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Today, 13 children will be diagnosed with a brain tumor, the deadliest childhood cancer. On Sunday, September 12th, 2021 the Hudson Valley motorcycle community will ride to change that.

Hosted by the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, the Hudson Valley Ride for Kids funds critical research to cure the more than 100 types of childhood brain tumors, as well as family support programs such as emergency financial assistance, a resource notebook for the newly diagnosed, and college and vocational scholarships for survivors.

Ride for Kids participants will enjoy a scenic, police-escorted motorcycle ride from Montgomery NY through the backroads of Orange County, NY. Local pediatric brain tumor survivors will accompany motorcyclists on their ride.

Any make or model of street legal motorcycle is welcome, and the whole family - including non-riders – will enjoy the entire day’s activities. Registration costs $40 per person online ($45 day-of) and includes a Ride for Kids T-shirt, ride pin and food at the event.

The funds and awareness raised by Ride for Kids have helped the PBTF:

Fuel cutting-edge clinical trials, research collaboratives and new treatment approaches, provide emergency financial assistance to families whose child is in treatment, award more than 1,700 college and vocational scholarships to brain tumor survivors, equip newly diagnosed families with the Starfolio resource notebook and make cancer care less scary through the award-winning Imaginary Friend Society film series

Online registration at team.curethekids.org/event/2021-hudson-valleyride-for-kids/e318165 is recommended. Walk-up registration will start on September 12th at 8:00 am with kickstands up at 10:00 am (rain or shine).

Ride for Kids is the longest-running, most successful motorcycle charity event in the nation. American Honda is the national presenting sponsor of Ride for Kids, an American Motorcyclist Association-sanctioned event. Local event support has been provided by the Town of Montgomery, PEPSI of Hudson Valley, Dunkin Donuts, News12, and many others.

To learn more contact Hudson Valley’s media coordinator Saul Negron at (845) 271-8995 and saul.negron@gmail.com. ,

What’s Coming Up 2nD annual Fall Foliage tour oF tHe Mountains • sePt. 24-26 • canton, Pa

The ride started and ended in downtown Canton in the municipal parking lot. We started sign up @ 8:00 and the first ride started @ 10:00 (it was an absolute perfect weather day, by the way! 72 degrees, not a cloud in the sky!) We ended up with 57 riders signed up (we had actually predicted 40 – 50 riders based on our last-minute advertising for the event so we were very happy with the turn out)

The event was broken into 2 rides – The riders were all given a map and a “cue sheet” showing the route, along with the route markers at all the turns. The morning ride left downtown Canton and went up over lake hill, up onto Wheelerville Mt. via Williams Hollow Rd, across the mountain and then back roads into Shunk. In Shunk was the first “Firemans Poker Run Stop” where riders got their first card and it was set up at the motorcycle legend Ed Fishers Garage, which is a motorcycle destination in itself where 95-year-old former National Motorcycle Champion Ed Fisher lives. Ed was there to give a tour of his collection of vintage motorcycles (it was outstanding). From there it left and made its way east onto back roads across the mountain and down onto the Shrader Creek Rd and into historic Laquin, then up over the mountain to Sun Fish Pond County Park where the Canton Lions Club served complimentary hot dogs and hamburgers (and was another Firemans Poker Run card stop) – then down the mountain and back roads into Canton. (61 miles total). The afternoon ride was a bit shorter – 42 miles – without the poker stops and food. There is no history, as this was the first year for the ride – It was decided to make the fireman the beneficiary of the event as they lost their Firemen’s Fair in 2020 due to Covid. So all the profits went to the Canton Firemen, which was $800 with an additional $200 from the poker run. This ride was born out from the belief that this area has a real jewel in its rural beauty – the concept of “Adventure Bike Motorcycling” is the biggest thing right now in motorcycle touring. I had ridden an “adventure bike route” this spring from Maryland / PA border to Wellsboro. It was very nice but I said to myself that we have even more beautiful roads and mountains right here in our backyard, and the riders that participated all agreed! We had riders from NJ, Rochester and Watkins Glen, NY, State College, Reading, Harrisburg, Scranton and Lockhaven, PA and others and everyone was amazed at the beauty. When I was a kid growing up in the ‘70s the Canton area was a mecca for motorcycles and motorcycle competition. I was a rider at a young age and raced motorcycles for a long time, so I really wanted to see that brought back and this seemed like a good event to try and stimulate interest in motorcycling and to promote what Continued on next page