3rd Annual Bicycle Safety Event
On May 11th, Bikers United hosted their 3rd annual Bicycle Safety Event
at the Civic Center in West Plains. We had a lot of member volunteers
to help, and we had 180 children in attendance with their families and
signed up. It was a huge success and great fun, as we gave away free t-shirts
to the first 100 children, free helmets to all of the children who participated.....
and we gave away 182 bicycles to some VERY HAPPY and excited children!
There were tears of joy on both the children's and parent's faces as they
heard those lucky numbers called out and came up for their bikes!
After the children rode the "road course" and received their
certificates of completion, they then
parked their bikes" and used their yellow tickets to play various
games at booths we set up, winning prizes at each.
We also had members working diligently outside providing free Pepsi products
and serving 800 hot dogs! I still don't think Kenny has recovered from
the smoke while cooking ALL those dogs!
We want to thank everyone who helped support this event, and are grateful
to the police, fire departments, and mayor of West Plains for their involvement
and help with this great event.
Hey Batter! SWING!
Still bursting with great pride for the wonderfully successful season
our boy's baseball team had last year.... Bikers United decided to sponsor
both a boy's and girl's
team for the 2007 baseball season! On June 19th, a large group of us donned
our Bikers United apparel and rode the bikes over to the ball park to
root on the girls! We all had a great time cheering them on, and they
played great! After the game, the girls all enjoyed seeing the bikes,
several sitting on them, and some were even treated to a RIDE! It was
a great feeling to watch their smiles of excitement and joy.
The following Monday, some of our members also rode over to the park to
cheer on our 2007 boy's team as well! WAY TO GO, boys!
A big thanks to Hi-Tech Printing for doing such a great job again this
year on all the players uniforms!
Members of Bikers United volunteered to help out at the "Heart of the Ozarks County Fair" from Monday, July 9th - Saturday, July 14th. We had 3 tables set up at the fairgrounds in West Plains, and there we sold raffle tickets for the motorcycle and the beautiful handmade quilt, made by our own James Mayfield. An awesome multi-speed bicycle was also given away to a VERY HAPPY boy whose name was drawn from the many "hopefuls" who filled out a slip to drop in the box.
At one of our tables, we had membership applications available and sold Bikers United merchandise and apparel. It was fun to see "our shirts" go by as people walked through the carnival. Many people stopped by to see what "we are all about," and we sure enjoyed talking to them, showing them the picture boards, and sharing our many accomplishments.
* Many thanks go out to everyone who volunteered their time for this fun event! We plan on doing it again next year!
On Saturday, October 20th, BIKERS UNITED hosted a benefit for Silverleaf of the Ozarks, a shelter in Gainesville for victims of domestic violence. We were blessed with beautiful weather and warm fellowship as we gathered together to help this great cause.
We met up with other bikers at Tecumseh Park and then began a poker run, stopping at Dawt Mill and Rockbridge along the route. The ride ended at Hoerman Park in Gainesville where the riders drew their final card and the high/low hand winners came up to choose their prizes. We also gave out prizes for many lucky raffle ticket holders.
Sid Pierce of Gainesville had the music rockin' and supplied the sound system for Bill Rinehart who called the fun, fast paced action of the auction! Everyone had a great time bidding on the various items, and one coconut cream pie from Cookies Restaurant went for $190.50! Wow!
SMOKIN' M's from Gainesville smoked up the 250 lb. hog that was generously donated by
Roy Williams, and it was served along with their delicious baked beans, cole slaw, and dinner rolls. There were no "leftovers" as all of the food was quickly sold by the ladies and gentleman of Silverleaf who had come to serve the lunches. A huge thank you to Bailey & Russo, LLC Attorneys at Law for providing the cost of the food.
The Ozark Mountain Trikers had a great trike/bike show with everyone taking part in voting for their favorites. There were some awesome machines there!
Bob & Cheryl Thompson stopped by with their winning float that had been entered that day in a contest, and donated their winning check of $250.00 to Silverleaf. THANK YOU guys!
We would like to thank all of the individuals and businesses who supported this event by donating items for the auction. When it was all over, it was with great pleasure that we presented Silverleaf of the Ozarks a check for $3,000.00.
A huge thank you to Mike & Marvine Dixon, Ray & Kristina Peter, and Steve Bryant for all of their help, support and work in making this benefit such a great success.
BIKERS UNITED
P. O. BOX 1264
WEST PLAINS, MO 65775
