Carrying A Cross To Help People Who Bear Life’s Biggest Crosses

People with developmental disabilities often experience stigma and discrimination, and tend to receive poor quality services, especially when it comes to their health care and day-to-day living needs.

One Colorado man is trying to help the cause of the developmentally disabled by bringing attention to their needs, and he’s doing it in a very unique way.

Andy Rybak, of Aguilar, Colorado, age 73, is carrying a large wooden cross through some 40 miles of walkable roadway in southern Colorado. The cross is 9 feet high, 6 feet across, and weighs 100 pounds.

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/6CL4mFe0Tco

The walk began today (Thursday, April 7, 2022) in downtown Aguilar. Rybak plans to walk along the service roads of I-25 North to Pueblo. Rybak’s goal is to walk 5 miles a day for 8 consecutive days, ending on Good Friday, April 15th, at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pueblo.

Rybak has been planning this event for over a year and built the cross himself. He wants to raise money that will benefit Jane’s Home, a not-for-profit that provides senior age, developmentally disabled adults with housing in a home-like setting, as well as individualized, professional care around-the-clock. 

​Tax-deductible donations can be made on the special website that’s been set-up for this event, WalkAcrossUSA.org

Rybak’s wife of over 51 years, Diana Rybak, is driving a support vehicle to keep an eye on her husband while he does the walk.

For more information, call 719-941-0152. Or, email Info@WalkAcrossUSA.org

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