Skudalski helps organize fundraiser
SCRANTON — Lauren Skudalski, of Wyoming, along with other second-year medical students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, organized the school’s ninth annual Turkey Trot 5K/10K run in downtown Scranton on Sunday, Nov. 4.
The event also featured a Tiny Trot, including crafts, games, face painting and relay races, for children ages 13 and younger. Proceeds benefitted the Friends of the Poor’s holiday food giveaways.
Student organizers reported that 261 runners and walkers participated. Also, a series of fundraisers at local restaurants, a penny war and a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders event preceding the run helped augment monies raised from race registrations to make the 2018 Turkey Trot the most successful to date, with close to $17,000 raised.
