What's the secret to eating a huge Thanksgiving dinner and not feeling weighed down? Taking part in the Port Washington Thanksgiving Day Run first!

Join hundreds of children, teens and adults from Port Washington and beyond this Thanksgiving and start your holiday celebration on the right (or left) foot. Participants will gather at the Manorhaven Park Pool on Thursday, Nov. 24, and set off at 8:30 a.m. on a five-mile course through Manorhaven, Sands Point and Port Washington North. Trophies will be awarded to the first three men and three women to complete the course, as well as the first three men and three women in each of 15 age categories and a wheelchair division.

Registration is required to participate. To register, complete an application form and return it to the Community Chest with a $25 entry fee by Nov. 15, or register online at www.portchest.org by Nov. 21. Look for the application form in this newspaper, or download it from the Community Chest website at www.portchest.org

The Port Washington Thanksgiving Day Run is primarily sponsored by the Community Chest of Port Washington and the Town of North Hempstead. To become a sponsor, call the Community Chest office at 516-767-2121 or email jdziev@aol.com.

Run with us this Thanksgiving and you'll not only have fun, you'll be helping provide educational, health and social services to Port residents of all ages. Proceeds from the Port Washington Thanksgiving Day Run will benefit the Community Chest of Port Washington, a not-for-profit organization established in 1949 to raise funds for distribution to local charities serving the needs of Port Washington residents. For more information or to make a contribution to the Community Chest, please call us at 516-767-2121 or visit us online at www.portchest.org.