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omg, that was great, congrats to roy... i found myself cheering roy roy roy too... it brought a tear to my eyes...give roy a big o hug for me... i dont even know him and i wanna hug him, he did awesome... next time mabe he will be running down the field..God bless Roy.. and i hope fox 2 does a story on him

Ambitious fundraiser for Roy Henson
He's getting out of his wheelchair to walk for Relay
By DONNA HICKMAN
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Monday, August 25, 2008
“Everybody in the county knows Roy Henson,” says his friend, Tom Gibson.

Indeed, Henson would be hard to forget.

An avid music fan, he has a collection of tunes he shares at Mineral Area College events and other community activities. A sports fan, he often can be found at local games cheering his favorite team. He has a quick wit and a ready smile. A graduate of North County High School and MAC, he also attended Mizzou and works as Assessment Room Supervisor at MAC. Legendary University of Missouri Basketball Coach Norm Stewart called him his hero.

Oh, and by the way, Henson has cerebral palsy and has spent his life in a wheelchair.

He’s hoping to parlay his local “fame” into a big bankroll. He plans to walk on Sept. 5 and he’s hoping people will pay him to do it. The money will go to the Relay For Life of St. Francois County.

“I have trained to walk distances before. In 1992 at the University of Missouri, I was entered in a 60-yard dash for intramural games because my floor needed points,” Henson writes on his myspace page. “This crazy idea led to 3 weeks of training in Hudson Hall to finishing the race. Since then, I had discovered that an electric wheelchair is a much easier way to get around. I basically abandoned all leg exercises and was complacent with using my chair.”

In February, Henson says he stood up without any assistance for the first time and that motivated him to start to strength

He did it! Roy Henson walks for Relay
Hundreds cheer as he leaves his wheelchair to sprint down Central field
By DONNA HICKMAN
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Sunday, September 07, 2008

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PARK HILLS — The game between Central and St. Vincent Friday was a squeaker. Central won 13-12. And what happened after the game kept these sports fans cheering. Roy Henson took the field.

Throughout the night, announcer Harvey Faircloth had told the crowd about Henson’s pledge to leave his wheelchair and walk as far as he could down the football field as a way to raise money for the Relay For Life of St. Francois County. For weeks, Henson has been taking donations and pledges for every yard he could walk. He’d sold T-shirts at the game that read, “Roy’s 50-yard Challenge.” By the fourth quarter, he said he’d raised about $5,000 in donations and pledges. But he was getting nervous.

“If I ever say I want to do anything like this again, shoot me!” he told a friend who came to wish him well.

Henson, born with Cerebral Palsy, will turn 39 on Sept. 13 and he has spent almost all of his life in a wheelchair. He got the idea for the fundraiser one day recently when he got out of that chair and walked a few steps as he wore a Relay For Life T-shirt. He’s been working out to strengthen his legs and practicing on the field ever since.

As the end of the game grew closer, the crowd grew larger.

“There’s a lot of people here tonight who aren’t here to watch the game,” said Aaron Murray. “They came to see Roy.”

Murray was one of a number of f

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