Benefiting Eat. Learn. Play.
An Event For Everyone.

Official Benefiting Charity

Founded by Stephen and Ayesha Curry in 2019, Eat. Learn. Play. launched with a focus on improving the lives of kids and families in Oakland, the Bay Area, and across the country. We support children’s well-being through access to nutritious meals, quality reading resources and opportunities to play and be active because everyone deserves the chance to live a happy, healthy childhood. Our efforts are focused on improving Oakland public schools to transform the school experience for a generation of students—ensuring all OUSD students are provided the nutritious meals they need to thrive, the support needed to become stronger readers, and great schoolyards and opportunities to be active and participate in youth sports.

Oakland Marathon participants are welcome to donate throughout their journey as well as setup peer-to-peer fundraising pages to further motivate yourself to the finish line!

To learn more about Eat. Learn. Play. and this partnership please click on a link below.

"We are thrilled Eat. Learn. Play. is partnering with the Oakland Marathon, a world-class event celebrating the spirit of our adopted hometown of Oakland,” said Co-Founders of Eat. Learn. Play., Stephen and Ayesha Curry. “As the new charitable beneficiary of the Oakland Marathon, we’re grateful that the event will help support the work we do to help students in our community reach their full potential. In addition, our ‘Eat. Learn. Play. Kid’s Fun Run’ will give hundreds of children the opportunity to participate in the festivities, free of charge."