{"id":14,"date":"2022-09-30T21:29:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeureka.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:31:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Eureka Run was founded in 2015 by Kate Wilson and Zach Sancken in honor of their mutual cousin, Luke Sancken, who lost his battle with cancer in 1991 at the age of 15. We have raised $1,543,000 for the kids of St. Jude through our first eleven years. 2025 saw 72 runners raise 178,000, our single best fundraising year so far! We are always looking for new runners and business sponsors. Please contact Zach with any questions or if you are interested in getting involved. See below for current team leadership and contact information.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"http:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_6523-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_6523-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_6523-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_6523-edited-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_6523-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_6523-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_6523-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Run Coordinator and Treasurer &#8211; Zach Sancken        <a href=\"mailto:zsancken@hotmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zsancken@hotmail.com<\/a>        (309) 229-7919<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead Volunteers &#8211; Randy Little and Kristi Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past Coordinator &#8211; Kate Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past Lead Volunteer &amp; Treasurer &#8211; Adrianne Yoder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past Treasurer &#8211; Pam Franzen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eureka Run was founded in 2015 by Kate Wilson and Zach Sancken in honor of their mutual cousin, Luke Sancken, who lost his battle with cancer in 1991 at the age of 15. We have raised $1,543,000 for the kids of St. Jude through our first eleven years. 2025 saw 72 runners raise 178,000,Continue reading &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-thumb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}