World Run Day

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World Run Day was Sunday, November 9, 2008

ead about what Firstgiving did on World Run Day

About World Run Day
This is a day to celebrate running and charitable giving, virtually.

Virtually? Yep - you don’t have to show up at a certain time or place. You don’t have to worry about getting closed out of a race, where to park, or putting your timing chip on.

Anyone anywhere can run any distance.

Here’s what to do:

  • Choose your cause. There are 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the USA and you can raise money for any one of them with Firstgiving. What’s your cause?
  • Plan your run. It can be an organized race, a training run with your buddies or on your own - the choice is yours.

Fundraiser spotlights

Four runners: which one are you?


Together we have raised $13,356 for a variety of charities - big and small, local and international.

The top fundraisers for World Run Day are:

1. Staff of School on Wheels has raised $3505 for School on Wheels

2. Melinda Swenson has raised $1650 for Parkinson’s Institute

3. Jim Flint has raised $825 for Running Strong for American Indian Youth

4. Margaret Berwind-Dart has raised $642 for American Brittany Rescue

5. Jessica Lanzoni has raised $525 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

5. Allison Hart has raised $505 for Animal Rescue League of Boston

6. Kendra Crawford has raised $500 for Mary Claire Slatterly Foundation

6. Michael Westfall has raised $500 for Open Hearth Association

7. Lisa Pendleton has raised $376 for Boston Area Rape Crisis Center

8. Heather McNeave has raised $370 for Force-Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered

9. Deanna Shults has raised $350 for Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane

10. Sharon Combes-Farr has raised $333 for Black River Historical Society

11. Emily Boggs has raised $320 for National Multiple Sclerosis Society - National

12. Sally Smith has raised $300 for Last Chance for Animals

13. Kelly Ringle has raised $275 for 4P-SUPPORT GROUP

14. Grant Halsey has raised $250 for Federation of Massachusetts
Farmers Markets

15. Ryan Doyon has raised $230 for Animal Rescue League of Boston

16. Lisa Darlington has raised $200 for Lung Cancer Alliance

16. John Martino has raised $200 for Eye-Care Foundation

17. Beth Lingard has raised $186 for Shoe4Africa

18. Michelle Waterman has raised $170 for Humane Society of Sarasota County

19. Elizabeth Mullikin has raised $145 for Lance Armstrong Foundation

19. Angela Johnson has raised $145 for Living Room Center

19. Lynne Harrold has raised $145 for The Greater Boston Food Bank

20. Robert Dawson has raised $100 for YMCA of Pittsburgh

20. Casey McKeever has raised $100 for Doctors Without Borders

20. James Campbell has raised $100 for Oil Change International

21. Sandra de Sousa-D’Andrea has raised $85 for All Star Pet Rescue

22. Mark Wroblewski has raised $82 for Mozilla Foundation

23. Melissa Holden has raised $75 for Help Hotline Crisis Center

24. Sharon Mear has raised $72 for Arizona Humane Society of Phoenix

25. Anu Girish has raised $50 for Organization for Autism Research

26. Margaret Marion has raised $30 for American Lung Association of Maryland

27. Bonnie Ayers has raised $15 for Sturge-Weber Foundation

Raise money and join us or see more World Run Day fundraising pages.