Interested in Hosting a Run?

We're looking for key partners to host a Run for Hungry Children in your area. This is an incredible opportunity to galvanize your community around the issue of children and poverty, to build relationships with local business leaders, to engage families, friends and supporters in a worthy cause, and most of all to have fun. As a host site, you have the option of selecting a mission project (focusing on orphans and vulnerable children) where a portion of the donations made go to.

We've made running this event a turnkey operation. Each host site works directly with Mike Wiersema, Bright Hope's National Race Director, and receives a manual with everything you need to know and do to put on a successful event. We are with you every step of the way.

Here is the information you need to get started (PDF download):

» Host Site Responsibilities

» Bright Hope Responsibilites to Help You

» Funds Dispersement Agreement

» Additional Partnering Options for Host Site

» Characteristics of an Ideal Race Director

» Host Site Application

Need more information or have questions?

Contact National Race Director Mike Wiersema at 224.520.6116 or email mike.wiersema@BrightHope.org

The Mathare Valley Slum, in the heart of the city of Nairobi, holds more than half a million people. Living conditions are horrific, with no basic infrastructure like a sewer system. Disease runs rampant. The government has already declared the food situation a national disaster, and the need here is critical. The most affected are the children, many of whom are orphans. The education of some children at Mathare is made possible by our feeding program which has kept a majority of the children in school and off the streets. This is the only meal most of the children receive all day. Every day 1,300 children from ages 4 to 15 are fed once.

Learn more about our work in Mathare Valley at BrightHope.org