Run for Courage
Formation2009
FounderVicki Zito
PurposeTo raise money for human trafficking victims and their families
Location
MethodsCharity runs
Official language
English
Executive director
Ashlie Bryant

Run for Courage is a nonprofit organization that combats human trafficking.[1] The organization is based in Sacramento, California, and raises money for human trafficking victims and their families.[2] Ashlie Bryant is the executive director of Run for Courage.[3] The founder was Vicki Zito, whose daughter was abducted at age seventeen and sexually trafficked in the East Bay.[4] The organization was founded in 2009 and holds a charity run annually, raising more than $550,000 (~$732,836 in 2022) within its first four years.[5] In 2010, the funds raised were donated to Courage House, a building in Roseville, California, that houses teen sex trafficking victims.[6] Approximately 2000 people participated in the 2011 run.[7] That year, the funds raised went to Agape International Missions, A New Day For Children, Courage To Be You, and WIND Youth Services.[8] In 2014, FreeFall Stage produced performances of She Has a Name, a play about human trafficking, and Run for Courage partnered in this initiative, having representatives at each performance.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Jill Tucker (December 20, 2013). "Oakland schools' mission to end child trafficking". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Howard Hardee (February 21, 2013). "Dealing in flesh: Upcoming luncheon underscores local prevalence of human trafficking". Sacramento News & Review. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ Menka Belgal (October 4, 2011). "Run for Courage director hits the trails to fight sex trafficking". The Folsom Telegraph. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kimberly Tere (November 3, 2013). "Run for Courage Fights Human Trafficking in Bay Area". NBC News. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ Glenda Glyer (September 17, 2014). "Fundraising events around the Sacramento region". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ Matt Long (September 21, 2010). "Benefit Run for Courage slated for Oct. 2". The Folsom Telegraph. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ Brett Ransford (October 10, 2011). "Run for Courage raises $70,000". The Folsom Telegraph. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Run For Courage, Inc. announces 2011 beneficiaries". The Folsom Telegraph. September 30, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ Folsom theatre tackles human trafficking epidemic. KXTV. May 17, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
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