Yeaton to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

By
Brian Blair
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Southside Elementary teacher and bus driver Mark Yeaton addresses his bus riders as they take their seats on his bus after school at Southside Elementary in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Yeaton is pulling double duty as a teacher and bus driver due to BCSC bus driver shoratges. Yeaton completed his first solo bus route on Jan. 5, but is still learning the ins and outs of his route. He occasionally has to ask to students on his bus to warn him if he’s going to miss a bus stop. Mike Wolanin | The Republic

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Southside Elementary teacher and bus driver Mark Yeaton probably has raised more money for more charitable causes than any one person locally the past decade or so. He’s done so mostly on his racing bike, with cross country treks and more.

Now he’s ditching the bike and climbing toward another challenge — climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, among the highest peaks in the world and the tallest spot in Africa at 19,360 feet.

He’ll leave Jan. 10 and climb Jan. 14 to 19, raising money for a Kenyan medical field clinic to be built by the Fellowship of American Evangelists.

People can donate to the effort at fameworld.org and by clicking on “Supporting the Mount Kilimanjaro Climb.”

For more on this story, see Thursday’s Republic.

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