THANK YOU, Fund Run Pledges and Pledgers!!!

A coast to coast thanks to everyone who has donated and will donate to our Fund Run and our transcontinental run. We want to publicly acknowledge the people who are helping to turn our epic run into a reality.

Following our two pledge tables:
1. Fund Run pledges/David’s laps. We would love to see the pledge/David’s lap total reach at least $100.
2. Fixed Amount Pledges. This is for people who would rather donate up front regardless of the number of laps David and I run on December 14.

 Pledges/David’s laps (pledge amounts included for people who want to see the numbers)

First Name Last Name State Pledge/lap
Grandma Wilcox UT $2.00
Rob & Stacy Wilcox UT $1.00
$3.00

 

Fixed Amount Pledges (pledge amounts omitted for people who want to be discreet)

First Name Last Name State Total Pledge
Jeff Budd AK $
Grandma Wilcox UT $
Ryan & Angie Hill AK $
Owen & Beth Kindig AK $
Matt Hunter AK $
Smokey Beare AK $
Andrew Sullivan AK $
Toby Campbell AK $
D. Paxton AK $
A Johnstone AK $
F.C. Estrada AK $
Greg Harlton AK $
Roger Hames AK $

 

Tobias Cotton and The 1928 Bunion Derby

Tobias Cotton
I thought I would be the youngest person ever to run across the USA until I found out that a slightly younger 15-year old boy named Tobias Cotton ran across America in 1928. Although we are both running across the country to help people, he was doing it to save his family from poverty, and my goal is to save people worldwide from the horrors of GMOs.

When Tobias’s dad got injured while fixing a car, the family was left in poverty with no way to make money. They would have been left that way if Tobias hadn’t heard about the $25,000 prize for winning a trans continental race nicknamed the Bunion Derby. After convincing his family to let him run he was one of 198 competitors, and one of five African Americans competing.

Near the end of the race his dreams were destroyed, after running over 3,000 miles he finished in 35th place. Tobias’s dreams seemed to be ruined until William Bojangles Robinson heard about this tragic story. Mr. Robinson who played a part in the musical, “Black Birds” organized a performance in Tobias’s honor, where all of the earnings went to the Cotton Family. Later he was awarded a diamond studded gold medal for completing his run.

Initially, when I discovered that I wasn’t going to be the youngest person to run across America I was disappointed, but when I heard the story of Tobias Cotton, I decided that it was fine with me that someone like Tobias beat me as the youngest person to complete this run.

Read more about Tobias Cotton here.

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