I never had the opportunity to meet or hang with Adam Sandovalas and Scooter “Trash” Sandoval, his Chihuahua. He’s traveling around the U.S to every Harley-Davidson dealership raising money and awareness for the children of fallen soldiers. Basically it’s a ride, stop, meet and greet, throttle up to the next dealer and repeat. You can follow along on his web site at Scootin’ America.
Similar to the USPS slogan, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep Adam and Scooter from the swift completion of his task.
Many of us have thought about doing something similar or noteworthy on our motorcycle. I’ve heard and been part of the discussions in my own riding circles. Take a couple months to do this or a bucket list dream ride of doing that, but more often than not we stop – just short of pulling the bike out of the garage.
What I really wanted to bring attention to is that on July 2nd, on the way to one of the first Harley-Dealer stops of the day, a lady driving in oncoming traffic came across the center line and hit Adam. Scooter was okay, but they Life-Flight Adam to the UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh where he was admitted. He was stable and underwent surgery on July 3rd. He is progressing well given the situation and started the first day of physical therapy on July 5th. If interested you can follow his updates on his Facebook page HERE or on his Twitter page HERE.
His stated goal is to fix himself up along with the Harley and complete his mission for our soldiers. If you want to know how-to-help please visit HERE.
To read that Adam wants to get back out there and finish the task got me to thinking that innovative marketing is the underbelly of Harley-Davidson success and wouldn’t it be cool if they provided a bit of positive outreach and started a fund to loan or buy him a new bike! This is something that would clearly serve all and is a win-win-win.
Photos are courtesy of Scootn’ America.
Although Harley giving Adam a bike would be awesome. He would not accept it. His war horse is being mended for free by a custom bike builder.
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