11-08-2004, 12:22 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: East Falls
Posts: 12,845
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"For the Kids" Motorcycle Rally -over 100,000 gift
It went down today. Simply amazing turnout... Ya see, not all bikers are bad 
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PARADE ROUTE: Forming at Delaware Avenue (Columbus Ave.) & Spring Garden Street, parade will proceed westbound through the City (West on Spring Garden to 8th Street, South on 8th Street to 676, West on 676 to 76, East on 76 to University Avenue Exit, West on University Avenue to Civic Center Boulevard, Civic Center Boulevard to hospital) End at CHOP
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Most of our children are physically healthy and able to enjoy and participate in many activities like sporting and cultural events, parties and family gatherings. Now imagine how different those experiences might be if your child, or a child close to you, were challenged with a serious illness... a child confined to a hospital bed or slowed by crutches or a wheelchair... a child separated from friends and family... a child who spends lonely nights with little to hope for. “Our goal is to provide a vital outlet for children suffering with pain and depression associated with the stress and isolation of critically serious illnesses,” said Domenick Sciole, Chairman of the Toys for Tots Committee. The event is “FOR THE KIDS” - a phrase coined by Dom and known by most to signify this Christmas program which takes the form of a motorcycle cruise through the city of Philadelphia.
Toys for Tots’ participants made their first run on December 13, 1980 from a parking lot at Broad Street and Cheltanham Avenue. Approximately 50 motorcycles tooled city streets following the lead of Mike Horton and Denny Waldman, the chapter’s president and treasurer, respectively, who conceived the idea to dispel the bikers’ “bad guy” image.
Since that first run, the charitable endeavors of this premier program have grown in gargantuan proportions. The joy of Christmas is now brought to these children and their families through a showing of over 62,000 motorcycles and with the number of donated toys exceeding 100,000 in count!
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