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For A Chattanooga Cause On Thanksgiving: The Grateful Gobbler

The Grateful Gobbler in 2023.
The Grateful Gobbler
The Grateful Gobbler in 2023.

(Aired Thu 11/21/24)

Time to get your gobble on.

This Thanksgiving Day, the Grateful Gobbler 5K Walk / Run returns for its 25th year in downtown Chattanooga.

Participants will gather in Coolidge Park before the Gobbler begins at 8 AM.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Maclellan Shelter for Families, an emergency homeless shelter at the Community Kitchen on 11th Street.

Betsy McCright is co-chair of The Grateful Gobbler.

Ro’Cha Gamble and her family were housed by the Maclellan Shelter.

Map for The Grateful Gobbler in 2024.
The Grateful Gobbler

Ray is the host and producer of Scenic Roots, Mondays - Thursdays at 3 PM on WUTC.
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