Throggs Neck Benevolent Association Hosts 23rd Annual 5K Turkey Trot

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On your marks, get set, trot! The Throggs Neck Benevolent Association hosted is 23rd annual Turkey Trot 5k run on Saturday, November 17 at Orchard Beach. The fundraiser promoting healthy living scheduled before Thanksgiving is named in honor of Geraldine Crowley-Crorkin who passed away from cancer in April 1995 shortly after she gave birth.

Some participants just came to enjoy a pleasant stroll on Orchard Beach.
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(l-r) Peter, Pattie and Olivia Flynn planned to run together.
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The late Geraldine Crowley-Crorkin’s mother Joan Crowley enjoyed watching this year’s event.
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Mary Buzzi (l) gave Amamda Charest a Turkey Trot T-shirt after she registered.
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(l-r) TNBA board members Laurie Galioto, Karin O’Connor, Chris Dalton and Sheila Haney gave participants sweaters to keep them warm.
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