
Written by: Rowan Vansleve
September 19, 2023 | 5 min. read
For the past seven years, I have served as the CFO & President of Hope the Mission. On a number of occasions, we have faced a gap. A gap between the amount of money we have and what is needed for our next project. It is in these moments where I discovered that if you run, people will give. When we faced a $40,000 gap to open a transitional age youth shelter, we ran a marathon (26 miles) to close that gap.
When we were $200,000 short to open six tiny home villages, we ran 125 miles. When we were faced with a $250,000 deficit to open the 107-bed Trebek Shelter, we trekked 250 miles from Death Valley to Los Angeles. Running those miles paid off–as we were able to close the financial gaps thanks to the awareness created by the charity run campaigns.
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