Yes,
hovercraft are fun, but they also serve the greater good – and not just in
rescue operations.
Organized
by the Hoverclub of America, a group of hovercraft adventurers will come
together on July 29 for a unique 500 mile Hover
for Hunger journey up the Wabash River to raise funds and awareness for
charities combating childhood hunger in Indiana.
One of the
charities that the Wabash 500 Hover for Hunger will benefit is the
food pantry of the Goshen Middle School. A similar program at South Vigo High
School in Terre Haute will also benefit from the funds the hovercrafters raise.
“These are kids that are identified by their
teachers or counselors as being at-risk of going hungry when they go home over
the weekend. Through the program, once per week the kids are sent home with
enough nutritious food to supply them with weekend meals,” explains Dave
Reyburn, Hoverclub President and organizer of the trip. “The food pantries are stocked entirely by donations from local
churches, individuals, and grants when available.”
All
participants are covering the costs of their trip, and 100% of the proceeds
raised through donations will go to the charities. If you would like to make a
donation to this worthy cause, click here and
then click on the “Donate Now” button under the graphic.
The
participants will be flying hovercraft from a wide variety of manufacturers,
including Neoteric. They’re coming from all over the United States to
participate, and even from as far as Australia.
Their trip
will cover the entire navigable portion of the Wabash River. The downriver trip
has been done by boat, but never by hovercraft and never upriver. Reyburn
explains, “This will be the first attempt
ever to complete the entire journey by hovercraft in one go. The hovercraft is
ideally suited for navigating the shallows, sand bars, rapids, log jams, buried
debris, and low head dam and shoals found along the Wabash.”
If you’d
like to meet up in person with this amazing group of people, you can see their
full travel agenda at the bottom of this page. They’re launching the
trip at 8 a.m. Wednesday July 29 from Old Shawnee Town, Illinois 10 miles south
of the confluence of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers, and ending it around 5 p.m.
Sunday August 2 in Fort Recovery, Ohio.
“We hope to cover about 100 miles per
day, stopping at many towns along the river to raise awareness and tell the
story of our journey,”
says Reyburn, “This is hovering with
purpose.”
This is a great opportunity for you to
“pay it forward”!
Your donation will help feed a hungry child …
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