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Michigan Man's 'Project Gump' Run to End in Maine

PORT CLYDE, Maine - A 23-year-old Michigan native has raised more than $10,000 to help drill a well in Africa by running across the country as part of run called "Project Gump.''

The Portland Press Herald reports that Barclay Oudersluys' trek began in Santa Monica May 9 and is slated to end Saturday at the Marshall Point Light House in Port Clyde, Maine. He will have run more than 3,000 miles in 100 days.

Oudersluys has been running more than 30 miles per day since early May. The so-called "project Gump'' run is named after the transcontinental run shown in the 1994 Tom Hanks film "Forrest Gump.''

The proceeds benefit the Hall Steps Foundation, a charity that promotes fitness and raises money to help impoverished people around the world.