Two women, Cassie Aran and Lauren, are attempting a 500-mile drive down the coast of Florida to earn the Guinness World Record for Longest Distance in Toy Cars.
Cassie and Lauren, who asked us not to use her last name, started their journey in Jacksonville and will end in Key West. With occasional assistance from Cassie’s boyfriend, Brandon Lucante, they expect the attempt to take two months.
Besides aiming for a Guinness World Record, which doesn’t currently exist, by the way, Cassie and Lauren said they are raising money to save animals.
They encourage donations by giving shout outs on social media to their top donors and the two raised more than $600 during the first 24 hours of their journey.
Their fundraiser aims to reach $10,000, which they will donate to the Red Panda Network in Nepal, the Costa Rica Animal Rescue Center, the Save a Fox Rescue in Minnesota, the World Bird Sanctuary in Missouri and more.
To receive the official title of “Longest Journey by Toy Car,” Guinness must be 100% certain the two didn’t cheat and gave Cassie and Lauren a GPS tracker they must turn on every day before their journey.