The Daily Times | Elaine Bean | Oct. 23, 2013 OCEAN CITY — On Sept. 8 at the Santa Monica Pier, a big-hearted man with local roots put on his helmet, adjusted his sunglasses and set out on a bike ride across America from the Pacific to the Atlantic. On Tuesday, 45 days later, Al DeCesaris [...]
The Capital | Tim Prudente | Oct. 22, 2013 There might have been times when Al DeCesaris didn’t think he could bicycle across America. But after about 3,000 miles and more than 40 days on the road, “Uncle Al” was to arrive Monday at Davidsonville Elementary School. There, some fourth-graders already knew about the port-wine birthmark [...]
The Capital | Wendi Winters | Sept. 8, 2013 St. Mary’s High School Class of 1991 graduate Al DeCesaris doesn’t have a spouse or any children of his own. But on Sunday, he’s heading out on a solo cross-country bike ride from Santa Monica, Calif., to Annapolis, before his grand finish in Ocean City. DeCesaris, 40, [...]
Santa Monica Patch | Karen Jordan | Sept. 7, 2013 It is 24 hours away and counting until Al DeCesaris, Jr., will embark on a cross-country trip unlike any he has ever made before. DeCesaris, who just relocated to Southern California from Maryland three months ago, is heading back to the East Coast in a fundraising [...]
South River Source | Mitchelle Stephenson | July 25, 2013 Al DeCesaris, Jr. plans to ride his bicycle from Santa Monica, Calif., to Ocean City Maryland. That’s right — from sea to shining sea. He’s doing it for his niece, Jenna Heck, a Davidsonville tween with Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS), a devastating neurological disorder. The purpose of the ride is to [...]
The Baltimore Sun | Scott Calvert | May 17, 2013 It’s a dream Ida Heck never really expected to come true. Her family has raised about $1 million since 2005 for research into the rare disorder that afflicts her 8-year-old daughter, Jenna, resulting in cognitive deficits, seizures, long-lasting migraines, glaucoma in one eye and a red birthmark on [...]
