CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — It was a packed home at Bert’s Barracuda Harley Davidson, with riders and fans alike coming collectively for one mission, and to fulfill the person behind it.
YouTube star and philanthropist Adam Sandoval is utilizing his social media platform to lift $1 million for the Wounded Warrior Challenge. It’s taken three years, however he’s almost reached his purpose.
“Pondering of elevating 1,000,000 {dollars} in simply three years of the Nice American Convoy is simply mind-blowing. I by no means anticipated it to be this huge. However now that we’re so shut, it’s only a scramble and an effort to hit that purpose,” mentioned Sandoval.
This 12 months’s convoy started in San Antonio, Texas, on Might 24.
“We rode all to the border in California and Arizona, and now we’re on our manner again throughout the nation,” mentioned Sandoval.
Each penny raised goes again to the Wounded Warrior Challenge. For veterans like Thomas Brown, who runs a neighborhood charity outreach for homeless veterans, being concerned with the journey takes on a deeper which means.
“That’s all I cope with, is veterans, particularly homeless veterans. I’ve PTSD, and I run into numerous veterans with PTSD, and a few deal with it higher than others,” mentioned Brown.
The Great American Convoy will proceed their journey by way of Florida with a ultimate cease in Daytona on June 14.
