Plate to Plate 5k Run/Walk
Sunday, August 30, 2009



Project Open Hand and the San Francisco Giants held its third annual Plate to Plate 5K Run/Walk presented by AT&T on Sunday, August 30, 2009. Over 3,500 participants came out for third year of this event. Runners and walkers enjoyed their 5K adventure down the Embarcadero to the Ferry Building and back down to AT&T Park where each participant had the unique opportunity to run across Home Plate! We had 220 corporate and non-corporate teams participate as well! Congratulations are in order for the top fundraisers for the event: Body Mechanix was our top team fundraiser raising an amazing $14,374 for Project Open Hand’s meal and nutrition services. Cristina Solorio was our top individual fundraiser for the third year in a row with a total fundraised amount of $14,038! The event raised a record breaking $350,000 for our meal and nutrition services.

A huge thank you to our corporate sponsors, without whom this event would not have been possible: AT&T, FedEx, Macy’s, Safeway, Crunch Gym, Catholic Healthcare West, Joie de Vivre Hotels, Sports Basement, Ghirardelli Square, Zipcar, Canon, Dasani, Clif Bar, Cost Plus World Market and popchips; and thanks to our media sponsors: Comcast Sportsnet, SF Examiner, San Francisco Magazine, Energy 92.7 FM, The Wolf, KDFC and KOIT. Many of our sponsors were present at the post-race festival where participants enjoyed food from local vendors such as Kaia Foods and were entertained by the very talented Liverwire Band. Afterward, all participants were able to enjoy watching the Giants beat the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park as part of their event day activities.


Congratulations to all who participated and fundraised for POH! We look forward to seeing you in June 2010 when the fourth annual Plate to Plate 5K Run/Walk joins forces with The Giant Race.

Photos Courtesy of Dawn Bryan, Eric Gould, and Chris Van Winkle.

Here are some images from the event. Click on any image for a larger version.

And they were off towards the embarcadero….	After returning from the ferry building they crossed Home Plate at AT&T Park.
Some runners dressed in costumes.	Some walkers enjoyed the moment with their families.
Livewire Band played incredible tunes at the post race festival.	Tom Nolan, POH Executive Director, thanked over 3,500 runners for making this a record breaking year.
Runners and walkers were able to celebrate finishing the race at the Barefoot Wine & Bubbly mimosa tent.	Participants also enjoyed snacking on popchips….
Participants also enjoyed snacking on popchips….	FedEx employees handed out goodie bags and gave out Dasani water to all of the Plate to Plate participants.