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SANTAQUIN — A Santaquin man is making a brave quest in the name of charity. He's riding a lawn mower across the state of Utah.
This time of year Scott Morgan uses his lawn mower a lot.
But for the past three years, once a year he trades in the turf for asphalt and gears up for a long haul on the mower.
"At the end of the day, you're pretty beat, but I decided a long time ago that I'm not going to ride 10 1/2 days," Morgan said. "I'm just going to do one day at a time, I'm going to ride one day and I'm going to do it 10 1/2 times."
He's driving his mower for over a week straight across the Beehive State, starting at the Utah-Idaho state line and finishing at the Utah-Arizona state line.
Wednesday, he passed through Salt Lake City on his mower.
"It was a situation of waking up at two in the morning and realizing that I didn't do enough for charity, I needed to contribute more to the community and I wasn't certain how to do that. The following day I was out on the lawn mower cutting the grass and I realized, this is a way to do that," he said.
He's doing it to raise awareness and money for families with kids in the hospital, including kids who are being helped by the Ronald McDonald House charities.
"So many people honk and wave, stop me with a donation, or a story about their experience with the Ronald McDonald House charities. Those are the great things that happen along the road."
The Rees Family is currently staying at the Ronald McDonald House. They are seeking treatment for their son who has leukemia, stopped by to thank Morgan.
"We have had some up and downs with his treatments, its been a long road," Tommy Reese said. "We are so thankful for you, Scott, to help families like us, the awareness that you are raising when it spreads, it spread like wild fire. Once people grab it and run with it the donations come in. We would be lost without Ronald McDonald house."
For now, Morgan is headed full speed ahead: all seven miles per hour of it.
"When I see that 'Welcome to Arizona sign,' that's a welcome sign to see and we throw the mower on the trailer and head back down to Santaquin," Morgan said.
Morgan is only on day three, he still has seven and a half more days to go until he reaches the Utah/Arizona state line. If you would like to donate to the Ronald McDonald Foundation, you can do so here.
