News Advance
Steve Hardy
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014
Jill Nance
Marine Troy Campbell from Madison Heights runs Thursday afternoon with a group comprised mostly of Marines who are running from Atlanta to Washington DC. The group is raising money for veterans suffering with brain injuries and PTSD.
A Marine from Madison Heights is one of 10 runners intent on trekking 684 miles to raise money — and awareness — for veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries.
The team began in Atlanta and reached Lynchburg on Thursday afternoon en route their final destination of Washington D.C.
By running in shifts, they plan to reach the capital in time for Memorial Day, completing the entire journey in just a week.
Gunnery Sgt. Troy Campbell is from Madison Heights but is stationed in Atlanta, home of the Shepherd Center. The private center researches PTSD and traumatic brain injuries and provides care to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He wanted to help the Shepherd Center since October, when he met a veteran, the man’s wife and their three children. The vet was about to have committed suicide, but received life-saving treatment for his PTSD.
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