Navy Veterans to cycle 500 miles from Huntsville to Orange Beach

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WHNT) – Navy veterans will begin their 500-mile journey from Huntsville to Orange Beach on Saturday, October 5.

The riders will leave from the Space and Rocket Center at 9 a.m. and be on the route for a week. They are scheduled to arrive in Orange Beach on October 11.

All riders are a part of the Naval Academy class of ’83. What once started as a way to reunite the class, quickly turned charitable. All riders select a veterans-focused organization to ride for and ask for donations to the organization in return.

“Well, especially here in Huntsville, we have a tremendous number of veterans here, James Sherrard, rider and Huntsville local, said. “My charity is Still Serving Veterans right here in town. They’re really dedicated to helping the local veterans, and that extends not just to Huntsville, but all of North Alabama.”

See each rider’s charity selection and donate here .

Being the class of 1983, their goal is to raise $1,983,000 for veterans organizations. Currently, they have raised over $800,000.

The map of their scheduled progress across the state is below:

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