MOOSEHEART MOOSEHEART MOOSEHEART MOOSEHEART …

L.I.F.E 2015

October

2014

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MOOSE RIDERS NEWS Loyal Order of Moose, Northeast Florida

Volume 7, No. 4

The official “unofficial” newsletter for all Moose Riders

Meet the Class of 2015: Top Row L-R: Anna Amos, Leslie

Ballard, Josh Tucker, Gabe Camacho, Oscar Camacho;

2nd Row L-R: Stephanie Camacho, Abby Driscoll, Joe

Feemorlu, Harley Griffin, Madison Hart;

3rd Row L-R: Wal Khat, Kammie Kolb, Angelica Lamas,

Jazzy Martinez, Mason Miller; 4th Row L-R: Ben Morgan,

Hameed Odunewu, Ceda Rodrigue, Gertrude Segbee,

Tevyn Spencer; 5th Row L-R: Akim Nyang, Etna Tejeda, Mikaeel Terry, Hannah

Tucker and Abdul Yusuf-Omane

MOOSEHEART MOOSEHEART MOOSEHEART MOOSEHEART MOOSEHEART MOOSEHEART





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Vol. 7, No. 4 October 2014

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4 Charity Ride Inspires Moose and Moose Youth—Snow Hill, NC

Kids camp benefits from riders’ generosity

5 Friendship and Fun Fuel New Association Group—Derrick Morris California Groups Helps with POP Warner Football Scholarship

6 East Meets West—Florida Riders Stop by Lodge—Jeff Robey

Texarkana hosts first Texas bike rally

6 Central Florida Moose Riders Check Out Moosehaven—Debra Kopelic

Event planned to support homeless vets

7 Cedar Rapids, IA, Moose Riders Poker Run 7/12/13—Mike Sweet

Bad weather can’t dampen riders’ spirits

8 Illinois # Wisconsin Riders Take on the Cruisin’ Challenge—Liza Chamberlain

Lodge-hopping fundraiser nets over $3,300

10 Moose Riders Asked for L.I.F.E. Support—Joan Fedora

2015 Campaign is underway

15 57th Annual Boys Ranch Open House and Horse Show—Jim Karantinos

You’re invited

16 Always and Adventure at the Villa —Maribel H

Youth Villa resident reports on Moose Riders visit

19 MR4K 4-peat for Pennsylvania Associa-tion Moose Riders—Chris Ecker Moose Ride 4 Kids hits $25,808.66 this year for Mooseheart Child City and School

In th is Issue In th is Issue 21

20 Marion (NC) Moose Riders’ 10th Annual Bike Show —Trudi Ashby

Bull Moose Chopper heads back up north

21 From 2 Wheels to 3 Wheels at Moose-haven!—Linda Rodgers Jacksonville area Riders enjoy a busy summer

22 In Service to the Elderly in their Community—Dale Anderson

Arizona Moose Riders bearing gifts

23 Tommy and Rosie Finally Tie the Knot —Angie Slaughter

Florida Riders host “wedding” to aid food drive

24 Cooler Weather Means More Rides in Texas—Angie Slaughter

Moose International Supreme Governor stops by

25 California/Nevada Moose Riders—Kickstands Up—Derrick Morris

New Association level Moose Riders group established

28 Chairman’s Challenge Award Winner Announced—Laurie Nelson Florida Moose Riders enjoy West Coast Fall Rally

30 Motorcyclists Raise Money for Local Organizations through Rides

—Jan Shellenbarger A bit of publicity for our Indiana Moose Riders

31 Birthday Party for a One-Year Old Benefit Baby—Ann Derks

New York Riders have a very busy summer

32 Florida District 27 Moose Riders’ Benefit Rally—Marlene Kern

Second bike rally scheduled for October

Pipes is published quarterly in January, April, July and October. Our goal is to keep all Moose Riders informed of important issues, to publicize fundraising opportunities and let you know about special events at other Lodges and in other states. We reserve the right to edit material that is not in compliance with Moose Bylaws or Moose Rider Guidelines and cannot be responsible for accuracy of information contained herein. Submit your coming events, articles, information, questions or suggestions to me at

[email protected]. © 2014

—Joan Fedora, Editor & Publisher

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Save the Dates!!! Save the Dates!!!

