This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Garrett Zambrows plans to cross the Rocky Mountains twice before November as part of a 12,000-mile bicycle trip around the country to raise awareness of human trafficking a track athlete at Purdue University who graduated in May was in Springfield on Thursday as a guest of the Harvard Park Baptist Church which will make a couple of loops throughout the country because counter-trafficking has been his passion and riding his bicycle is his talent “I wanted to do something to have an impact on the world,” he said “My theology on what God wants us to do is to love one another Human trafficking is exactly the opposite of that.” Ninety percent of the donations will go to the missionaries who work against human trafficking overseas and 10 percent will go to the CASAs for Kids Fund which raises money for the program that helps abused and neglected children in Indiana “A child on the street has a much higher probability of being trafficked,” Zambrows said He said trafficking involves the exploitation of people who are weaker and less economically advantaged “It’s hard to find out who has been trafficked,” he said “They don’t speak up because of fear or coercion.” Zambrows said his route will take him to Washington and to Seattle and San Diego on the West Coast He said he’ll average about 85 miles a day overall His father rode with him the first couple of days and other friends and members of the communities he visits will ride with him later on “We’re delighted that he chose Springfield as one of his stops along the way,” said the Rev minister of family life at Harvard Park Baptist who graduated with a degree in film and video studies said he started cycling three or four years ago as a method of rehabilitation for injuries and as cross-training for his running “I mainly want to just raise the question in all these communities,” he said Donations for his project are being accepted at the Federated Church of West Lafayette in Indiana and via a “donate” tab on his website, www.ridingagainsttraffic.org Chris Dettro can be reached at 788-1510. Follow him at twitter.com/chrisdettrosjr.