2025 Thanksgiving Turkey Trot presented by Diamondback

Thanksgiving Turkey Trot

presented by Diamondback
5k Fun Run / Walk

Thursday, November 27, 2025 @ 9:00 AM ET
- or -
Trot Virtually Whenever You Choose!

I Can't Make It – But I'd Like to Donate!

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Registration & Event Details

Join us for a fun run / walk over the river and through the woods OR participate virtually from wherever you are!

The registration fee is $25.00.

Thursday, November 27, 2025
Meet us at the Cold Stream Amphitheater
8:00-8:45 - day of registration
9:00 a.m. - 5k start

Starting Line Location

Cold Stream Dam Amphitheater

Rt. 322, Port Matilda Highway
Philipsburg, PA 16866

T-shirts

Event t-shirts will be guaranteed for those registered by November 20! First come, first serve after 11/20.

Fundraising (Optional)

Fundraising is not required, but each participant will have the option to create an individual or team fundraising page and invite friends and family to contribute.

Proceeds from participant registration fees and donations will go to the Emily Whitehead Foundation to support pediatric cancer immunotherapy research. All donations are tax deductible in accordance with IRS regulations. EIN: 47-2277599.

Sponsorship

If you / your company would like to sponsor this event, please contact Kristine Barras at [email protected].

Past Photos, courtesy of Two Guys and a Camera:

2024 - https://www.flickr.com/gp/karimushan/S20x5667PZ

2023 - https://www.flickr.com/gp/karimushan/Axuw2868HA

2022 - https://www.flickr.com/gp/karimushan/1818D8Sf6B

New this year - Believe Bundle Drive!

If you've been following the Emily Whitehead Foundation’s social media recently, you may have seen updates about a new program we’ve developed this year. Believe Bundles deliver comforting, joyful, and practical items directly into the hands of patients undergoing treatment. Learn more here: (https://emilywhiteheadfoundation.org/believe-bundles/)

In addition to hospitals around the country, we’ve recently delivered Bundles to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Next on our list is Geisinger in Danville, with a delivery planned for early December.

We invite you to help us prepare for this upcoming delivery by bringing items for our Believe Bundles. We work closely with each hospital to ensure the items we provide are comforting, useful, and allowed under the hospital's specific guidelines.

Below is a list of items that work especially well in the Bundles. The links are provided only for reference - purchase location doesn’t matter, as long as the item is similar.

If you'd like to contribute, please bring one or more of the following new, unwrapped items with you to the Turkey Trot check-in table:

The Big One plush blanket from Kohl's

Example: The Big One Super Soft Plush Throw

https://www.kohls.com/.../the-big-one-super-soft-plush...

12" Squishmallow

Example: 12-inch Squishmallow Plush (any character)

https://a.co/d/12HdS5n

Burt’s Bees Lip Balm

Example: Burt’s Bees Original Beeswax 4-Pack

https://www.walmart.com/.../Burts-Bees-100.../23888987...

UNO Card Game

Example: UNO Original

https://www.walmart.com/.../UNO-Card-Game-for-Kids.../878142

Play-Doh 4-Pack

Example: Play-Doh Wild Colors 4-Pack

https://www.walmart.com/.../Play-Doh-4-Pack-of.../990948259

Kleenex Slim Packs

Example: Kleenex Slim Pack 6-Pack

https://www.walmart.com/.../Kleenex-Slim-Pack-6.../20626733

LEGO Creative Suitcase

Example: LEGO Classic Creative Suitcase

https://www.walmart.com/.../LEGO-Classic.../965061958

All items must be new and unwrapped. Please do not include seasonal items. While we plan to deliver in early December, we don't know exactly when the hospitals will distribute the Bundles to the patients.

Every item makes a difference! Thank you for helping us #ActivateTheCure!

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