Kevin Degen totals about 3,000 miles each year in marathons on his adapted tricycle, raising funds - and awareness - for charities. Over one six-week period, he pedaled from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. to raise $60,000 for the Kenny Foundation. Kevin, who has cerebral palsy, has raised more than $100,000 for Kenny. Kevin is an annual rider for the Multiple Sclerosis Society MS 150, as well as the Wolverine 200, completing more than 100 miles each year. He rides more than 300 miles each year for P.A.L.M. (Pedal Across Lower Michigan), and in 1995 he joined World T.E.A.M. Sports, a nonprofit organization that promotes and develops opportunities in sports. The U.S. Air Force awarded him a "most outstanding" citation in the field of Medicine and Health. He graduated as a National Honor Society member in 1978, and was named Birmingham Groves High School Alumnus of the Year in 1999. Kevin earned the Academy Award for the Handicapped in 1988. He and former president Gerald R. Ford shook hands on Kevin's month-long bicentennial wagon train ride to Valley Forge. He is a Hardee's Hometown Hero, and was the JC Penney Golden Rule Award recipient in 1993.