Mt. Vernon Cares

Mt Vernon Cares started as a group of MVHS special education teachers that saw a need for bringing their community together in support of their students and their families. Their primary vehicle for reimagining the way our community interacts with their most vulnerable population became the Gobblepalooza 5k Turkey Trot. Despite the pandemic and school closures, they celebrated their 16th consecutive event by adding a 10k. Their fundraising efforts support their music therapy programming, various student run organizations and sports, scholarships and have even been used in aiding international disaster relief campaigns. In conjunction with the gracious local businesses and neighbors that allow their roads to be closed the Saturday before Thanksgiving, MVHS has celebrated this long-standing “trot-ition” while thinking globally and acting locally.