Geneva Scouts Raise $4000 for American Diabetes Association

bikeridersIt was an adventure that took 12 days over 750 miles and counted one broken collarbone as the only causality. 14 Geneva Boy Scouts from Troop 37 arrived home at the Geneva Metra station after departing on bicycles at 5:30 a.m. July 24 from Geneva’s Mill Race Cyclery for Niagara Falls. The boys, who ranged in age from 14 to 18, arrived at the Falls on Aug. 6 and took a train back to Chicago.

During the course of their trip Troop 37 raised about $4,000 for the American Diabetes Association through pledges and donations. The Troop was inspired to take up the cause because fellow Scout Jacob Haas, 14, has Type 1 diabetes.

The boys, along with a crew of seven troop leaders and volunteer parents, rode between 20 to 80 miles a day. The good times were smoothly rolling until Aug. 2 when dad Chris Adler attempted to jump a manhole cover with his bike, fell and broke his collarbone in two places.

The Scouts riding with Adler quickly responded by stopping traffic on the road and calling 911. Adler was treated at a hospital, released and rode out the rest of the trip in one of the two supply vans following the troop.

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Source: The Daily Herald

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One response to “Geneva Scouts Raise $4000 for American Diabetes Association

  1. I like to here stories like this about scouts

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