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Pender Correctional Institution’s 6th Annual Charity Motorcycle Ride By: Judy Bortz This ride was held July 14th with help from Pender and New Hanover County Sherriff’s Departments, and Britt Motor Sports. It is a definite “do not miss” event, so pencil it in for next year if you didn’t make it! The ride was held to raise funds for North Carolina Special Olympics. This being an Olympic year, it is especially important to remember and support these special athletes. Each county in NC holds games, and then sends athletes to Raleigh for competitions in June, and again in October for fall games. This ride was organized by Officers Steele and Simpson, and Miss Pate who did a great job! It was a 100-mile run from Britt Motor Sports in Wilmington to Top Sail Beach. Sign up started at 9, and KSU was at 10, which is a perfect start time to beat the heat on a summer day! It was a beautiful day for a ride, unfortunately when I went to start up my Softail, she had a flat, and so with no time to take care of it I was forced to drive my cage! Thanks to Wahoo for letting ride along on the back of his trike, it was kind of nice being able to take in the sights! There were about 60 bikes, and 80 people who came out, including a legion riders group from Maryland! The ride itself was flawless. Scott Britt led the ride on the beautiful Luke’s Wings Trike with its military insignia and flag flying strong! The Sherriff’s kept us moving straight through, we didn’t stop for 1 red light, no cage tried to split up the group, cars on the road pulled over and left us ride on, and on market street, that is something! After a stop to take some pictures of the group on the beach and have some water, we headed back to Britt’s for lunch and raffles. There were 3 pretty girls in bikinis to wash the salt off your bike. They did a good job and the guys who got a wash were happy with the work, and the eye candy! Lunch was two BBQ chicken quarters, with green beans, potato salad, homemade biscuits, and your choice of ice cold drinks. It was all very delicious and there was so much that many ended up taking some home! The 505/50 ended up being $65, which the winner donated back to the cause! Tickets for the raffle prizes were drawn, and everyone had a wonderful time! We ended up raising around $2100 for Special Olympics on this ride. To date Pender Correctional has raised $17,000 for this worthy cause, but needs your help to hit their goal of $25,000. There are some other great events scheduled to help meet this goal, “over the edge”, where you can repel from a 32 story building in Raleigh, and a golf tournament scheduled for July 29th at Rock Creek Country Club. For more information on these events and how you can donate to their Special Olympics goal you can call Pender Correctional at 910-259-8735. To learn more about Special Olympics, and what these games do for the athletes log on to www.sonc.net.
**The Luke’s Wings Trike that led this ride is scheduled to be auctioned off early 2013. The proceeds will benefit another great charity that transports families to wherever their wounded warrior is hospitalized. For more information contact Britt Motorsports at 910-791-8321.
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