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ordinator for Camp Rainbow, Jacque Sauls. She greeted each one of the riders personally and told them how thankful she was for all the donations and all the rides they had given Camp Rainbow for the past 4 years. We left the camp and rode back to the Snow Hill North Carolina Moose Lodge there we had hot dogs chips and drinks. We social-ized, had door prizes, 5050 drawing and then our president Ken Gaskins gave 3 honorary members a patch and a pin. They were as follows: Ryan Elks (the ride is in his honor each year). He is a survivor of leukemia. Ryan is our president's grandson. Ben Thorne really surprised everyone when he presented the group with over $150 he had raised mostly by crushing cans. He said it was to help Kenny Kids. And then there was Cassidy Main. Cassidy is 16 and this is her second year helping with Camp Rainbow. Cassidy went out and raised money from friends, family and the community. Our group is really small but we ride with pride and work hard for the kids to go to Camp Rainbow. We could not have done what we did this year if it had not been for sponsors and individuals helping us raise the money. We have a very special thanks to the Ra-leigh Moose Riders. They did all they could do to help make our ride successful. We were honored to present Mrs. Sauls with the check in the amount of $3400.00. We will have our ride next year and that we ask eve-ryone that reads this to please come and try to help us help the kids. Just one smile from them and your heart will be filled with love. Many thanks to everyone.—Snow Hill Moose Rid-ers, Snow Hill, North Carolina.

—North Carolina Riders Raise $3400 for Kids Camp

Charity Ride Inspires Moose and Moose Youth

Camp Rainbow is a camp where for one week kids with cancer and other blood disorders can go. The average cost is $750 per child. Doctors and nurses volunteer their time so these kids can ex-perience a wonderful week. On May 28th, 2014, Snow Hill Moose Riders had their 4th annual Camp Rainbow ride. Our day started out beautiful at Hometown Harley in Winterville, North Caro-lina. From there we rode to Camp Donald Lee in Arapahoe, North Caroli-na. We were blessed with warm weather for our 85 mile trip one way. When we got to the camp we were met by the ECU co-

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Hello fellow Moose Riders: It has been a while since I submitted an article and it is GREAT to be back. It seemed that our ac-tivity group was starting to dwindle and I was getting a little discouraged and did not have much of anything to report. Our mem-bership numbers were stable but participa-tion was lacking. I think I was also disap-pointed that I was not going to be able to make it to the Blessing of the Bikes this year. Once you have been, it hurts not being able to make it back. Then I was able to see great friends, Char-lie, Joan and Liza at International Conven-tion in Las Vegas. What a great time with great friends. The absolute highlight was during the March of Checks when Joan and Liza presented a check for $5,000 to Moose Charities from “MOOSE RIDERS NA-TIONWIDE”. That is what Moose Riders is all about!! The camaraderie, fun and fel-lowship of like-minded Moose members.

Our activity group is planning some activi-ties at the Lodge including breakfasts with local youth groups; we helped our lodge pro-vide a $395 scholarship to a WOTM mem-ber’s son so that he will be able to play Pop Warner Football. (He has already been in the Lodge on several occasions showing off his uniform and he is so grateful.) We will be having a Destination Ride to our Lodge with Band/BBQ as a Food/Clothing Drive for local shelters on January 17th. We also are planning on joining the many toy rides that happen in this area in the month of De-cember. Some real sad news is that we lost one our Founding Members and our Founding Vice-president to cancer on July 3, 2014. He was our only Vice-president of the Monterey, CA, 876 Moose Riders. He joined the Moose the exact same time as me and his member-ship number was the one preceding mine. He is missed very much. He was at most all functions up to the end. Mark Stevens, who is a Charter Member, has accepted the Vice-president position for the unexpired term that ends on 12/31/2014. Here’s the great thing about Moose Riders, in my opinion—The friendships you make in just one meeting with other Moose Riders. This weekend a fellow Moose Rider from Florida, Rich Vernon (Mandarin 42), that I met at the Blessing of the Bikes in 2013 is visiting the area and stopped by the Lodge just to say Hi. This is actually his second visit. We now owe them a visit when we get a chance. I’m still in contact with a few Moose Riders that we met on that great trip. It is because of all of these things I have written about, that I want to grow Moose Riders nationwide and show the whole fra-ternity what Moose Riders are all about. To that end, and seeing the great things that the Association Moose Riders do, I am founding the California/Nevada Moose Riders Activi-ty Group. I have over 40 Founding Member applications to take to the formation meet-ing. This is a whole other article that is here in Pipes. Finally, congratulations to PIPES for be-ing the #1 publication in the Fraternity for the second year in a row. —Derrick Morris, Monterey CA 876 Moose Riders President

