EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) - An Eau Claire man is taking off on a cross-country bike ride to raise money for a number of local causes.

Perry Kuznar will bike 3,000 miles from San Diego, California to St. Augustine, Florida. He's asking people to pitch in by donating 1 cent per mile, or $30, to the fundraising effort.

Kuznar is president of the Sunrise Exchange Club of Eau Claire, which is one of the groups who will benefit from the trip. The money will also support Immaculate Conception Parish, Hope Gospel Mission for the new day resource center and other homelessness and addiction support programs, and a new memorial for women veterans at the Chippewa Valley Veterans Tribute in River Prairie Park.

Kuznar got the idea when he found someone blogging their own cross-country bike ride online.

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