There are just a few weeks left to save $5 off of an adult registration to the largest Thanksgiving race in Chattanooga, the 17th Annual Grateful Gobbler Walk. Participants interested in receiving the discount should register by 11:59 p.m. on June 30.
Beginning July 1 through the race day, the price will increase to $25 for adults. The price for walkers ages 12 and under is $10 and $15 for both Sleep and Virtual Walkers. The family fun event will be held on Thanksgiving morning at 8 a.m.
at Coolidge Park.
"One hundred percent of the proceeds of the Walk will benefit The Maclellan Shelter for Families located onsite at the Community Kitchen on 11th Street in Chattanooga. This emergency shelter opened in December 2014. It features 13 units with 64 beds and is the first of its kind in Chattanooga, as it provides a stable environment for an intact family to remain together as they search for permanent housing solutions. Since last December more than 130 families, comprising of approximately 450 men, women, and children, have benefited from the programs including meals, case management, and job training provided by the Maclellan Shelter for Families. Other emergency shelters in Chattanooga have gender restrictions that result in most intact families being separated. As a result, fathers with young daughters are unable to be sheltered with their daughters and mothers with young sons must be separated, sometimes those as young as 6 years old," officials said.
To register for the 17th Annual Grateful Gobbler Walk, visit
www.gratefulgobblerwalk.org.