—California group helps with POP Warner Football scholarship

Friendship and Fun Fuel New Association Group

OUR DEFENDING CIRCLE HAS BEEN BROKEN In Memory of

BROTHER JR MENDES September 20, 1936 – July 3, 2014

Monterey CA 876 Moose Riders Founding Member

Golden Spot 15 Moose Legionnaire

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next year. Of course, it will still be in Texas, just a different city. On August 16th we had a nice visit from fel-low Moose Rider Rich Vernon and his wife Lynn. Rich if Vice President of the Moose Riders from Lodge 42 in Florida. They were on their way to California and we hope they had a safe journey. If any Moose Rider or Moose member is in the area traveling through, you are always welcome at Lodge 2282 in Texarkana. Safe Riding— Jeff Robey, MR Prez, Texarkana Lodge 2282

Hello brothers and sisters. Welcome to another amazing issue of Pipes. Let’s all give Joan and everyone a big hand for bringing it to us. It’s a great place to share news of events and let everyone know what’s coming up. I want to give a huge thank you to all who attended and helped out with our very first Texas Moose Rider Rally in June. It was a blast and went over well for the first one. We were able to start the ride in Texas, go into Louisiana and Arkansas and end up back at the Texarkana Lodge. Those of you who didn’t get to come, hopefully we will see you

—Texarkana hosts first Texas bike rally

East Meets West—Florida Riders Stop by Lodge

Pictured above: In front, David McPhail, President (Copperas

Cove) and Duane Williams, Road Captain (Texarkana, TX) getting the group ready to head

out on Rally ride.

Here are a few of the things we’ve got go-ing on in Clermont, FL. We might possibly have a fun run in Sep-tember, but we haven’t set a date yet. On August 20, we had a Pool Tournament to raise money for the husband of one of our pool players so that he could go to Vegas with her.

On Sept. 13th---Moosehaven Motorcycle Day—many of us rode up to take part. On October 11th, we are having a, Poker Run for the Homeless Veterans. It will be our second annual affair. Then after the October run, we need to get started on the State Meeting here in Clermont, FL. Debra Kopelic, Secretary , Clermont, Moose Riders

—Event planned to support Homeless Vets

Central Florida Moose Riders Check out Moosehaven

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after-school programs to help youth succeed academically and socially in a supervised learning environment. The volunteer-run center opened its new location in 2014 after being flooded out in the great city-wide flood of 2008. www.hdyouthcenter.org Special THANKS to Lodge 304 and W.O.T.M 515, the many people and busi-nesses that donated prizes, money and sup-port, and the RIDERS that attended this event. With your help, we raised $15,000 and $7,350.00 was proudly presented to the HDYC. We look forward to presenting a check to Moose-heart!!—Mike Sweet, Cedar Rapids Moose Riders

Our 7th Annual Poker Run started out with a “BANG”! Torrential rains and wind blew down all the tents early in the morning before last preparations for the day began, but in true “we’re not going to let it get us down” spirit, everything was put back in place and ready to go prior to the registration time. Our local beneficiary, The Henry Da-vison Youth Center, is a single location in Cedar Rapids and does not receive state or government support, instead relying on local business, events and the community for its funding. Established in 1997 by Mr. Henry Davison, the center has served the Cedar Rapids community by providing

—Bad weather can’t dampen the riders’ spirits

Cedar Rapids IA, Moose Riders Poker Run 7/12/14

Above: Painting by our own Mario Ruiz being auctioned.

Above: Robyn Riechoff, Henry Davison & Deb Abernathy from the

HDYC with check for $7350.00!!

