Retired Creedmoor police chief hiking Appalachian Trail for Make-A-Wish Foundation

ARE AVERAGING 3.58. RALEIGH

WILL COST YOU A PENNY MORE AT

3.59. WE'RE TIRED. CREEDMORE

POLICE CHIEF IS USING SOCIAL

MEDIA SUPPORT TO HELP MAKE A

WISH COME TRUE FOR TERMINALLY

ILL CHILDREN. HE'S COLLECTING

DONATIONS FOR HELP FROM THE FAT

MAY MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION WELL

HITTING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL

FROM GEORGIA TO MAINE AS WHO

CAN SMITH SHOWS US. IT'S A

LABOR OF LOVE.

>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S TIME DAY 7

CLOSING IN ON 100 MILE. MARK.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS EARLY

IS FACEBOOK UPDATES AS HE HIKED

THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL. 2200

MILES TO ME. THAT ELECTION

TRAIL CAME ON OUR RADAR ABOUT

11 YEARS I LOVE OUTDOOR

ACTIVITIES. IT WAS A STORMY

DAY WHEN WE SPOKE WITH KING AND

HIS WIFE, TARA AND A RARE

MOTELS STOP.

>> THEY WOULD MODEL ONE 64

INFANT AND A VILLAGE, NORTH

CAROLINA FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS

HAVE BEEN AVERAGING RIGHT

AROUND 15 TO 70 MILES A DAY

AFTER 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC

SERVICE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,

KING CHOSE THE ULTIMATE HIKING

CHALLENGE. HIS WIFE, TARA, IS

TRAIL MANAGER.

>> HERE'S THE COURT BRIEF

TALKING HIM WITH THE PA.

HE'S KING'S INSPIRATION.

WAS THE DEATH OF A CLOSE FRIEND

MARK GILLEN. BUT I WAS AROUND

FOR.

>> 12 OF THE 15 YEARS OF LIFE.

GILLUM'S WISH MADE POSSIBLE

THROUGH THE MAKE-A-WISH

FOUNDATION WAS ONE LAST HUNTING

TRIP BEFORE HE DIED. THAT'S

WHY KING TO ITS A HEAVY LOAD

AND GEORGE SORE FEET TO MAKE

MORE WISHES COME TRUE. THE

CENTER AND SHE'LL GO FOR 10,000

IN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS. I THINK

WE'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND 7500

NOW. IT GIVES HOPE FOR CHILDREN

FACING CRITICAL ILLNESS WITH

THE HELP OF PEOPLE LIKE KEITH

KING.

>> HE HAS THE MOST SUPPORT FROM

FAMILY AND CREATE MORE, WHICH

IS MY HOMETOWN IN, OF COURSE,

EVERYBODY IN CREAM OR IN A

SIMILAR STEP BACK FROM THEM

ON SUNDAY. SHE'S HAD FROM MY

SUPPORT.

I'M SO PROUD OF THEM.

>> KEN SMITH,

WRAL NEWS.

>> AND WE'RE PROUD OF THEM TO.

KEITH KING IS NOW AT MILE 300

AND ARE ONE TENNESSEE. HIS

INITIAL GOAL WAS TO RAISE

$10,000 FOR THE MAKE-A-WISH

FOUNDATION. THE ONLINE RESPONSE

HAS BEEN SO GREAT. THEY'VE

RAISED THEIR GOAL TO $15,000.

WOW. WHAT A TRIBUTE WILL