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2009 / 2010 Ride For Kids
Come join thousands of your motorcyclist friends and help us help the medical research community find the cause and the cure of childhood brain tumors. And when you ride with us side by side in that endless column of bikes, people waving at you at every turn, you know you're making a positive statement for our sport at the same time. The Ride for Kids is all about caring, and we have placed all the information you need on this site to help you raise funds, and have fun... in this unforgettable event.
The 2009 RFK event raised a record $300,438!
Help us make 2010 event the biggest and best ever!!!
Help us make 2010 event the biggest and best ever!!!
The Ride For Kids® program supports the efforts of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation to find the cause and cure of childhood brain tumors.
2009 Ride For Kids
For our 2009 Ride, more than a thousand motorcyclists and supporters at the 17th annual Houston Ride for Kids raised $300,438 for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation on April 26.
Seventeen local brain tumor survivors led the ride with a Police escort from a new start point, the Civic Center in Humble TX. Motorcyclists toured the countryside around Lake Houston before returning for the Celebration of Life program.
Several Ride for Kids "stars" spoke during the program, including 5 year olds Javier and Delaney and Jordan, 12.
Seventeen local brain tumor survivors led the ride with a Police escort from a new start point, the Civic Center in Humble TX. Motorcyclists toured the countryside around Lake Houston before returning for the Celebration of Life program.
Several Ride for Kids "stars" spoke during the program, including 5 year olds Javier and Delaney and Jordan, 12.
The event recognized the top fundraisers in three categories, including:
>• Individual: Lynn & Ann Perrin, Katy, Texas, $17,005
>• Chapter/club: Hou-Tex HOG Chapter 5075, Houston, $57,568
>• Motorcycle business: Northwest Honda, Houston, $107,909
Terry Sims of Deer Park, Texas, won the drawing for a new Honda motorcycle.
>• Individual: Lynn & Ann Perrin, Katy, Texas, $17,005
>• Chapter/club: Hou-Tex HOG Chapter 5075, Houston, $57,568
>• Motorcycle business: Northwest Honda, Houston, $107,909
Terry Sims of Deer Park, Texas, won the drawing for a new Honda motorcycle.
Registration opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 9:45 a.m. The escorted ride starts at 10 a.m. sharp, rain or shine!
The ride will loop back to the Humble Civic Center. After a light lunch, participants will enjoy a Celebration of Life program that features interviews with young brain tumor survivors—the Ride for Kids® "stars" of the day. Award presentations to top fundraisers will follow.
The minimum donation to ride is $35, but the more money you raise, the more premiums you earn. For each $300 you raise, your name will be entered into a drawing for a New Honda VTX1300! For more information,
call 800-253-6530.
If you're unable to attend, send your registration form and donations to PBTF, 302 Ridgefield Ct., Asheville, NC 28806. Mark your form "Not Attending" to credit your ride and receive your premiums by mail.
The ride will loop back to the Humble Civic Center. After a light lunch, participants will enjoy a Celebration of Life program that features interviews with young brain tumor survivors—the Ride for Kids® "stars" of the day. Award presentations to top fundraisers will follow.
The minimum donation to ride is $35, but the more money you raise, the more premiums you earn. For each $300 you raise, your name will be entered into a drawing for a New Honda VTX1300! For more information,
call 800-253-6530.
If you're unable to attend, send your registration form and donations to PBTF, 302 Ridgefield Ct., Asheville, NC 28806. Mark your form "Not Attending" to credit your ride and receive your premiums by mail.
PBTF scholarship recipient Darla, 21, thanked the fundraisers by saying, "There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I wouldn't be here without you. Please continue to do what you do."
Dr. Johannes Wolff of M.D. Anderson and Dr. Murali Chintagumpala of Texas Children’s Hospital told the crowd that researchers deeply appreciate motorcyclists' fundraising for Ride for Kids.
Dr. Johannes Wolff of M.D. Anderson and Dr. Murali Chintagumpala of Texas Children’s Hospital told the crowd that researchers deeply appreciate motorcyclists' fundraising for Ride for Kids.
