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About World Run Day Founded in 1999 by Long Island Runner Bill McDermott, the event is intended to promote the sport of running and charitable giving on one special day each year. Started with just 100 runners worldwide, runners connected and impacted their communities in a positive way. As a result, World Run Day was the only event celebrated simultaneously around the globe by people of all backgrounds, faiths, nationalities, and benefited their favorite charity.The event was designed to allow every runner, whether with a group or running individually, to be a part of the day. With the alarming statistics related to World Hunger, the event will reach out specifically for the benefit of ending Child Hunger in 2006. World Run Day has partnered with the Fight Hunger initiative of the United Nations World Food Programme, which is dedicated to ending child hunger by 2015. This is part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's), which were adopted unanimously by the millennium Summit of the UN General Assembly in 2000. |