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Q&A with a Team World Vision “reluctant runner”

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Matthew Brennan in Conversations

On June 12, a new documentary, Spirit of the Marathon II, will play in select theaters across the country for one day only. Following the movie, audiences will be treated a 10-minute film about Team World Vision....

Anatomy of a 100-mile race

Posted on October 10, 2011 by James Addis in Causes

Fourteen hours before the start of yesterday’s Chicago Marathon, four friends set off to run a total of 100 miles (74 miles to the start of the Chicago Marathon) in a bid to secure sponsors for 400 children. World Vision writer James Addis followed their progress on his own little adventure through part of the night and during the marathon itself — sometimes by taxi, sometimes by bicycle, and sometimes by train… The assignment What a mission! Our four runners will run 74 miles mostly along the Chicago lakefront all through the night, before reaching the Chicago Marathon starting line in time for the beginning of the official race. The four runners are: Paul Jansen Van Rensburg, 37, a pastor...

Train. Pray. Run. (6 questions with a 100-mile runner)

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Causes, Child Sponsorship

Superman can defy gravity. Captain America has superhuman speed and endurance. Spider-Man can scale walls. For practically every law of nature, there is a superhero who can break that natural law. Michael Chitwood is one of those guys. Where no single person in their human physical condition should be able to do what he is about to do, Chitwood and three others are going to do just that. They’re going to run 100 miles in 21 straight hours — 74 miles through the night starting this afternoon, October 8, and then they will join 1,000 Team World Vision teammates for the final 26.2 miles of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. When Michael first told me he was running 100 miles,...

Horn of Africa crisis: 14 strategies to make an impact

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Carla Swanson Gawthrop in Disaster Relief

Horn of Africa crisis: Strategies to make an impact

(Editor’s note: In an international campaign to raise awareness about the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, World Vision offices around the world are coming together to tolerate #faminenomore. Will you join us?) Why help? Why raise awareness? What could I possibly do to make an impact for the 12.4 million affected by drought and famine in the Horn of Africa? [From the photo above] When the maize crop failed yet again this year, Hadija Hassan Abdi, 28, took her children and hitched rides for 8 days and nights until she reached the safety of Burtinle camp in Somalia. Along the way she begged for food for her children from strangers. She has been in the camp only...

What would you paddle 6,000 miles for?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Causes

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a... kayak? | World Vision Blog

About a week ago I got this great email from a colleague telling me all about this recent college graduate who is embarking on a 15-month adventure around the Great Loop. (I confess I didn’t know what the Great Loop is so I looked it up: The Great Loop is a continuous waterway around the eastern United States and Canada… The route ranges from 5,000 to 7,500 miles, passing through many states and several climate zones. Source: http://www.paddleforwells.com) So, needless, to say… the Great Loop is basically an extraordinary waterway that would be no easy or quick trip for anyone. And what’s more? Josh Tart is going to paddle the whole thing in his kayak. (This is where you and...