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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