Joe Henry founded the Hunger 500 marathon to raise awareness and funds to fight world hunger. He will run 500 miles from Washington D.C. to the University of Guelph in Canada over 17 days to attend a summit on world hunger. Henry was inspired to act after learning that nearly 1 billion people suffer from chronic hunger and over 25,000 die daily from hunger. His goal is to raise $100,000 which could provide meals for 25,000 school children through the World Food Programme's school meals program.