{"id":69896,"date":"2025-11-29T20:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/69896\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:07:11","slug":"49th-annual-ymca-turkey-trot-unites-el-paso-community-on-thanksgiving-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/69896\/","title":{"rendered":"49th annual YMCA Turkey Trot unites El Paso community on Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 The YMCA of El Paso, in partnership with CareFree Homes, held its 49th Annual Turkey Trot on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkey Trot, the region&#8217;s largest Thanksgiving Day running event, featured a 5K race and a one-mile fun run, welcoming participants of all ages and abilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year&#8217;s Turkey Trot is more than just a race \u2013 it&#8217;s a celebration of community and compassion,&#8221; Gilda Gil, CEO of the YMCA of El Paso, said. <\/p>\n<p>The event, a cherished tradition, draws runners from over 20 states, with ages ranging from 4 to 80 years old. <\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the event will support the YMCA&#8217;s mission to provide affordable memberships and programs to families and children in need. <\/p>\n<p>For those who were unable to attend, a &#8220;Sleep In&#8221; option was available, which allowed supporters to contribute while staying at home. <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/el-pasoans-celebrate-thanksgiving-with-the-89th-sun-bowl-parade-el-paso-texas-tx-chef-aaron-sanchez-grand-marshal-childhood-dreams-glasheen-valles-inderman-injury-lawyers?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Pasoans celebrate Thanksgiving with the 89th Sun Bowl Parade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 The YMCA of El Paso, in partnership with CareFree Homes, held its 49th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-69896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}