How many charity rides

[sunhuntin]

Unless you have been there you have no idea how appreciated these are.

i havent been there, but fully appreciated the need for them.
the transplant patient that we raised money for... that turned into a real shit storm. basically, the people who had set it up for her refused the donations, so the money was taken back by the triumph club and ridden up to auckland and handed to the family. the organisation then turned around and accused the whole group of taking the money and spending it on their bikes. total bullshit. they have done heaps of other rides, but i cant remember what the money was used for.

[GOONR]

i havent been there, but fully appreciated the need for them.
the transplant patient that we raised money for... that turned into a real shit storm. basically, the people who had set it up for her refused the donations, so the money was taken back by the triumph club and ridden up to auckland and handed to the family. the organisation then turned around and accused the whole group of taking the money and spending it on their bikes. total bullshit. they have done heaps of other rides, but i cant remember what the money was used for.

That's unreal, you don't need that kind of shite when all your trying to do is help someone out.

[AD345]

HAMC Spinal Unit Poker Run

[Conquiztador]

Can we figure out how many charities and such motorcyclsist collectively support . And a guess at the money involved



Can we add to this list.

Here you will find some of them. Just need to open each link to get the details.
http://www.silver-bullet.co.nz/events.php

There is also the "Suzuki Coast to Coast Charity Motorcycle Ride" by the Woodville Lions Club, the money raised goes to the Palmerston North Square Trust Rescue Helicopter

[trailblazer]

so who will donate to these charity's when the goverment has there way and finaly gets us off our bikes.

[Pixie]

so who will donate to these charity's when the goverment has there way and finaly gets us off our bikes.

We're bigger than the NZ Army
So how are they going to get us off our bikes?

[sunhuntin]

That's unreal, you don't need that kind of shite when all your trying to do is help someone out.

exactly. thankfully, while it upset many of the riders who had freely given their time and money, it didnt deter them from other rides. they do one each year, and the transplant ride was the second. i just remembered they did one for brain injury as well.

[knuckles24]

so who will donate to these charity's when the goverment has there way and finaly gets us off our bikes.

The goverment are not going to win this one

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

exactly. thankfully, while it upset many of the riders who had freely given their time and money, it didnt deter them from other rides. they do one each year, and the transplant ride was the second. i just remembered they did one for brain injury as well.

Maybe the next one you raise money for a biker injuiry and make sure ACC see this and that it is added in to their calculations on how much many wasn't needed to spent because of bikers caring for their own???

[sunhuntin]

Maybe the next one you raise money for a biker injuiry and make sure ACC see this and that it is added in to their calculations on how much many wasn't needed to spent because of bikers caring for their own???

not a bad idea... will pass it on to the next triumph club member i see. this years charity ride has been and gone, but they might use it next year. thanks!

[Ixion]

Keep them coming folks.

I intend to compile them and send the list out to the press after the 17th. With a hint that if the government succeed in taxing us off the road, it's going to be a pity for those we assist as wella s us

I like the idea of the City Mission- I'll contact them next week

Give me some more ideas for causes people would be willing to support as bikers

I reckon that after the 17th we're going to have some bikers doing stuff that pisses the public off a bit.

So to counterbalance that and retain our status as Good Bastards we need to step up our eleemosynary activities.

[sunhuntin]

what about SPCA, PETA, SAFE etc? all animal rights advocates who rely on donations and volunteers.

[yungatart]

Super Maori fellas...white ribbon ride!

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

what about SPCA, PETA, SAFE etc? all animal rights advocates who rely on donations and volunteers.

I use to do the odd food bank run when I lived in Napier back in the 90's. Donation wasn't money but food for the food bank etc. Do they still do those...

Over the years I have done heaps of charity runs other than the standard, from womens refuge, toy, starship, cancer, blood, food, st johns, rescue helicopter, child cancer, spca, to many of other charitys and research.

AMROC in HB charity run use to be something different every year...

[Ixion]

what about SPCA, PETA, SAFE etc? all animal rights advocates who rely on donations and volunteers.

yeah, there's hundreds. But how many would attract a good turn out? (Isn't PETA the nutjobs who want fish reclassifed as sea-kittens?).

I think also that bikers are more forthcoming when the donation is an item (easter egg, toy etc) rather than just stump up some cash ? (I welcome comment on that thought)