Below Left: Bikes lined up. Below Right: Awesome Harley

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The check will be presented during half-time of the Ramblers last home Football game at Mooseheart on October 10th. The St. Charles Moose Riders would like to thank the 28 Lodges that participated; our host lodge, the St. Charles, Illinois, Moose Riders, as well as everyone who cruised over the summer and those who came out to the party. Success would not have been possible without the participation of people like you. Next year, we will be traveling to Rock Island, IL, for the year-end party for Cruisin’ for the Heart, as they have gra-ciously taken on the challenge for 2015. —Liza Chamberlain, St. Charles Moose Riders

Congratulations Moose Riders on the success of the “Cruisin’ for the Heart 2014” ride. Moose Riders from Illinois and Wis-consin spent the summer visiting the 28 participating lodges, getting their books stamped and meeting fellow Moose mem-bers. To our surprise, 7 Moose Riders tackled it successfully, hitting all 28 lodg-es, between May 17th and September 20th. While the weather didn’t completely coop-erate…just ask a Rock Island, IL, Rider…they managed to hit two Wisconsin lodges without getting wet, but got soaked leav-ing Sycamore heading east to St. Charles.

We had a nice turnout and were able to raise over $3,300.00 for Mooseheart’s School Renovation. The season Finale was held at the St. Charles, IL, Lodge on September 20th. We had our own St. Charles Moose member Ron Williams’ award win-ning pulled pork, home-made salads, brownies, our own Randy “Tootie” Wyatt spinning some tunes, 50 /

50, raffles, and the live entertainment from “Scramble” was not only amazing, but also kept everyone in the party mood.

—Lodge hopping fundraiser nets over $3,300

Illinois & Wisconsin Riders Take on the Cruisin’ Challenge

To our surprise, 7 Moose Riders

tackled it successfully,

hitting all 28 lodges . . .

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Last year was a good one for the Laptop Presentation. 21 students and 21 laptops thanks to the hard work and donations from 38 Moose groups throughout the US.

For those new to Pipes, LIFE was started after Florida riders experienced the St. Charles Lodge Moose Riders essay contest in 2008. That year, 3 students who wrote the best (and most compelling) essays were awarded laptop computers. Unfortunately, the remaining students got nothing. The 4 Florida State Moose Rider officers that expe-rienced this decided right there on the spot that wouldn’t happen in 2009, and it didn’t. Between St. Charles and the state of Florida enough money was raised, but the students didn’t know it. As far as they knew, it was all down to the essay. The winners were an-nounced and the 3 laptops presented to them. Their classmates, although disappointed they didn’t win, were happy for them. What they didn’t expect is 2 Moose Riders from Florida to stand up and tell them they would all be getting a laptop that year.

Folks, I can’t tell you how it felt to see their faces and feel their joy. The first year will always be the best, but every year since, more and more Moose Riders have been there to experience that joy. This year we have 25 students and we want to do this again in May of 2015. Computers and the gift cards run about $550 per child., but we will be grateful for whatever you can raise and donate. And we strongly encourage you to start thinking about being there. The LIFE presentation has become part of the Bike Blessing weekend, which also includes the Homecoming Party at the Lombard Lodge—the originators of the Bike Blessing over 11 years ago.

On the next page is the donation form for LIFE. Please do what you can and hope-fully by our deadline, March 15th, your group will be able to send in your donation for this program. Give these children a head start at whatever career they choose and make their last gift at Mooseheart one they will always remember—A gift from Moose Riders. J Fedora , LIFE Co-chair

***ATTENTION MOOSE RIDERS*** Please be sure to make your donation checks out properly to “STC Moose 1368”. We cannot cash checks that have the original payee

crossed out and a new payee name written in. We cannot cash checks made out to Moose Charities or entities other than the one specified—

STC Moose 1368. If it isn’t don’t correctly, we’ll have to send it back and your group might not be recognized as a donor!

—May 2015 will be here before we know it

MOOSE RIDERS ASKED FOR 2015 L.I.F.E. SUPPORT

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Essay winners’ gift cards

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Shoparoo has a new look and some new features. For those who don’t know, Shoparoo is a free iPhone and Android app that turns pictures of your shopping receipts into donations to the school or charity of your choice. Just take a moment to snap a quick picture of your receipt and voila, you've made an instant cash donation to the school or charity of your choice. Once you install the app onto your smart device make sure you disa-ble your GPS and type Moose-heart School in the box above the locally listed schools in your area. Points are awarded for products listed on your grocery receipts and that then is applied as a monetary donation to Mooseheart School. It is an easy and fun way to earn money. No saving coupons, clip-

ping coupons, etc. Take a photo of your receipt and that is it. Shoparoo does the rest.

