Running For Cancer
Mike McCoy is not just any sheriff. He is a sheriff with a kind heart and a lot of endurance. This Peoria, Illinois sheriff runs for the kids at the St. Jude Hospital in Memphis. McCoy says that he runs for them because they can’t. McCoy began staging runs in 1982. Back then their goal was $25,000 and they were unable to meet it. Today, their goal is $1 million and they should top it in pledges and donations.
McCoy has always said that nothing would keep him from running for the kids. However, this year McCoy’s pledge was tested when he was hit by a truck in January. The truck hit both him and another runner shattering McCoy’s pelvis and almost killing him. The doctors believed that he would never be able to run again but McCoy wasn’t going to let that happen. He may be slower than he was in the past, but he is more motivated than ever. He believes that he has been given a second chance for the children he dearly loves and cares for.