Sarah Ford | April 7, 2015

North Carolina Man to Run Fifty Miles for Feed the Children

Ask someone who works two demanding jobs what they do in their听free time, and you may get one of these responses:
a) Sleep.
b) Chill out with some TV.
c) Free time? What free time?

But if you鈥檙e Thomas VonCannon of Raleigh, NC, there鈥檚 another option:
d) train for a fifty mile race and听.

鈥淢y wife will be the first to tell you, I鈥檝e always been a little insane,鈥 VonCannon says. He鈥檚 dreamed of taking on 鈥渙ff the wall races鈥 such as听the Black Hills 100, a grueling hundred-mile race in South Dakota in which only 35% finish. But to get there, he says, you need a fifty miler under your belt. So he registered for the听听April 18-19,听which runs along the Potomac River near Washington DC on a series of rocky and hilly trails.

Not a Runner?

>> Learn Other Ways to Support Feed the Children

Get Resources and Insights Straight To Your Inbox

Explore More Articles

For Fifth Consecutive Year 精东影业鈥檚 Charities Named 鈥楤est Nonprofit To Work For鈥

May 6, 2025

Washington, D.C. 鈥 April 1, 2025 鈥 精东影业鈥檚 Charities, the nonprofit that mobilizes the power of giving as a leading provider of volunteering, workplace giving,…

Read Article

Workplace Fundraising + Volunteering Summit (April 2nd and 3rd, 2025)

March 26, 2025

Join us in attending this virtual summit! The 精东影业鈥檚 Charities team is joining up with other leading voices in the workplace giving space for a…

Read Article

The Time to Act is Now

March 7, 2025

The results of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are in, and the findings are, in a word, heartbreaking. This assessment serves as…

Read Article

Get Resources and Insights Straight To Your Inbox

Receive our monthly/bi-monthly newsletter filled with information about causes, nonprofit impact, and topics important for corporate social responsibility and employee engagement professionals, including disaster response, workplace giving, matching gifts, employee assistance funds, volunteering, scholarship award program management, grantmaking, and other philanthropic initiatives.

newsletter-mock