Funded Projects

2008: Second Harvest Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties in California has been providing services to the community for 35 years. They are the single largest nonprofit provider of food to low income households in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and are the seventh largest food bank in the country. An average of 163,000 individuals are served each month. Of those served, 67% are families with children and 12% are seniors. As a leader in the community, Second Harvest goes beyond food assistance and operates community nutrition programs and works with lawmakers to advocate for policy changes and strives to eliminate hunger and its root causes.
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2006-Present: Katalysis - Bootstrap Banking
World Runners has placed over $17,000 in the Katalysis Bootstrap Banking program. The program extends small loans, microcredit, to very poor people in Central America to finance self-employment projects that generate extra income. With increased earnings from their businesses, the bootstrap bankers – 66% of them women – gradually lift their families out of poverty. Inevitably, housing conditions improve, as does family nutrition and educational opportunities for the children. Most importantly, the cycle of crippling poverty is broken and replaced by dignity, self-respect, and hope for the future. That is the power of Bootstrap Banking!
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2002-Present: The Marlene Assell Memorial Scholarship Program
World Runners is supporting an education program created by Dr. Linda Lea, the Education Director of Global Partners for Development, that will change the lives of many young women in Africa forever. Investing in the education of girls is an investment in the future. Making it possible for bright, ambitious young women, who otherwise would drop out, to continue their education and attend secondary school is key to positive change in Africa.
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2001-Present: Global Partners for Development
World Runners supports the Africa Projects of Global Partners for Development, focused on health and education of children and economic empowerment of women.
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1999/2000: InnVision (San Jose, CA)
The World Runners' Millennium Run supported InnVision's Georgia Travis Center for homeless women and children and the education program that the center provides.
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