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Good News in Boston! 2 College Students Skate 900 Miles for Cancer Research
College hockey isn’t the most socially distanced sport, so players have been stuck home like the rest of us. But being stuck at home hasn’t stopped many compassionate people from doing what they do best — supporting their community. That’s exactly what University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) teammates Jacob Adkins (21) and Andrew Walker (22) decided to do after buying a pair of in-line skates. At first, the roommates were skating a few miles at a time because of pandemic boredom — but then Walker asked Adkins how much money it’d take to skate to Los Angeles. That idea evolved into a plan to skate nearly 900 miles from Boston to Mason, Michigan (Walker’s hometown).
One thing that brought the two friends closer was the fact that cancer had touched both of their lives. Adkins’ family had struggled with cancer in every generation, but his mother is a Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer survivor. Walker’s grandfather had died of cancer while his aunt is a brain cancer survivor, but cancer’s influence on his life went beyond his family. His hometown, Mason, had been “riddled with cancer affecting my classmates, friends, and their family members, as well,” Walker told CNN.
feat didn’t have picture-perfect beginnings, though. “The journey became very difficult rather quickly,” Walker said. “There were plenty of times where one of us would completely lose vision and would have to grab the other’s shirt for guidance.” Together, their painful, challenging journey was completed on July 22, and the trek is fully documented on Instagram. They have raised over $30,000 for the American Cancer Society. “Coming from backgrounds having dealt with cancer, it truly means everything to both of us and our families,” Adkins says. “We are hoping this shines a light on the things to be grateful for in life and that cancer hasn’t stopped, so neither should we.”
That’s how their 900-mile roller-skating trek became a fundraiser for cancer research.
Adkins and Walker called themselves “Men in Blades” on social media and departed the UMB campus at 4:30 a.m. on July 13. The incredible
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