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Local Girl Bikes 370 Miles To Raise Money To Fight Childhood Cancer

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Submitted by Abena Williams on October 27, 2007 - 5:17pm.


k18-year-old Samantha Gilley will ride from Chattanooga to Memphis benefiting St. Jude Hospital.

Samantha has been fighting cancer since she was 6 weeks old and it has taken her eyesight.

Congressman Zach Wamp helped kick off the ride at the Creative Discovery Museum, where Samantha volunteers to read to children from braille books.

She will be riding on a tandem bike, joined by a series of co-pilots along the way.

 Gilley adds, "I know what's at the finish line. I know there's kids that will be smiling. I know there's doctors that never thought I could do it and still probably don't believe it's going to happen. But I know they're at the finish line and I'll show them. That's what I'm hanging on to."

The entire journey will take Samantha along highway 41, across Monteagle Mountain to Nashville, then on to Memphis.

To learn more about her ride, log on to www.samsride.org


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