**New Features** Shoparoo is now accepting all types of shopping receipts, not just those from grocery stores. All receipts from restaurants and non-grocery retail-ers (including clothing stores, home improvement stores, sports stores, and many more) count as entries into both a $1,000 monthly sweep-stakes and $15,000 yearly sweep-stakes! Submit up to 50 of these types of receipts within a rolling 7 day period to give our school the best shot at taking home the prize!

For more information go to www.shoparoo.com. The more participants the more money we can earn for Mooseheart.

Check out the website: http://www.shoparoo.com/

Florida Bermuda Moose Asso-ciation WOTM Mooseheart

Booster Committee wants to alert all of our Moose Riders

nationwide about an opportuni-ty to raise money for Moose-

heart by spending money. That’s something we all know

how to do. Opposite is information about how to get going with this pro-

gram on your Smart Phone, which we all have with us when we shop. . . Well actually we all have it with us ALL of the Time!

Please support our WOTM here in Florida by taking part in

this program. Go to the web-site, download the app (pay

particular attention to the part about DISABLING YOUR GPS when designating Mooseheart

School!!), and START SHOPPING!

Shoparoo has updated some of its features!!

Help Raise Funds for Mooseheart Child City and School

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Photos—Dani Griggs

Below is a picture of the Mooseheart children with an oversized check from Shoparoo for $2419.80 - the amount that the Moose Shoparoo-ers raised from snapping receipts from November 10,

2013, (when we first learned of Shoparoo) to July 31, 2014, (when Shoparoo sends the check). Mooseheart was the #1 fundraising school at Shoparoo for this time period.

Thanks to all the many Moose supporters!

Shoparoo—Check it Out! http://www.shoparoo.com/

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Attention Moose Riders If you plan to attend, let Frank Kenny know. He can provide you with meal tickets for the

barbecue lunch. When you arrive let them know at the gate that

you are Frank’s guest and admission is free. Get there early enough for the parade and rid-

ing demonstration by the ranchers. It’s awesome. —Editor

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of horses and other animals, and he must demonstrate high standards and positive be-havior in all areas of Ranch life. The Grand Opening is followed by a great barbeque lunch served from 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Horse riding events continue through-out Saturday afternoon, with live musical entertainment by Free Wheelin beginning at 8 p.m. We encourage you to take advantage of the Open House tour (Saturday, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.) beginning at the arena. Ranch cottages will be open for you to visit. Stick around until 8 p.m. for more We hope you’ll join us for our 57th Anni-versary celebration. Dress up in your western wear, put on some boots and come enjoy a fun-filled weekend. If you would like more information on the Boys Ranch Open House, or how to help support the kids in our care, please contact one of our Donor Relations Officers—Debi Girard or Frank Kenny—at 1-800-765-3797 or visit us at: www.youthranches.org. Contact: Jim Karantinos, [email protected] Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Office of the President

T his year the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch in Live Oak will celebrate 57

years of providing a safe and caring environ-ment for Florida’s at-risk boys. This year’s Open House will take place October 3-5, 2014. Horse riding events will begin on Friday, October 3rd at 2 p.m. with a free chicken pilau dinner being served at 5 p.m. Live musical entertainment by the Road Masters begins at 8 p.m. On Saturday the horse riding games begin at 8 a.m. The Grand Entry begins at 10:30 a.m. with the Riding Ranchers performing a much anticipated choreographed performance. The Riding Ranchers are made up of boys who have shown an appreciation for, and commit-ment to, learning horsemanship. Following the Riding Ranchers will be the presentation of the coveted Carelton F. Tweed Memorial Horsemanship Trophy. This award is presented to the Rancher that maintains a strong participation in riding activities, excellent skills in horsemanship, significant interest in the care and well-being

—You’re Invited

57th Annual Boys Ranch Open House and Horse Show

Above left: Riding Ranchers pre-sent the colors at Grand Opening Above right: A Rancher serves iced tea at the Boys Ranch Open House . .

Right: Attendees and vendors watch the

Saturday Grand Opening events at the Boys Ranch arena.

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—Aspiring journalist interviews state Moose Riders Chairman

Always an Adventure at the Villa

The Youth Villa, originally known as the Girls Villa, was founded in 1970. Through the leadership of the Sun-shine State Women's Chamber of Commerce, Florida's Sheriffs were

urged to create a sister program to the Boys Ranch. The idea was to provide the same structure, opportunities and

guidance for troubled girls from around the state.

A location was soon found at the Peace River Park in Polk County.

