My good Trebekistan buddy David Madden, holder of the second-longest consecutive-game win streak in the history of Jeopardy!, is hiking the entire east coast of the U.S. — from Edmundston, New Brunswick just over the Canadian border all the way to Key West — while raising money for Fisher House, which provides temporary hospital-adjacent housing for families of wounded soldiers.
When I tell you over and over that Trebekistan is filled with incredibly cool people, this is what I mean.
And whatever you think of the war — and David and I think along pretty similar lines — there are now thousands of fellow Americans who were put in harm’s way as a result, and they and their families have to pull together now and find a way to get through it. This is a pretty amazing (for David) and easy (for us) way to help.
He’s got a blog up and running now, plus a couple of cool photo albums, if you’d like to see what it’s like to walk 3000 miles for charity.
Toss in a penny a mile, and that’s thirty bucks. Or throw in two pennies. Or three. Donations are tax-deductible and Fisher House gets absolutely top ratings from charity watchdogs.
Bright guy, David. Also, and more importantly, good.
