{"id":1113,"date":"2008-07-17T12:46:19","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2008-07-17T12:46:19","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T16:46:19","slug":"motorcycle-accident-while-volunteering-leaves-area-couple-in-need-of-community%e2%80%99s-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=1113","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle accident while volunteering leaves area couple in need of community\u2019s help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nLending a helping hand
\nWith wood donated by G & R Excavating and the Central PA Humane Society, volunteer bikers Terry Hite and Rich Weyer of Tyrone construct a handicap ramp for Kathy Kaup at her residence on Lincoln Avenue. Kathy and her husband George were involved in a serious motorcycle accident on the \u201cBiker for Barkers\u201d Humane Society Ride on Sunday, July 6, 2008. (Courtesy photo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On July 6, 2008, while participating in the \u201cBikers for Barkers\u201d motorcycle run to benefit the Humane Society, George and Kathy Kaup of Tyrone were involved in a serious accident.
\nWhile George sustained minor injuries, Kathy was not so lucky and unfortunately, had both of her legs broken severely in several places.
\nKathy has had one surgery since the accident and is due for several more to repair the damage.
\nFor the next six to eight months, Kathy will be restrained to a wheelchair while her legs heal correctly. What was once a charity event turned into a nightmare for this young lady as she almost lost her life as doctors said she was \u201ca centimeter\u201d away from cutting a main artery and bleeding to death.
\nThe Kaups need everyone\u2019s help around the community to get Kathy back in shape.
\nLike many from the community, they live from paycheck-to-paycheck just trying to make ends meet. With Kathy\u2019s recent injury, she will be missing a lot of work, which will be a struggle for the two.
\nFor those who live in the Tyrone community, a lending hand and an honest heart could only help these two out in the long run. They are in a world of confusion and hurt and need everyone\u2019s help for these months that Kathy is out.
\nAs of now, G & R Excavating and the Central PA Humane Society have donated wood to build a ramp for Kathy at her home.
\nTerry Hite and Rich Weyer offered to construct the ramp at her residence on Lincoln Avenue in Tyrone.
\nThe Kaups were fortunate enough to have such loving people around the area help them out, but in the long run, financial issues may occur, so if anyone around the community can donate a few dollars here and there, it would be greatly appreciated.
\nThey have two children and have joined in many cycle runs to raise money for people and animals in need, so in reality, it\u2019s time to help them out now.
\nThe town is full of caring people and hopefully, someone will be able to help this family out.
\nAny contributions will be greatly appreciated and perhaps a work place, church or organization could help donate to the Kaups and their situation.
\nThere will be cans placed in various businesses around the town to collect donations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lending a helping hand With wood donated by G & R Excavating and the Central PA Humane Society, volunteer bikers Terry Hite and Rich Weyer of Tyrone construct a handicap ramp for Kathy Kaup at her residence on Lincoln Avenue. Kathy and her husband George were involved in a serious motorcycle accident on the \u201cBiker […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}