The Ford Foundation Turkey Trot
About this race
🦃 The Ford Foundation’s 3rd Annual Turkey Trot – 5K & 1-Mile Fun Run
📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026
📍 Town Square Park | Downtown Hattiesburg, MS
Lace up your running shoes and join us for a morning of movement, community, and giving back! Whether you’re running, walking, or trotting for fun, this family-friendly event supports our Build Better Scholars Program, which provides scholarships to single parents and children of single-parent homes — and this year, nursing students too!
Packet pickup will be on Friday, November 20th, at Caesar Holdings, located at 10 Bellegrass Blvd., from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Packets may also be picked up from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on race day at Town Square Park.
⏰ Schedule:
- 8:00 AM – Race Day Check-In & Packet Pickup
- 9:00 AM – 5K Race Start
- 10:00 AM – 1-Mile Fun Run Start
- 10:30 AM – Awards Ceremony & Post-Race Celebration
🎽 Registration Includes:
- Commemorative Turkey Trot T-shirt
- Race Bib (for 5K runners)
- Post-run snacks & refreshments
- Entry to prize drawings and giveaways
🏅 Awards for Top Finishers:
- Overall Male & Female (5K)
- Age Group Winners
- Best Turkey Costume
🎉 Extras:
- Family Fun Zone
- Vendor Booths
- Music, Coffee & More!
👟 Register today and trot with purpose!
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5K
1 Mile Fun Run
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Hattiesburg, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:30 AM and sets at 4:56 PM local time (CST) in Hattiesburg on November 21, 2026 — 10h 26m of daylight.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 23 Hattiesburg events
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