It's been a long ride, but for a good cause. North Carolina Representative Dale Folwell rode 32,978 miles through 48 states on his motorcycle to raise $1.5 million for research on organ donation and regeneration.It's been a long ride, but for a good cause. North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Representative Dale Folwell Dale Folwell is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 74th House District, a part of Forsyth County. He was first elected in 2004 and is serving his second term. Folwell is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. rode 32,978 miles through 48 states on his motorcycle to raise $1.5 million for research on organ donation Organ donation is the removal of the tissues of the human body from a person who has recently died, or from a living donor, for the purpose of transplanting or grafting them into other persons. and regeneration. Folwell's 7-year-old son was struck and killed by a car while trying to board a school bus in 1999. He and his wife donated their son's organs and Folwell decided to try to raise awareness about organ donation and regeneration. The funds he raises will go to the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is a research institute affiliated with Wake Forest University and located at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Regenerative medicine is "a practice that aims to refurbish diseased or damaged tissue using the body's own . Jay Leno and Warren Buffet, among others, signed his motorcycle. |
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