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The organizers are thankful to have food to share.<\/p>\n<p>This community race combines fitness and giving back by serving as a food drive for local food banks. The course loops around the scenic Kingstowne neighborhood lake, and runners can join the fun with their four-legged friends through the \u201cDoggie Duo\u201d category, celebrating those who cross the finish line with their dogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bring a CANned food item and join the 5th annual CAN the Bird 5K Turkey Trot, presented by Jefferson Funeral Chapel, on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","submission_name":"","email_address":"","business_name":"","event_location":"5885 Kingstowne Boulevard\r\nAlexandria, VA 22315","event_link":"https:\/\/mountvernonspringfield.com\/can-the-bird-5k\/","event_price":"Early Bird Through Oct 17: Adult 5K: $30 | Military 5K: $25 | 25 And Under: $20 | 12 And Under: $10","featured_event":"","event_total":"","event_coupon":"","event_start_date":"20261126","event_start_time":"08:00:00","event_start_timestamp":"1795680000","event_end_date":"20261126","event_end_time":"09:00:00","event_end_timestamp":"1795651200","event_duration":"","event_recurrence_end_timestamp":"1795683600","event_repeat_frequency":"","event_repeat_ends":"","event_repeat_date":"","event_repeat_occurrences":"","event_image":"https:\/\/d368g9lw5ileu7.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/generic\/genericWebsites-257\/257496\/websiteBanner-QgJN5ny7-bORgVN-medium.png","all_day_event":"0","venue_name":"Walmart Parking Lot | Alexandria","admin_city":"","wp_last_modified_info":"September 5, 2026 @ 9:33 pm","event_import_post_id":"","source_guid":""},"categories":[35,34,94,33,116,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242521","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","category-wellness","category-lifestyle","category-nature","category-pet-friendly","category-runs","category-the-fairfax-girl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - 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