SCOTLAND fan Craig Ferguson has reached the end of his 3200-mile Tartan Trek across the United States, helping to raise more than £1 million for a men's mental health charity.
Surrounded by dozens of fans from the Tartan Army, Ferguson reached Boston Common at around 2pm local time on Friday after setting off from Los Angeles in February, where he thanked donors for helping to save lives.
The campaigner from Paisley spent more than 100 days walking across the US in a bid to help raise awareness and vital funds for Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH).
He arrived in Boston ahead of the Scotland team’s first game in the World Cup against Haiti, due to take place on Saturday evening local time, where he was met with celebrations from the Tartan Army.
He told our reporter at the finish line that the money will go “such a long way” and will go “directly back into Scotland”.
“I think it's gonna take a long while for me to kind of take all this in and realise what's been done. Words can't describe this feeling,” Ferguson said.
“It's what dreams are made of.”
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When asked about what he thought about the support at the finish line, Ferguson said, “This is just what Scotland does. They support their own and no better case of that than here today.”
When asked what he thought about the £1m being raised for the charity, Ferguson replied: “I can't believe it, to be honest. I woke up this morning at 2:00 in the morning thinking it was all a dream, and I was like, ‘Oh. Oh, no, we did. We hit it’.
“So it was just unbelievably incredible.
“This money will go such a long way and everyone here that's from Scotland, I want them to know, people that have donated, like this will save lives.
“This is going directly back into Scotland.”
Ferguson went on to say he felt “amazing” since completing his charity challenge.
When asked what his plans are now that he has arrived in Boston, Ferguson said: “I think the main priority is going out tonight and celebrating.
“But I've got a haircut and a shave booked for tomorrow morning, so I'm gonna be back to looking my slightly fresher self.”
Earlier this week, the Scottish Government said it would make a £400,000 donation to Ferguson's charity challenge.
Speaking ahead of leaving for the US on Thursday, the First Minister said: “I met Craig before he headed out to Los Angeles to begin his mammoth trek across the United States and I was struck by his tenacity, ingenuity and genuine passion – both as a Scotland fan and a campaigner for mental health.
“I have been hugely impressed by Craig’s inspirational campaign to raise funds for SAMH, one of Scotland’s leading mental health charities.
“The work such charities do across the country is both life-changing and life-saving, and this funding will help SAMH to continue that important work – including to deliver their new drop-in mental health centres, which my government is keen to support.
“The Tartan Army are such a wonderful advert for Scotland, and I am proud that we have people like Craig representing our country in America as our men’s national team take to the stage for their first World Cup finals in almost 30 years.”
Billy Watson, the chief executive of SAMH, said: “Craig’s efforts to raise awareness of mental health problems and money for SAMH have been absolutely extraordinary.
“He is a football fan, a member of the Tartan Army, who decided he could help and has quite literally come down the road in the most spectacular fashion.
“We’re hugely grateful to Craig, and to the First Minister and the Scottish Government for their support for Craig and SAMH, and we look forward to working with them to roll out The Nook across Scotland.”
The Nook is a walk-in mental health service, based in Glasgow and operated by SAMH.
The charity hopes to expand the project, with plans to open a centre in Aberdeen this month and Edinburgh in the early part of next year.