Through the joint efforts of the City of Bartow and Polk County Commission-ers, and with the approval of the Mobil Corporation, the Youth Ranches was

granted a 99 year lease for the land at $1 per year. In April 1971, construc-tion began on the second residential child care facility of the Florida Sher-

iffs Youth Ranches.

The first girls moved to the campus in 1972. With continued improvements, the Youth Villa has grown to include

additional cottages, pastures for horseback riding, a barn, activity build-

ing, administration building, chapel and boat dock. Today, the Youth Villa campus has the capacity to serve 46 troubled youngsters. These youth are given the opportunity to become pro-ductive, law abiding members of the

community.

Thousands of youth and their families have received help from the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches since 1957.

Thanks to the generosity and support of so many of our friends, we are able to continue to meet the growing needs

of the children today. —FSYR website

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loud and some rode really smooth. It was so much fun. During my time in line, I got to interview Mr. Goober, who is really Mr. Jay Long. They call him Goober because he is silly and fun to be around. He rides a Road King and he’s been the Chairman for 6 years. Some of the other groups the Moose Riders have donated to have been hospitals and food banks. Not only is Mr. Goober a Moose Rider but he is a truck driver by pro-fession. This event was so much fun! My favorite part was getting a chance to ride the motor-cycles but I also enjoyed having a chance to learn about the Moose Riders. It was one of the best events that I have attended at the Villa. —Maribel H.

Being at the Youth Villa can have many surprises. On Saturday, July 12th, we woke up at 8:30am for a campus breakfast with a surprise guest at the Activity Center. While we were all waiting for the guest to arrive, in the distance we heard sirens and the roar of motorcycles getting louder each second. It’s the F.B.M.A Moose Riders, one of our major donors for the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches. Twenty-one bikes come roaring in a line. They introduce themselves and come in for breakfast. During breakfast some of the girls share their stories of what brought them to the Youth Villa, how the program has helped them to change and the goals that they con-tinue to work towards. Ms. Key shares her experience as the Program Director and some of the new aspects to the program that have been added this year. While enjoying coffee and donuts, two of the Moose Riders sat at my table and shared some of their experiences with me and other girls. I learned that they have advanced in careers like Brain Surgeon and Investigator. I also learned that Moose Riders come from all walks of life and have overcome a lot of obstacles just like us girls at the Villa. After breakfast was done, we all went out-side and got the opportunity to take a ride on the motorcycles. I got in line several times to try out some of the different styles and color motorcycles. Some felt like you were riding on a rollercoaster. Some were

Left: Youth Villa resident, Maribel H poses with FBMA Moose Rider Chairman Jay “Goober” Long.

Below: Moose Riders enjoy the Youth Villa Campus

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http://moosecharities.org/

Visit the site and see how you can help.

Be a Mooseheart Booster and Make a difference!

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Save the date!

The 12th Annual Mooseheart

Bike Blessing

will be held on

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Save the date!

The 12th Annual Mooseheart

Bike Blessing

will be held on

Saturday, May 16, 2015

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Above right: Lombard

Check presentation Above Right: Pat Capone of

WLUP’s Pat Capone and the “Rock Mafia” addresses the

Blessing of the Bikes crowd.

his year’s “Tiny” Metcalf Big Heart award for a State/

Provincial Moose Association Moose Rider Group goes to the Pennsyl-vania Moose Association Moose Riders for the fourth time since its inception. The Greenville, PA

Moose Lodge #223 is the recipient of the Lodge award for the third time in four years, unseating last year’s winner, Lewis-town, PA, Lodge #143.

While donations were down overall from 2013’s record Moose-heart Bike Blessing 10th Anni-versary contributions, they still came in above the 2012 totals of $22,701.90 by bringing in $25,808.66. This year all monies went directly to Mooseheart Child City and School operating costs without sharing contributions with any other charity. In the past a portion of the Mooseheart Bike Blessing proceeds have gone to Special Olympics N.A. and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Lodge and Chapter contribu-tions donated through Moose Charities came from: Alabama Moose Association, Phenix City Lodge #1876, Arizona-New Mexico Moose Association, Bullhead City

