GEISINGER

Nishant Modi of Allentown and other Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine second-year medical students, have planned and will host the school’s eighth annual Turkey Trot 5K/10K run in downtown Scranton Nov. 5.

Proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Poor’s annual Thanksgiving community dinner.

Race-day registration begins at 8 a.m. in the main lobby of Geisinger Commonwealth’s Medical Sciences Building, 525 Pine St., Scranton.

The event will also feature a Tiny Trot, including crafts, games, face painting, and relay races, for children ages 13 and younger, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Both the 5K and 10K runs begin at 9 a.m. and routes begin and end at the school’s medical sciences building.

Online registration is currently open and will close at 11:59 p.m. Nov. 2.

All registrants will receive a T-shirt.

Discounted registration for ages 14 and older are available until race day for the 5K and 10K.

Prices will increase for the 5k and 10k, respectively, on race day.

For the Tiny Trot for ages 13 and younger, registration is free, but a donation of two canned goods on the day of the race is suggested.

For more information or to register, visit www.tcmc.edu/turkeytrot.