Run for Courage

Run for Courage

Formation	2009
Founder	Vicki Zito
Purpose	To raise money for human trafficking victims and their families
Location	Sacramento, California, United States
Methods	Charity runs
Official language	English
Executive director	Ashlie Bryant
Website	www.breakfree.org

Run for Courage is a nonprofit organization that combats human trafficking. The organization is based in Sacramento, California and raises money for human trafficking victims and their families. Ashlie Bryant is the executive director of Run for Courage. The founder was Vicki Zito, whose daughter was abducted at age seventeen and sexually trafficked in the East Bay. The organization was founded in 2009 and holds a charity run annually, raising more than $550,000 within its first four years. In 2010, the funds raised were donated to Courage House, a building in Roseville, California that houses teen sex trafficking victims. Approximately 2000 people participated in the 2011 run. That year, the funds raised went to Agape International Missions, A New Day For Children, Courage To Be You, and WIND Youth Services. In 2014, FreeFall Stage produced performances of She Has a Name, a play about human trafficking, and Run for Courage partnered in this initiative, having representatives at each performance.