Lodge #1860, Thunder Mtn Lodge #2475, California-Nevada Moose Association, La Habra Lodge #1858, Florida-Bermuda Moose Association, Englewood Lodge #1933, North Hillsboro Lodge #1741, Venice Lodge #1308, Illinois Moose Association, Freeport Lodge #162, Lombard Lodge #2350, Rock Island Lodge #190, Indiana Moose Associa-tion, Beech Grove Lodge #1883, Iowa-E Ne-braska Moose Association, Iowa City Lodge #1096, Marshalltown Lodge #313, Spencer Chapter #1069, Kentucky Moose Associa-tion, Shelbyville Lodge #1715, North Carolina Moose Association, Boone Lodge #1805, Charlotte Lodge #1113, Marion Lodge #1705, Raleigh Lodge #1318, Sanford Lodge #386, Winston-Salem Lodge #466, Ohio State Moose Association, Lancaster Lodge #955, Xenia Lodge #1629, Oklahoma Moose Asso-

—Moose Ride 4 Kids hits $25,808.66 this year for Mooseheart Child City and School

MR4K 4-peat for Pennsylvania Association Moose Riders

ciation, Duncan Lodge #2202, Midwest City Chapter #1199, Pennsylvania Moose Associa-tion, Bedford Lodge #480, Coatesville Lodge #297, Greenville Lodge #276, Hun-tingdon Lodge #223, Lewistown Lodge #143, Nanty Glo Lodge #207, Texas Moose Associ-ation, Copperas Cove Lodge #2029, Texar-kana Lodge #2282, TX District 5, Virginia Moose Association, Portsmouth Lodge #898, and West Virginia Moose Association, Wes-ton Lodge #1376.

By participating in Moose Ride 4 Kids Day, Moose Rider groups qualify for the honor of being awarded the Mark “Tiny” Metcalf “Big Heart Award” for delivering the highest dollar amount to Moose Chari-ties in the name of Mooseheart each year. The award is named for the late Florida/Bermuda Moose Association State Moose Rider Chairman Mark “Tiny” Metcalf, who tragically lost his life during a mission on be-half of the Moose Riders he loved so much.

In recognition of ‘Tiny’ Metcalf's extraordi-nary effectiveness in his short time as State Moose Rider Chairman of the Florida/ Ber-muda Moose Association Moose Riders, and in consideration of his willingness to bridge gaps and mend fences within the fra-ternity, and his commitment to our causes of Mooseheart and Moosehaven, in 2011 the Membership Department of Moose Interna-tional instituted the Mark Metcalf memorial "Big Heart” Award in conjunction with the annual International Moose Ride 4 Kids Day. The program continues under the Activities Department of Moose International. —Chris Ecker, Assistant Director Activities

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What a great day filled with bikes, vendors, sponsors, volunteers, food, fun and fellow-ship. And a lot of hard work. The day started at 7:00 am with the Moose

Riders setting up for the days events. T-shirt table, raffle table, 50/50, bike ticket sales table, registra-tion, silent auction, DJ, food and bike games. The bikes started rolling in about 9:30 and kept com-ing in till right at the cut-off of 1:00. We had a total of 52 bikes register this year and around 125 bikes roll in for the event. After registration closed we got everyone together for a group pic. Then we went on to the bike games and the burn out pit. Through-out the day raffle #'s were drawn and winners picked out items from the raffle table. At 3:00 the silent auction items were announced. We had over 25 items that were donated for the silent auction. At 3:30 the win-ners of the bike classes were announced.

They are as follows: Vintage: 1st Joey Roakes, 2nd Charles Gladden Sportster: 1st Nathaniel Norwood, 2nd Marienne

Anderson Metric: 1st Chief, 2nd Donnie Hollifield

Custom: 1st Bryan Mumpower, 2nd Tyson White Touring: 1st Mike Frederick, 2nd Neal Shelton

Big Twin: 1st Lisa Smith, 2nd Steve Butler Trike: 1st Sherrie Holden

Kids: 1st Sydney Ball, 2nd Payton Harris Best of Show: Sherrie Holden Burn out winner: Jeffery Banks

The bikes were judged this year by the people who entered bikes in the bike show. We wanted to change it up a bit and it worked out great. They loved the chance to vote on all the classes. Once the trophies were given out, the 50/50 was drawn (Bug Bridges won). Then everyone bought last minute Bull Moose Chopper tickets hoping to win the bike. Everyone watched the clock waiting till 4:00 when the ticket would be drawn. The winner of the Bull Moose Chopper was Patti Iwinski from St. Charles, IL, Moose Lodge. It looks like the Bull Moose Chopper is going 'home'. Patti will be com-ing down to Marion to pick up her Bull Moose Chopper some time in October. We all look forward to meeting her. —Fraternally, Trudi Ashby, Marion (NC) Moose Riders President

