World Runners is dedicated to
ending world hunger, and race proceeds benefit the Health Trust Silicon Valley,
who runs the Meals on Wheels Program, which provides meals to physically challenged,
homebound, and elderly individuals in the Silicon Valley, innovative global
charitable organizations focused on the education of young women in Central
Asia and Africa, and microfinance organizations, such as The Hunger Project,
ACCION International and Oikocredit USA, who provide loans to poor people
around the world thus enabling them to work their way out of poverty.