Seventeen year old, Jasmine "Jazzy" Jordan, of Ashby, MN, brings her
crusade to Hopkins County, on Tuesday afternoon, as she makes
her way across American, running for a health care change.

 

"Run With Jazzy" Comes to
Hopkins County, Tuesday Afternoon

 

by: Bobby McDonald

 

While most teens her age are calling on their cell phones, talking to the boys, and worried about a date to the Junior-Senior Prom, seventeen year old, Jasmine "Jazzy" Jordan, of Ashby, Minnesota, is bringing her own crusade across America. Jazzy entered Hopkins County, on Tuesday afternoon and will spend the next approximately 48 hours making her way, across the area. She began her crusade on September 1st, 2009, on Highway-66 in La Verne, California, and hopes to arrive in New York City, by a lofty goal of April 17, 2010.

"I've got to 'pick-up' my speed and do more, to reach the April 17th deadline," admitted Jazzy, on Tuesday afternoon, as she crossed into Hopkins County, near Cumby. "I experienced a 'set-back' in October, when I received some injuries, as I crossed New Mexico, and wasn't able to run again, until December 1st, so I'm running behind!"

 

Jazzy makes her way into Hopkins County, on Tuesday afternoon, as her father follows her
in the support vehicle.

 

 

The April 17th deadline has a significance, as Jazzy is running in memory of Sheila Kay Grothe, who passed away with cancer, on April 17, 2009. Sheila was an employee of Jazzy's mother's trucking company and couldn't afford expensive medical insurance. Thus, she couldn't receive the treatments that she needed to save her life. Jazzy saw the need to raise awareness of others caught in the same predictament as Sheila, and began her crusade across America.

"Sheila was my friend and couldn't afford the medical coverage that she needed," expressed Jazzy. "Thus, I decided that I could change my plans of running in the 2012 Olympics and make a difference. That's when I talked the plan over with my parents and we began to put the plan into action!"

 

 

Jazzy is currently making approximately 20 miles per day, as she gets up and runs her mileage, returns to the family motor home at night, does her homework and studies, and gets a good night's sleep, for the next day. "I stop and visit with school children, churches, or anyone else that wants to hear my story," allowed Jazzy. "My efforts are to raise awareness and make a difference for those just like Sheila, who need help and can't afford it!"

 

Jazzy takes a break and receives instructions from her father, before making her
way into Hopkins County, on Tuesday afternoon.

 

 

Jazzy's planned route is as follows:

California
hwy 66 La Verne CA to San Bernadino CA
hwy 66 Palm Springs CA to Parker AZ

Arizona
hwy 72 Parker to Vicksburg
hwy 60 Vicksburg to Phoenix
hwy 60 Apatche jnt to Globe
hwy 70 Globe to Franklin

New Mexico
hwy 70 Franklin to Lordsburg, NM
I 10 Lordsburg to Las Cruces
hwy 28 Las Cruces to El Paso TX

Texas
hwy 20 El Paso to Mc Nary
I 10 to I20 split
I 20 to Pecos
hwy 285 Mentone
hwy302 Mentone to Odessa
BR20 Odessa to Midland
I 20 to Abilene to Weatherford
Weatherford to Ft Worth Tx
route through
Ft Worth to Dallas
Dallas TBA
i 30 to Texarkana

Arkansas
hwy 67 Texarkana to Little Rock
hwy 70 little rock to W. Memphis

Tennessee
hwy 70 W Memphis Ar to Nashville Tn
hwy 70 Nashville to Knoxville
hwy 25/20 Knoxville to Ashville

North Carolina
hwy 70 Ashville to Statesville
hwy 64 Statesville to Mocksville
hwy 158 Mocksville to Winston Salem
hwy 7o Greensburg to Raleigh
hwy 64 alt 64 Raleigh to Wilson
hwy 301 Wilson to Emporia VA

Virgina
hwy 301 Emporia to Richmond
hwy 1 Richmond to Washington DC
Washington DC to Baltimore MD

Maryland
hwy 40 Baltimore to Willmington DE

Delaware
hwy40

New Jersey
hwy 130 Deepwater to Milltown
hwy 1 19 Milltown to Fort Lee

New York City to be annnounced

Jazzy invites everyone to learn more about her campaign, come out and run part of the way through Hopkins County with her, or just wave as she passes by.

You can learn more about Jazzy's effort by going to her website www.runwithjazzy.com

 

"One more determinied young lady!".......Jazzy allowed that she's on her ninth pair
of shoes and still making her way across America.

 

 

This is Welcoming Jazzy and her parents to Hopkins County
and wishing her Godspeed on Her Journey!!!

 

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