Thanksgiving morning 5K draws huge field – Times Leader

KINGSTON — It looks like the Wyoming Valley has another holiday tradition. More than 350 competitors turned out for the inaugural Benjamin August Thanks For Giving 5K on Thursday morning at the Friedman Jewish Community Center. “If we would have gotten 200 runners, I would have been thrilled for a first-year race,” said Dave Bass, one of the race’s organizers. The turnout made it one of the top five 5Ks in the area for runner turnout and has Bass already thinking about next year’s run. “It’s clear that the community wants it,” he said. The event also raised more than $10,000 for local food pantries, in addition to collecting food donations. “We’ve had multiple locations where people have been dropping…