[Rotary] Fwd: Local vets take part in the Old Glory Relay
John Cottle
jcottledo at gmail.com
Mon Apr 3 13:35:08 PDT 2023
My fellow Rotarians and friends,
I am seeking pledges for this worthy cause, along with two fellow
Rotarians. Bob and Bill were organizers of the Pedal for Polio fundraisers
I joined in a few years ago.
Though it is not a Rotary activity, I think many of you will be interested.
You can pledge through the link at the bottom of this news release.
Biking to raise money for veterans' mental and physical health
Local vets take part in the Old Glory Relay
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Biking
to raise money for veterans' mental and physical health
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John
Cottle, a local physician will be joining Bill Sauber and Bob Rogers of
Sebastapol riding in the Old Glory Relay, a 4,000-mile relay race. They’re
doing the Mendocino and Sonoma Coast sections of the event. (Photos
provided by Bill Sauber)
The men have a lot in common: they're all veterans; they're all Rotarians;
they’re experienced cyclists; and they're participating in the Old Glory
Relay - a fundraising project of Team RWB (Red, White, and Blue), a
national veterans organization that emphasizes physical activity, healthy
diets, and social connections as a means to improving veterans’ physical
and mental health.
“ ‘Enriching veterans’ lives’ is the group’s tagline, and a big part of
that is suicide prevention, helping avoid depression and symptoms of PTSD
and all that,” said Sauber, an Air Force veteran who served during the
Vietnam War. "The rate of suicide among veterans is much higher than the
average population, because of the trauma they've gone through. The purpose
and focus of this organization is getting veterans involved in the two
things that all the research says will help: one is physical activity and
the second is engaging with other people. So they have all kinds of
different activities, and they vary month by month. The Old Glory Relay is
one of these activities."
As participants in the Old Glory Relay, Cottle, Sauber, Rogers and their
teammates (along with 600 others nationwide) will help carry a single
American Flag from Seattle, WA, to Atlanta, GA. The relay - in which people
will bike, run, walk and roll, while carrying the flag – starts today,
April 1; it will take 50 days and cover over 4,000 miles.
Sauber and Rogers are part of a Northern California team that will carry
the flag on their bikes from Westport, just north of Fort Bragg, to Bodega
Bay down Highway 1, starting at 6 am on April 11.
Their team calls itself "The Elder Eagles" because the average age of the
teammates is 79. They're the oldest team nationwide participating in the
event, Sauber said.
John Cottle of Mendocino will ride from Westport to Mendocino; Sauber will
ride from Mendocino to Bodega Bay; and Rogers will ride from Jenner to
Bodega Bay.
In Bodega Bay, he'll hand the flag to their teammate Ray Cratty, a
90-year-old Sebastopol resident and Korean War veteran who lost a leg in
action. Cratty will walk it over and hand it off to the next team in the
relay.
You can speed the Elder Eagles on their way by sponsoring their team
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Ray
Cratty speaks to marines at Camp Pendleton. (Photo provided by Bill Sauber)
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