Run to Feed the Hungry Course

More than 27,000 people converged on East Sacramento Thursday morning for the Run to Feed the Hungry event, which organizers say is the largest Thanksgiving Day fun run in the country. Run to Feed the Hungry, which has become a Thanksgiving Day tradition in Sacramento, returned for an in-person event this year after the pandemic forced an entirely virtual event in 2020. People can still participate virtually as well. The event — which can be either a 5K or 10K run or walk — is the biggest fundraiser for Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services. About a third of participants do the 10K and two-thirds do the 5K. This year's event has raised more than $900,000, organizers said. "I feel so blessed that people stuck by us during the pandemic," Blake Young, the president of Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, said soon after 10K runners took off after 8:15 a.m. "Just to see all these people out here is absolutely amazing." Are you participating this year? Share a photo and tell us why you joined the eventOver the last year, the food bank has gone from distributing food to an average of 150,000 people each month to 250,000 people on average. It expects to provide 33 million meals in 2021. Run to Feed the Hungry is its biggest fundraiser. For 2021, organizers recommended that participants be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested before the event. There were also rolling starts to keep things less crowded at the starting line. Masks and hand sanitizer were available at the event, too. The event started on J Street west of the entrance of Sacramento State and ran a loop through the East Sacramento neighborhood."This is my first time doing it and it was a great race," one participant, Tracy, said near the finish line. "I'm thankful for life. I'm thankful for waking up in the morning with breath. I'm thankful for God. I'm thankful for the food."Many people wore turkey hats while some donned full turkey costumes. One woman in an inflatable turkey get-up could be seen waddling down the road. A couple of people in full-body gingerbread costumes also showed up. There were also plenty of babies in the crowd. One participant, Jim, had participated in the first Run to Feed the Hungry race back in 1994 when there were just 796 people who joined in. "The weather was nice. The route was a little different," he recalled of that event. Jim said this year's turnout was "incredible and what's even more incredible is the good that's coming from that. The money that's going into feeding the hungry. That's the more important thing."East Sacramento homeowner Dorothy Livaich has lived in a house along the Run to Feed the Hungry race course for 61 years.She is well known for sitting on her front lawn and ringing a bell to encourage runners.Livaich moved inside this year but still enjoyed watching everyone run by her house."A little girl came up to the door and said 'oh, are you the lady who used to sit out there ringing your bell?" Livaich said. "And I said, 'yes I'm the lady ... and then 'Oh, you're still living?' And I said, yes, I'm still living."Run to Feed the Hungry relies on hundreds of volunteers to pull off the event. One of them, Daniel, on Thursday was seen dancing on the sidelines of the race. Daniel told KCRA 3 that he has volunteered for Run to Feed the Hungry for about a decade. He said he has a lot to be thankful for this year. He got married and moved into a new house.Daniel also talked about how the pandemic has affected his life."We had people die real early from COVID," he said. "I had six friends die within the first three months. It was like this huge impact on us. We just hid out because we didn't want to have it any worse."This Thanksgiving, it's just "huge to be out," he said. See your photos from Run to Feed the Hungry below(App users, click here to see photos from the race.)

More than 27,000 people converged on East Sacramento Thursday morning for the Run to Feed the Hungry event, which organizers say is the largest Thanksgiving Day fun run in the country.

Run to Feed the Hungry, which has become a Thanksgiving Day tradition in Sacramento, returned for an in-person event this year after the pandemic forced an entirely virtual event in 2020. People can still participate virtually as well.

The event — which can be either a 5K or 10K run or walk — is the biggest fundraiser for Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services. About a third of participants do the 10K and two-thirds do the 5K. This year's event has raised more than $900,000, organizers said.

"I feel so blessed that people stuck by us during the pandemic," Blake Young, the president of Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, said soon after 10K runners took off after 8:15 a.m. "Just to see all these people out here is absolutely amazing."

• Are you participating this year? Share a photo and tell us why you joined the event

Over the last year, the food bank has gone from distributing food to an average of 150,000 people each month to 250,000 people on average. It expects to provide 33 million meals in 2021. Run to Feed the Hungry is its biggest fundraiser.

For 2021, organizers recommended that participants be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested before the event. There were also rolling starts to keep things less crowded at the starting line. Masks and hand sanitizer were available at the event, too.

The event started on J Street west of the entrance of Sacramento State and ran a loop through the East Sacramento neighborhood.

"This is my first time doing it and it was a great race," one participant, Tracy, said near the finish line. "I'm thankful for life. I'm thankful for waking up in the morning with breath. I'm thankful for God. I'm thankful for the food."

Many people wore turkey hats while some donned full turkey costumes. One woman in an inflatable turkey get-up could be seen waddling down the road. A couple of people in full-body gingerbread costumes also showed up. There were also plenty of babies in the crowd.

One participant, Jim, had participated in the first Run to Feed the Hungry race back in 1994 when there were just 796 people who joined in.

"The weather was nice. The route was a little different," he recalled of that event.

Jim said this year's turnout was "incredible and what's even more incredible is the good that's coming from that. The money that's going into feeding the hungry. That's the more important thing."

East Sacramento homeowner Dorothy Livaich has lived in a house along the Run to Feed the Hungry race course for 61 years.

She is well known for sitting on her front lawn and ringing a bell to encourage runners.

Livaich moved inside this year but still enjoyed watching everyone run by her house.

"A little girl came up to the door and said 'oh, are you the lady who used to sit out there ringing your bell?" Livaich said. "And I said, 'yes I'm the lady ... and [she said] then 'Oh, you're still living?' And I said, yes, I'm still living."

Run to Feed the Hungry relies on hundreds of volunteers to pull off the event. One of them, Daniel, on Thursday was seen dancing on the sidelines of the race.

Daniel told KCRA 3 that he has volunteered for Run to Feed the Hungry for about a decade. He said he has a lot to be thankful for this year. He got married and moved into a new house.

Daniel also talked about how the pandemic has affected his life.

"We had people die real early from COVID," he said. "I had six friends die within the first three months. It was like this huge impact on us. We just hid out because we didn't want to have it any worse."

This Thanksgiving, it's just "huge to be out," he said.

See your photos from Run to Feed the Hungry below

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