A Post Falls veteran is nearly done walking from Florida to Oregon
Samantha Lee, 25, left Daytona Beach in March and has raised more than $17,000 for Back on My Feet. People along the road have offered rides, food, and water.
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Samantha Lee, a 25-year-old Air Force veteran from Post Falls, left Daytona Beach in March to walk to the Oregon coast. She is nearly there. Along the way she has raised more than $17,000 for Back on My Feet, and strangers have handed her rides, food, and water.
The walk is not finished. The money already raised is for the organization, not a claim that the last miles are done.
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