OHIO — Drew Williams is doing a lot of stretching these days.
He is getting his muscles ready to walk more than 380 miles from Louisville, Ohio to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“I’ve been stretching non-stop for quite some time now to get ready for this,” Williams said. “It’s going to be 382-miles over 10 days.”
He started his walk Friday morning and he is setting out to raise money and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
“There is always people out there that absolutely need (help),” he said. “But they don’t have the ability to fight for themselves.”
Williams has dealt with health concerns of his own. In 2002, he suffered an electrical shock.
“I had accidentally touched the wires as I was pulling it through some drywall,” he explained. “Instead of getting thrown off of it like a normal person would, I actually ended up getting grounded to the floor and the current just kept going through me and I was kind of cooked from the inside.”
The accident left Williams with multiple medical issues, including seizures and migraines.
“It changed my whole entire life,” he said. “I haven’t been able to work and it has just been a really hard climb since then.”
This incident also left Williams wanting to find a way to give back.
“I needed to accomplish something,” Williams said. “Even with all of my problems, I needed to do something.”
This is how he decided to walk to raise money for children’s cancer research.
“It’s what I am fighting for now,” he said. “It is so important to me now, more than ever to raise awareness and to raise money.”
Williams plans to livestream his walk from Ohio to Pennsylvania on TikTok to his nearly 5,000 followers.
If you would like to follow along or donate, you can find Williams on TikTok by searching xoodrewoox.
