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16th Annual Run for Food is Back

Written by By Rebekah Ludman on 11/25/2021

Thousands Flock to Bidwell Park for Run for Food 5K

Written by by Kelly DeLeon on 11/25/2021

Run for Food Goes Virtual

Written by Will Denner - Chico ER on 11/27/20

Thanks to the Reales for the Run for Food

Written by Laura Cootsona - Printed in Chico ER on 11/27/20

Golden Valley Bank Joins the Jesus Center as Presenting Sponsor

The Jesus Center is excited to introduce Golden Valley Bank as the 15th Annual Run for Food Presenting Sponsor! The Run for Food is a Chico tradition that brings families, friends, and neighbors on Thanksgiving Day to remember those in need.
Click here to read more ...Written by Laura Cootsona | Jesus Center | laura@jesuscenter.org | 530.518.7751 | runforfood.com on 7/23/2020

Thousands run in Bidwell Park to help Jesus Center

CHICO — A crowd of at least 4,250 people ran, jogged and walked through Bidwell Park to raise money for the Jesus Center and to burn a few calories before Thanksgiving dinner.
Click here to read more ...Written by Dan Reidel on 11/28/2019

Annual Run for Food race in Chico breaks record

For the second year in a row, the annual Run for Food race in Chico set a record...
Click here to read more ...Written by ALMENDRA CARPIZO - Staff Writer - Chico Enterprise-Record on 12/02/2014

Record turnout for annual Run for Food in Chico's Bidwell Park

Blue skies and moderate temperatures welcomed a record crowd at the 8th annual Run for Food on Thanksgiving...
Click here to read more ...Written by Written by Ryan Olson - Staff Writer on 12/02/2013

Record-breaking turnout marks annual Thanksgiving Day benefit run in Chico

They came to raise money for a good cause, they came to have fun, and they came to walk or run. And they came by the thousands...
Click here to read more ...Written by BARBARA ARRIGONI - Staff Writer - Chico Enterprise-Record on 12/02/2012

Editorial: Hits and misses

Hit - To think there were 100 people in the area who would wake up early Thanksgiving morning to run or walk through Bidwell Park for a good cause is amazing. But the fact that more than 4,000 runners did that for the Sixth Annual Run for Food 5K race...
Click here to read more ...Written by Chico Enterprise-Record on 11/26/2011

Run for Food in Chico benefits the Jesus Center

At about 8:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, Dillon Kiuttu, 10, wasn't thinking about turkey, stuffing or pie. He wasn't thinking about the drizzle getting his hair wet. It was all about running in Bidwell Park with his grandparents...
Click here to read more ...Written by By LAURA URSENY - Staff Writer on 11/25/2011

Nearly 4,000 show for 'Run for Food' event

More than 3,890 runners and walkers braved the chilly weather to raise money for the Jesus Center during the 5-kilometer run that started just after 9 a.m. Thursday near the One Mile recreation area of Bidwell park.
Click here to read more ...Written by KATY SWEENY- Staff Writer - Chico Enterprise-Record on 12/4/2010

Run for Food gets a leg up from thousands

CHICO — A startlingly large crowd of runners packed lower Bidwell Park Thanksgiving morning, working up a hunger in the fight against hunger.
Click here to read more ...Written by STEVE SCHOONOVER - City Editor - Chico Enterprise-Record on 12/4/2008

Run for Food is new Thanksgiving Day tradition

On a brisk Thanksgiving morning, 1,864 people warmed up by exercising during the Second Annual Jesus Center Run for Food.
Click here to read more ...Written by Chico Enterprise-Record on 11/23/2007

Adapted From: Hits and misses -- Our take on the week in news

The Jesus Center's first ever Run for Food fundraiser was expected to draw a couple of hundred people to One-Mile Recreation Area Thanksgiving morning to run or walk five miles through Bidwell Park. Instead, a thousand showed up.
Click here to read more ...Written by Chico Enterprise-Record on 11/25/2006

Overwhelming Response Highlights Holiday Run

An expected 300 participants swelled to about 1,000 runners by the 9 a.m. start time Thursday for...Nearly 1,000 eager, beaming people began Thanksgiving Day by giving.
Click here to read more ...Written by BARBARA ARRIGONI - Staff Writer Chico - Enterprise-Record on 11/24/2006

Thanksgiving morning run to benefit Jesus Center

Run or walk the 5K Bidwell Park route and you will be more than ready to have a satisfying meal later. At the same time you will know that your entry fee will benefit the Jesus Center, the community's biggest meal provider for needy people.
Click here to read more ...Written by STEVE BROWN - Staff Writer - Chico Enterprise-Record on 11/15/2006