Two cycling to California to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital

YOUNGSTOWN — Scott Finamore and Sam Malaska have been riding bicycles together for years.

They’ve made some sizeable journeys on their two-wheelers in the past, sometimes going as far as 100 miles, but all they’ve done in the past pales in comparison with what they plan to do in the near future.

The pair will ride from Youngstown to San Francisco, Calif., a 3,000-mile journey that started out as just an adventure but turned into a community fund-raising project.

Finamore, 23, of Poland, and Malaska, 19, of Youngstown, hope to raise at least $15,000 for the Akron Children’s Hospital of the Mahoning Valley.

Read more in Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com