Welcome to Philly Fights Hunger! Our names are Sahitya Mandalapu and Jillian Pesce, and we are students at the University of Pennsylvania hoping to combine something we love (running) with helping our community. Since the pandemic started, food insecurity has risen significantly and 1 in 5 people in the Philadelphia area face hunger, making it a crisis in our community.

We're raising money to benefit Philabundance (https://www.philabundance.org/), a non-profit that aims to feed the Philadelphia community and end hunger for good. Any donation will help make an impact. 

Thank you for helping us reach our goal. For those of you who will not be running/walking with us, we appreciate any donations! We look forward to seeing many of you on race day. Happy training!

Instagram: @phillyfightshunger