We rolled out from Savile Road Bicycle Shop in Delmar, NY on Thursday, October 1. It was overcast and cool – which overall meant good cycling weather – especially for tackling the hills over West Sand Lake, Averill Park, Stephentown, and Hancock.
Our story got some great coverage from Albany media outlets! We hope it inspires more people to sign up to become organ donors!
Goal of 200-mile bike ride is raising awareness of organ donation
Times Union
WRGB-TV
WNYT-TV
DELMAR – A 68-year-old heart transplant patient is on his way to Boston with his daughter to celebrate 20 since his transplant. Harold Strope and his daughter, Sara, are taking the same route from Delmar to Boston on bicycles instead of the ambulance he took in 1995. Doctors say: “Go for it.”
WTEN-TV
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – From Albany to Boston a father and daughter are biking in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Harold’s heart transplant. Community members joined Sara Strope and her father, Harold, Thursday morning to send them off on their journey to Boston. The father-daughter duo departed from Delmar for a 200-mile bike trip to celebrate the anniversary.
