18th Annual Michael Edward Bratton II Turkey Trot

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Written By Barry Pruett

Mike Bratton and his family have organized the Turkey Trot in Nevada County since 2006 after Mike’s son, Michael Edward Bratton II, unexpectedly took his own life. The purpose of the Turkey Trot is to raise local awareness of the importance of mental health and to generate funds in order to help those in need of counseling. On top of that, and after 18 years, the MEB2 Turkey Trot has become an important local community event for thousands of participants each Thanksgiving morning.

View the event listing in the Local Seam.

Barry Pruett

Barry graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he received his bachelor's degree with two majors - Russian Language and Culture & Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs. After graduation, he moved to Moscow where he worked as an import warehouse manager and also as the director of business development for the sole distributorship of Apple computers in Russia. In Prague, he was a financial analyst for two different distributorships - one in Prague and one in Kiev. Following this adventure, he graduated from Valparaiso University School of Law and is a litigation attorney for the past 18 years. During Covid, he completed his master's degree in history at Liberty University and is in the process of finishing his PhD with a focus on totalitarianism in the 20th century.

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