Return of the Turkey Trot, Wallace Elks Thanksgiving Day dinner
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 months, 3 weeks AGO
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | November 15, 2024 1:00 AM
WALLACE — Michael Hoffman has one message for folks in the Silver Valley this Thanksgiving Day: “Do the Turkey Trot with us!”
Inspired by other runs to fight hunger, the money and food donations raised through the informal race will benefit the Wallace Food Bank.
This is the second year Hoffman has organized the event. The 3-mile run/walk last year had about 40 participants. A few even dressed up in Thanksgiving-themed costumes.
The race begins 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 28 under the freeway by Wallace Junior/Senior High School.
Participants can register by emailing wallacefoodbank@gmail.com for $7 or five nonperishable food items. If you sign up on Thanksgiving Day to run, it's $10 or seven nonperishable food items. Find out more about the race by calling 916-764-9252.
The Wallace Elks are also hosting an event to fight food scarcity.
On Thanksgiving Day, Silver Valley residents are invited to enjoy a free Thanksgiving dinner from 1-5 p.m. at the Elks building, 419 Cedar St, Wallace.
“My thought is everyone should have Thanksgiving dinner, as many people as we can possibly feed,” Wallace Elks board member Cindy Lien said. “It went so well last year, I really want to provide the same experience for the community.”
Lien said 26 turkeys and 10 hams and other items will feed about 250 Shoshone County residents.
Call 208-661-5748 or 208-512-4677 to get more information about the Thanksgiving dinner at the Elks.
Some of the 2023 racers in the Turkey Trot dressed for the occasion. Costumes are encouraged and the 3-mile race in Wallace is open to anyone which wishes to participate.
Chalk art for the Turkey Trot in Wallace. The event for the Wallace Food Bank began last year.
Cindy Lien loads a frozen turkey for Thanksgiving 2023 into her car for deliveries for the Wallace Elks Thanksgiving. Lien is a board member at the Wallace Elks, which will be hosting a free Thanksgiving dinner from 1-5 p.m. Thursday Nov. 28.ARTICLES BY CAROLYN BOSTICK
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