A 13 YEAR OLD BOY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IS RIDING COAST TO COAST TO SUPPORT A CAUSE..AND ON MONDAY HE MADE A STOP IN ALBUQUERQUE. SCOTTY PARKER IS HOPING TO RAISE MONEY TO BRING CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES WORLD WIDE. HE’S RIDING FROM THE SANTA MONICA PIER IN CALIFORNIA TO HIS HOME STATE.
WHILE IN THE DUKE CITY HE’S GETTING SOME HELP FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AFD CHIEF DAVE DOWNEY SAYS SCOTTY’S GOAL IS TO RAISE 500-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO WHY IS AFD GETTING BEHIND THIS EFFORT? DOWNEY SAYS SCOTTY’S CYCLING CLUB IN CALIFORNIA CONTACTED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ASKING THAT THEY WELCOME SCOTTY TO TOWN AND GIVE HIM ENCOURAGEMENT.
A FIRE-FIGHTER BACKED NON-PROFIT IS HELPING PAY FOR SCOTTY’S ROOM IN ALBUQUERQUE. SO FAR, HE’S RAISED OVER 300-THOUSAND DOLLARS. WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, THE YOUNG CYCLIST WILL HAVE COVERED OVER 32-HUNDRED MILES.
