Let's all cheer on Aprylle as she runs Cross Country on US Route 6 to Raise Money for Kids in Need!
Way to go girl!! Drink LOTS of water on this stretch, please.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Singer/Songwriter Aprylle Gilbert Runs Coast to Coast on US Route 6 To Raise Money for Kids; Follow Her Progress
U.S. Route 6 Coast-to-Coast for Kids
Follow one woman’s courageous fund raising event for disadvantaged youth as she runs from coast
to coast along the entire length of historic Route 6 beginning in Long Beach, CA and ending in
Provincetown, MA.
Aprylle Gilbert is an extreme-distance endurance runner from the San Francisco Bay
area. She is best known as a singer-song writer and author, one of the top folk-rock musicians in the Bay
Area.
After an May 7, 2015 Hollywood kick-off concert at Hollywood House of Blues, Gilbert will launch a national
charity fund-raising event. Beginning in Long Beach on May 11, 2015, Gilbert’s Charity Challenge Run will
traverse the entire 3,652 miles of historic (old) Route 6, running 30-50 miles per day.
Aprylle is passionate about raising awareness (and money) for disadvantaged young people. Aprylle’s Coastto-
Coast for Kids run was conceived as a way of supporting youth activism by helping Washington United
Youth Center in San Jose improve their after-school programs that build confidence, self-esteem and
leadership skills in local, underserved kids. She encourages “Public Charities” along the 6 to use this special
event to help their own local youth organizations.
Since then, the vision has matured into a way of building a network for community activism across the nation
by challenging like-minded athletes to raise money for local charities by running with Aprylle for a portion of
the distance. However, she will slow to a walk for those families with children who would like to join her.
Coast-to-Coast for Kids is planned in cooperation with the U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association (www.route6tour.com) and
Catholic Charities’ Washington United Youth Center, San Jose, CA. (www.CatholicCharitiesSCC.org/washingtonunitied-
youth-center).
You can follow Aprylle via GPS by visiting
www.route6tour.com
Web-site: www.Aprylle.com
Live Tracking: After May 11, Gilbert’s progress can be tracked on live GPS feed on www.Aprylle.com
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/pages/Aprylle/160874516394
Fund-raising: www.crowdrise.com/coasttocastforkids/fundraiser/AprylleG
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Chariity Run
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Become an active member of the U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association,
a Not-for-profit IRS 501 (c) (3) “Public Charity”
Fed. ID: 91-2136205
Friday, May 1, 2015
Wild Turkey Smashes Through Truck Window on Route 6, Brewster MA
Pygmy Goats, and now Wild Turkeys? What's going on on US Route 6?
From BOSTON WCVB Channel 5:
Wild turkey crashes through truck windshield in Brewster
Driver suffers cuts, turkey runs into woods
UPDATED 6:01 AM EDT May 01, 2015
A wild turkey crashed into and through the windshield of a truck and ended up in the passenger cabin with the driver.
The turkey flew into the small truck on Route 6 in Brewster Thursday and then escaped from the truck and ran into the woods.
The driver suffered minor cuts and bruises. Wild turkeys have become a problem for drivers in the area, officials said.