In June 2005, Nancy C. Nelson and her husband, Dan Fender, left Astoria, Oregon, on their tandem bicycle and set out to ride across the United States. Nancy and Dan have broken their journey into five stages. Together they will pedal three weeks every summer for five years to raise $100,000 for the Prosthetic Outreach Foundation (POF).

Nancy, who lost one of her legs in a motorcycle accident two and a half years ago, and Dan, a disabled Vietnam veteran, have dedicated their ride to amputees in Vietnam. "We want 333 real people in Vietnam to have real legs; people who would not have received them otherwise,” says Nancy.

POF is a nonprofit organization started by Dr. Ernest Burgess in Seattle to provide limbs and orthopedic care to people in Vietnam and now to people in Bangladesh and Sierra Leone as well, “Helping the Developing World Walk Again.”

Nancy and Dan will personally cover their own expenses and POF’s overhead expenses for this project. Every dollar donated will go directly to creating a new leg. 

For further information, or to make a donation, log onto POF’s Web site at www.pofsea.org or call 206/726-1636.