DETAILS FOR THE 2024 SAVE-A-TURKEY TROT
UPDATE: Thanks all who came out, find our report on the event here!
We’ll be back in 2025, join the Save-A-Turkey Trot update list to receive updates!
Victoria: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2024
Join us for a fun 5k run/trot/stroll to promote a peaceful, animal-friendly Thanksgiving and fundraiser with all funds going to A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary near Duncan! We raised nearly $1200 in 2023 (see blog post here), and hope to raise even more this year!
* family & dog friendly!
* $10-35+ sliding scale donation (donate what you can)
* sign-up online by 6pm Friday, details will be emailed
* fun draw prizes!
* Victoria’s longest running vegan event! This is our 9th edition, and was first held in 2010!
VICTORIA EVENT (11am, Saturday, October 5th)
Will be held at beautiful Clover Point, utilizing the pathways along the water there, walk, run or trot, meet some locals, and enjoy an hour by the sea-side!
Sign-Up Form (Google Docs form)
More details will be emailed out once signed up! Please sign up by 6pm, Friday, October 4th, thank you! (If you haven’t heard back by 8pm Friday, please check your ‘junk’ folder, or get in touch!)
Draw Prizes!
We’ve got a few sweet draw prizes for all our participants as well, specifically for our Victoria and Virtual participants! Draw prizes to be posted soon!
Can’t make it? Do a Virtual Run instead!
Walkers, trotters and runners from all over are welcome!
Please go ahead with our sign-up (above), so we know you’re participating, and an email with more details will be sent out! You can do your activity wherever you are, and included will be instructions to send proof of your activity (Strava, MapMyRun, Garmin Connect, etc) before the end of Saturday, October 5th to be entered to win some of the online prizes as well!
Course Maps
VICTORIA: Here’s the Clover Point loop, on Garmin Connect, as well as a segment on Strava.
Event History
This is our 9th Annual Save-A-Turkey Trot, which have been happening (when possible) in Victoria since 2010! Here’s a blog post on the previous edition in 2018 and the 2022 report can be found here. Started by OrganicAthlete in California, the Victoria chapter of OrganicAthlete organized the previous five editions. Unfortunately OrganicAthlete has folded as an organization, after over a decade of promoting veganism through sport, a few of us are working to start up a similar initiative through VeganStart, see below!
On Facebook?
Here’s our event page for all: https://www.facebook.com/events/379070895272802/
Event Posters (PDF)
Vegan Thanksgiving Meal Recipes
From the fantastic Melanie McDonald, a local vegan cookbook author, here’s 15 Thanksgiving recipes that are 100% turkey 🦃 approved: https://avirtualvegan.com/15-vegan-thanksgiving-recipe-ideas/
Interested in Going Vegan?
Check out www.VeganStart.org – an informative website to help take your first steps going vegan!
Say a virtual hello to Beauregard! He’s one of the turkeys living their best lives at a A Home for Hooves, find out more about sponsoring them here!
Newsletter & Email Updates
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