and locally the Second Harvest Food Bank and The Health Trust. |
World Runners - What We Are About
Submitted by WRAdmin01 on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 23:25.|
World Runners is unique among nonprofit institutions. The organization is interested in the fitness of both its members and its beneficiaries. However, there is a difference in emphasis on the type of fitness between the two groups. Physical fitness is the main interest for the member and financial fitness for the beneficiaries.
World Runners was founded in 1977 by a group of runners with a mission to make a difference in the world. The difference to make? To end the existence of hunger and poverty in the world. If we were going to go to all the effort to run a marathon or a 10k race, for example, we wanted it to count for more than just thousands of steps. We wanted our running to make a lasting difference in the world as well. It became increasingly clear that poverty was one of the prime reasons for the persistence of hunger. People with means seemed to be able to feed themselves regardless of where they lived. The key link in the persistence of hunger seemed to be poverty and people lacking economic empowerment. And, what better way to end poverty than through microcredit and education. World Runners' charitable program supports the education of young women in Africa, microfinance in Central America and locally the Second Harvest Food Bank and The Health Trust. |
