Rescue Rider raises $18,000

Based on a New Year’s resolution in 2007 and continuing through 2014, cyclist Sherry McMahon has ridden a total of 8,300 miles and raised more than $18,000 for animal-rescue efforts.

Nicknamed the “Rescue Rider,” McMahon pledged to ride one mile on her bicycle for every dollar donated with a goal of 1,000 miles and $1,000 a year.

On Jan. 18, she completed her goal for 2014 by pedaling 1,000 miles and raised more than $3,400, the largest annual amount to date.  

Support riders Allen Wooldridge and W.E. Harris rode the excess miles.

Rescue groups that have benefited donations this year include Candy’s Cats; The Haven for Injured and Orphaned Wildlife; the new TREATS Program of Osceola County, which teaches prisoners to train shelter dogs at The Transition House; and Poodle and Pooch Rescue.

For more information or to make a donation, visit rescuerider.com.