Karno Kids, No Child Left Inside

Summary

KARNO KIDS is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support, encourage, and motivate youth to get outside and become physically active and to restore and preserve the environment for their ong progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The intent of this organization is to provide financial support to organizations and programs that are focused on improving the health and wellness of our youth and restoring and preserving the environment and urban open-spaces. We work with a select number of quality organizations and programs that support this vision in an accountable and quantifiable manner. These currently include: Girls on the Run, The Conservation Fund, Kids on Trails, and The New York Road Runners Foundation.

Activities

Karno Kids will be actively involved in raising money through direct solicitations of individuals and corporations, through hosting fund-raising events, through selling athletic memorabilia, and through sales of commemorative merchandise.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $40,993
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $959,007
Total Funding Goal: $1,000,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

One-third of our youth (25 million) are either overweight or obese. The direct medical cost of treating obesity related diseases exceeds $100 billion, but the quality of life costs are much higher. It is time we reverse this unfortunate trend.

Project Message

“We’ve let our health slip in this nation, especially our youth, and it’s time we recognize the importance of physical wellness as an important life priority and take back our health as a country.”
- Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathoner, health expert, and author

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Dean Karnazes,
CEO & President
2647 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States
415-517-2846
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

KARNO KIDS
2647 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States
415-517-2846
http://www.KarnoKids.org

Learn more about KARNO KIDS and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Health.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 19, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 31, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Update from Karno Kids

By Dean Karnazes - Project leader, March 19, 2008 05:16 PM

KARNO KIDS has partnered with The North Face as the official charity of The North Face Endurance Challenge Series. Our motto is: “No Child Left Inside!” And our mission is to motivate and inspire kids to get outdoors and become more active. We are taking important steps to address the unfortunate epidemic of “globesity” and to turn around the growing trend for our youth across the planet to become sedentary and inactive.

KARNO KIDS has been able to travel the world and set up running events for kids to participate in various length “fun runs.” These are non-competitive, non-threatening venues that encourage inclusion and camaraderie, and allow kids to experience the joy of running for the simple pleasure of just moving their body and running. Often, it is this one single exposure to an enjoyable and fun running experience that changes a child’s behavior forever. We get letters from kids years later expressing their gratitude, and informing us that their lifestyle, indeed their life, has been changed for the better because of their participation in this program.

Click below to see photos of Karno Kids events across the USA!
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