Photos: Organizers seek participants for Chattanooga's Grateful Gobbler Walk

photo T-shirts, mugs and stuffed turkeys are among the items for sale to benefit the cause at the Grateful Gobbler booth at the Chattanooga Market Sunday. Twenty-four hundred walkers are already registered and upon registering another thousand, the Gobbler will have raised over $200,000 for a new homeless shelter geared for families in Chattanooga.
photo Theresa Biggs speaks to passersby while donning a turkey suit to raise funds and sign them up for the Grateful Gobbler Walk at the Grateful Gobbler booth at the Chattanooga Market Sunday. Twenty-four hundred walkers are already registered and upon registering another thousand, the Gobbler will have raised over $200,000 for a new homeless shelter geared for families in Chattanooga.
photo Sarah Raines holds her brand-new stuffed turkey while she sits on her father, John's shoulders at the Grateful Gobbler booth at the Chattanooga Market Sunday. Twenty-four hundred walkers are already registered and upon registering another thousand, the Gobbler will have raised over $200,000 for a new homeless shelter geared for families in Chattanooga.
photo Joy Adams, left, and Stan McCright speak to Allie Gilliam, far left, and Ginny Moore about the Grateful Gobbler Walk at the Grateful Gobbler booth at the Chattanooga Market Sunday. Twenty-four hundred walkers are already registered and upon registering another thousand, the Gobbler will have raised over $200,000 for a new homeless shelter geared for families in Chattanooga.
photo Chuck Swafford, left, hands Betsy McCright a donation to the cause at the Grateful Gobbler booth at the Chattanooga Market Sunday. Twenty-four hundred walkers are already registered and upon registering another thousand, the Gobbler will have raised over $200,000 for a new homeless shelter geared for families in Chattanooga.

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