Kids Love F(un)draisers

Tinley Hampton, whose dad Terry rode with us yesterday into Chattanooga, is an aspiring banker. He was in charge of all of the money that his mother's third grade class collected for research. At the Outback fundraiser today, Tinley proudly presented us with the bounty and demonstrated how only a man of great strength could handle such coinage ...
We recognized two heros at our event: Sarah and Ashton. Ashton has been cancer free since last December, and Sarah is going through treatments for neuroblastoma. They are both eight years old, and they both thought that we were crazy for riding our bicycles so far ...

Ashton was pleased that we had picked a school day to come though (he talked his mom into letting him take the day off), and Sarah was pleased with the athletic ability of the Aflac duck that we gave her. The duck rode took several laps around the restaurant sitting atop my bicycle while Sarah coached us through the sharp turns.

A few other cancer families were there, and their stories meant a lot to our team. We have so many little heroes to ride for.

After the event, we stopped by TC Thompson to deliver some pink whale hats, tattoos, and ducks to the kids in Chattanooga. Then we headed back to our host home to gear up for tomorrow ... we're climbing Monteagle and heading towards the finish line.

~ Austin