East Tennessee farmer using tractor to raise money for a good cause

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – An East Tennessee man is taking to the streets in a particular approach to increase cash for a trigger.

Ron Lawrence is a farmer out of Loudon County. For those who see a person on a tractor in East Tennessee, it could possibly be him.

Lawrence is driving his tractor all around the area – hoping to make it 300 miles in six days – to boost cash to help East Tennessee Youngsters’s Hospital. Up to now, he’s been to Crossville, Dayton, Cleveland, Lenoir Metropolis, Sevierville and Bulls Hole.

“One thing that’s close to to my coronary heart, and that’s care for kids,” he mentioned.

Whereas on his experience, he’s raised $5,000, however as you’ll be able to think about, it hasn’t been simple.

“It’s bought no cushion in it; you are feeling each bump within the highway, each pebble nearly,” Lawrence instructed WVLT Information.

He can solely go about 15 miles per hour. It’s an uncomfortable journey however one he’s blissful to make.

“I’m not particular. My spouse and I’ve a farm,” he mentioned. “I simply grew up studying to work arduous and studying to do issues to attempt to assist folks, in order that’s my coronary heart, and that’s my motivation.”

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