Morro Bay resident Jack Smith is skateboarding across America to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. Smith and his “A Push to Remember” team is hoping to raise $100,000 on their three-week trek from Oregon to New York. For the team’s route and other information, visit http://www.apushtoremember.com/. Smith’s updates on the trip will continue to be posted at http://www.sanluisobispo.com/.
Some more notes on Day One. Climbing and more climbing. The Santiam Pass outside Sisters in almost indescribable in its cruelty. We had … More
CHICO — BMX riders raced to raise more than $1,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on Sunday at the Silver Dollar BMX track in Chico.
About 50 riders and 100 spectators showed up to tackle the track and cheer for the athletes who raced to fight cancer.
“The kids had a lot of fun giving back to the community,” said Paula Law, an event organizer and … Moremother of three of the riders.
All proceeds from the event went to … More
In the 1960s, an Air Force medic named Jack Smith made skateboards for kids on his base. Now, a half century later, his son – also Jack Smith – is skateboarding across the country in his father’s honor, raising money for the disease that devastated him.
“It was sad and difficult to watch,” Smith, of Morro Bay, said about his father’s battle with Alzheimer’s. “My dad had a very sharp mind.”
After ceremoniously leaving Morro Bay Thursday, Smith and four other skaters headed to Oregon … More
PORTLAND, Ore. – A retired couple from Boise, Idaho, has embarked on a nearly 4,000-mile cross-country journey and they’re raising money for wounded warriors along the way.
Darrel and Roseann Mooney just recently set off on a four-month tandem bicycle ride that will take them from Washington state to Washington, D.C. Through sponsors and other donations, they’re helping out Comfort for America’s Uniformed Soldiers (Cause), which provides services for military men and women who were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan … More