PTA’s Turkey Trot surpasses fundraising goal

By Matthew Nash • December 3, 2025 3:30 am

Sequim Elementary PTA’s volunteers announced that the group’s annual Turkey Trot exceeded its goal.

As of Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, the event had raised $29,825 of a $28,000 goal through the Get Movin fundraising app.

Organizers said that donations support purchasing books for students to read over summer break, help with PTA-led teacher appreciation events, support reading, science and other programs, and fund teacher-led projects that create hands-on learning experiences for students.

The Turkey Trot is the PTA’s largest fundraiser with Greywolf Elementary and Helen Haller Elementary students recording laps either inside Greywolf’s gymnasium or at the district’s track on the half day before Thanksgiving as part of an effort to promote student fitness and school spirit.

Volunteers, staff, and older students help tally laps at the schools.

According to the PTA’s Get Movin site, 760 donations have been pledged to the students from 34 states so far.

Donations will be accepted through Friday, Dec. 5.

To register a student, visit getmovinfundhub.com and use the school identifier: 5d6012e247419.

Also find web links to the fundraiser at facebook.com/sequimelementarypta.

For more information about Sequim Elementary PTA, email to SequimelementaryPTA@gmail.com.

Greywolf Elementary first graders ready at the start line to begin the Turkey Trot inside the school’s gymnasium.

Third graders Everly Catelli and Stella Tweten zip by during the Turkey Trot.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ First grader Kade Eastburn smiles after passing underneath a dinosaur tail during Greywolf Elementary’s Turkey Trot.

Julio Hernandez, a fourth grader at Helen Haller Elementary, runs hard to finish his last lap of the Turkey Trot.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ First grader Lyla Raub, in green, runs with classmates and fellow first graders during the Turkey Trot at Greywolf Elementary.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Beckett Thomas, a fourth grader at Helen Haller Elementary, is ecstatic to participate in the Turkey Trot.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Jason Hadley does a skip jump through the inflatable Sequim Wolf during the Turkey Trot with fellow Helen Haller Elementary students.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Diana Bahena Torres continues her lap during the Turkey Trot at Greywolf Elementary while doing the limbo under a dinosaur tail.