Riders on all makes and models are welcome.
April 25, 2010 in Houston
RFK History
The Ride for Kids® is a motorcyclist's program that is helping find the cause and cure of pediatric brain tumors. It also serves as a educational support program for patients, their families, and the medical community.
Mike and Dianne Traynor started the Ride for Kids® program in Atlanta, Ga., in 1984, when a friend's child was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After watching the tragic deaths of many children, they set out to help find the cause and cure of this childhood killer by soliciting help from their friends in the motorcycling community.
With the support of America's motorcyclists, the program began to raise awareness and funds to pay for research in the nation’s leading brain tumor research centers. The success of the first Ride for Kids® event in Atlanta led to the program's expansion to Chicago in 1989. Mike and Dianne soon decided to devote full-time attention to their advocacy and fundraising efforts, and started the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) in 1991.
The PBTF is honored to be the official charity of the Honda Rider's Club of America (HRCA), which has been the presenting sponsor of Ride for Kids® since 1991. Thanks to the significant support of American Honda Motor Company’s motorcycle division, Honda dealers and other motorcycle industry companies, the program has raised more than $40 million for pediatric brain tumor research.
The Ride for Kids® is a motorcyclist's program that is helping find the cause and cure of pediatric brain tumors. It also serves as a educational support program for patients, their families, and the medical community.
Mike and Dianne Traynor started the Ride for Kids® program in Atlanta, Ga., in 1984, when a friend's child was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After watching the tragic deaths of many children, they set out to help find the cause and cure of this childhood killer by soliciting help from their friends in the motorcycling community.
With the support of America's motorcyclists, the program began to raise awareness and funds to pay for research in the nation’s leading brain tumor research centers. The success of the first Ride for Kids® event in Atlanta led to the program's expansion to Chicago in 1989. Mike and Dianne soon decided to devote full-time attention to their advocacy and fundraising efforts, and started the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) in 1991.
The PBTF is honored to be the official charity of the Honda Rider's Club of America (HRCA), which has been the presenting sponsor of Ride for Kids® since 1991. Thanks to the significant support of American Honda Motor Company’s motorcycle division, Honda dealers and other motorcycle industry companies, the program has raised more than $40 million for pediatric brain tumor research.
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281-447-3476
Please CONTACT:
281-447-3476
This support has helped make PBTF the largest nonprofit source of funding for pediatric brain tumor research outside of the U.S. government. In addition to research grants to medical laboratories, PBTF funds started the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the U.S., a national database of disease and patient information.
Thanks to the efforts of Ride for Kids®, progress is being made in the search for the answer to this terrible affliction. Each year laboratories worldwide take steps toward new and more innovative treatments for young patients. However, until the cause is isolated the prognosis of these children will continue to cast doubt on their recovery, and for those who survive, their resulting quality of life.
But with your help, there is hope. What began in 1984 as one couple’s quest to help these children has now become the target of thousands of caring motorcyclists who work diligently to help these children by raising funds to fight this terrible disease. Together we will cure the kids!
Thanks to the efforts of Ride for Kids®, progress is being made in the search for the answer to this terrible affliction. Each year laboratories worldwide take steps toward new and more innovative treatments for young patients. However, until the cause is isolated the prognosis of these children will continue to cast doubt on their recovery, and for those who survive, their resulting quality of life.
But with your help, there is hope. What began in 1984 as one couple’s quest to help these children has now become the target of thousands of caring motorcyclists who work diligently to help these children by raising funds to fight this terrible disease. Together we will cure the kids!
Ride for Kids is one of seven youth-focused philanthropy partners Honda is featuring on its 2010 Rose Parade float. Ride for Kids benefits the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. Honda's Ship of Dreams float will feature seven youth-focused philanthropic partners and student representatives from each will ride on the float that set sail on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 at 8 a.m. PST. The sails on the 45-foot-tall, 75-foot long float feature the names and logos Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County, College Bound, National Youth Project Using Minibikes (NYPUM), Pediatric Therapy Network, Ride for Kids, Special Olympics Southern California and Students Run L.A.
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