The folks over at dailymile have put together the first ever Feed the Turkey Virtual Turkey Trot – a great way to burn a few pre-feast calories, but more importantly raise funds for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. According to their web site,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital strives to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.
– a worthy cause I’m sure you’ll agree.
When you enter the Feed the Turkey Virtual Turkey Trot you will be asked to donate $1, $5, or $10 to St. Jude – it’s a small amount, but with large numbers, we can really make a difference!
There’s still plenty of time to enter. Here’s what you need to do:
- Sign up over at the Feed the Turkey web site.
- Tweet or post to Facebook that you’re participating in the “Feed The Turkey – Virtual 5k Turkey Trot”. To make things easy, all you have to do is click on the Facebook and/or Twitter button. [Required]
- Choose one of three donation amounts – $1, $5 or $10. Remember, 100% of ALL donations will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
- If you’re already a dailymile member, click the Join the Challenge button to sign up. You can also join the challenge without a dailymile account, in which case you’ll be assigned a bib number you’ll need when you enter your finishing time.
- Run, stroll or walk a 5K on Thanksgiving day. It can be an official race, solo effort, or just a fun run with friends.
- Head back to the Feed the Turkey web site to post your results, print your “I earned my turkey!” finisher’s certificate, and be entered for cool prize giveaways!
If you’re unable to participate on Thursday, you can still make a difference by spreading the “Feed the Turkey” word. Let’s make this a huge event to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!
PS If you’re not sure what the dailymile deal is, feel free to read my blog review from earlier this year where I explain some of the benefits of using dailymile to track your training and interact with like-minded athletes/fitness folk.
If you like what you see, why not register for your own dailymile account? Sign up is quick, easy, and 100% FREE!