People were starting to latch on even more and that's what it was about the tour itself for people to latch on not just to her (Jay) but the mission, the vision that she had,” said Joseph Dixon, “I Dream in Colors” board member. The two had hoped to raise one million dollars on their journey. Turner came along for support and to help with some of the biking.

The fundraiser started last month when Willis pledged to bike thousands of miles from San Diego, CA to Charlotte, NC and host motivational pep rallies for the youth along the way. “I was text messaging her last week and she just told me how excited they were, how tired they were.” “We're still trying to deal with the impact that we lost them,” said Vanessa Benton, Executive Director of Citizen Schools.

Over the last few weeks, 33-year-old Janiva “Jay” Willis and 24-year-old Jeffrey Turner were biking across the country raising money and awareness for Willis' nonprofit called, “I Dream in Colors” along with six other youth mentoring programs.ĭuring one of their recent stops in Texas, the two were killed in a car accident on April 12. Two superheroes on a mission called The Dream Challenge Tour. They were two superheroes,” said Quinn Rodgers, lead pastor at GeneratiONE Charlotte. I wouldn't even call them Batman and Robin. CHARLOTTE - “Jeff and Jay are like Batman and Superman.

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