CHRISTUS foundation will hold 21st annual Turkey Trot on Nov. 17

The CHRISTUS St. Michael Atlanta Foundation will hold the 21st annual Turkey Trot 5k and Community Thanksgiving at 10 a.m. Nov. 17 at the CHRISTUS St. Michael Atlanta Outpatient Rehabilitation Center. The Community Thanksgiving takes place immediately after at St. Michael Hospital-Atlanta.

The 5k course will start and end at the St. Michael Atlanta Outpatient Rehabilitation Center located at 901 S William St., Atlanta, Texas. Late registration will begin at 9 a.m. All participants will receive a ticket to the Community Thanksgiving Feast. Awards will also be announced at the feast.

New to the event this year is a course bounty. In addition to the $200 cash prize for the top male and female finishers, an additional $500 will be awarded if the top finisher beats the time from last year. The time for last year’s male winner was 17:39 and 26:13 for the female winner.

Additional prizes will be awarded to the top walker and the top three male and female finishers in the following age categories: 12 & under, 13-18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over.

The feast will include a turkey cook-off, pumpkin pie cook-off and all the traditional Thanksgiving treats. Tickets for the feast are $5 and can be purchased at the Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce, Price Hardware, and the St. Michael Atlanta Gift Shop.

Those wishing to enter a turkey or pie into the cookoff should contact Melissa Kimble with the St. Michael Atlanta Foundation at 903799-3301.

For more information about the Turkey Trot 5k and the Community Thanksgiving, please contact the Foundation office at 903-799-3301 or visit christusstmichaelatlantafoundation.com.