—Bull Moose Chopper headed back up North

Marion (NC) Moose Riders’ 10th Annual Bike Show

Top left: Bull Moose Chopper. Top right: Bike show and attendees. Above: Marion Moose Riders. Below: Bike games and Best of Show Winner

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Hello from Mandarin #42 Moose Rider Activity Group: We’ve had some great times in the past few months. Plus we reached our year anniver-sary of the Moose Rider Weekly Bingo. We have a great loyal crew that gives up their time every Wednesday to help, along with members of our Lodge that attend. It’s a steady weekly income with

nominal work and small cash output for cards and bingo makers. We started with a homemade bingo board and a family home bingo machine. Later we purchased a used, for real bingo machine on Craigslist for $200. If you need any help or suggestions, feel free to contact us. At the end of June, Mandarin 42 riders, Lodge members and other riders from our district participated in a Poker Run fundrais-er for our Tiny Metcalf Award for children and at the same time were able to visit our newest district lodge, Kings Bay in Georgia, and other lodges in Florida. We had a great turnout. $1000 was raised; this included matches from our LOOM and our Bingo Committee and Moose Riders. Mooseheart girls visited our Lodge for their annual Pool Party and BBQ in July hosted by our WOTM. We presented them and their chaperones with embroidered vi-

sors with the MRAG logo!! Some of the Riders also attend-ed the Lake Wales State Meeting. Lake Wales did a great job host-ing this event and showed us some great hospitality. The Rid-ers in the state of Florida have contributed over $80,000 at pre-sent time for various charities. While at the meeting, we rode to the FSYR Girls Villa and some of the girls enjoyed a ride on our motorcycles. Tim Middleton and Rich Vernon, along with Jay Long our Florida State Moose Riders Chairman were presented with hats that represented a race car that displayed the Youth Ranch emblem on the hood and was driven by Jeffrey Earnhardt.

The FSYR will benefit from driver Jeffry Earnhardt’s ride in the Firecracker 250 Race. We also somehow kidnapped Mannie the Moose from Lake Wales Lodge again. Imag-ine that ? He loves to travel with us. So be on the look out. Mannie’s back in Jax!! In July, our Riders organized a Bicycle Safety Inspection at Moosehaven. Almost 100 residents came out and had their 3-wheeled bicycles checked and serial numbers recorded, which helped the maintenance de-partment keep track of the age of the bicy-cles and when to replace. It was quite the task: weather was hot and humid, along with two bursts of rain but with tons of bottled water we got it done. While the residents waited, the Riders treated them to an Ice Cream Social in the Michigan Building where it was cool. A big thank you to our Riders as this turned out to be a bigger job than we expected, BUT it was worth the THANKS that we received from the resi-dents and staff at Moosehaven. We’re lucky as Moose Riders and Moose Members to have Moosehaven so close to us. They often come to our Lodge for events and dinners. We are looking forward to Motorcycle Day there on September 13th. Mark your calen-dars and come join us. RIDE SAFE.—Linda Rodgers, Mandarin #42 Moose

—Jacksonville area Riders enjoy a busy summer

From 2 Wheels to 3 Wheels at Moosehaven!! Right: Riders gather for photo at

Widow Sons.

Below: Moosehaven residents line up for trike inspections by

Moose Riders.

Above: Mooseheart girls sporting Moose Rider visors pose

poolside at Mandarin.

Above: Youth Villa resident enjoys enjoys a ride.

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We have collection baskets at Northwest Tucson Moose Lodge and a few other estab-lishments and we give it all away, everything from hats to birdseed to bandages! And when we're done, we ride! Dale (Ass) Anderson Ambassador Thunder Mountain Moose Riders #2475 Tucson, Arizona

Here are a few pics from our second "Elderly Committee Run". Our Elderly Committee is dedicated to three local, low income assisted living homes. We visit them on a regular basis and deliver health and hy-giene products, along with other quality of life items. I think the real thrill here is the folks we meet and get to know: our elderly are a pre-cious resource of knowledge and hope. We should never forget that these are the people that made the way we live today possi-ble!! Anyway, this is real feel good event, everybody wins.

—Arizona Moose Riders bearing gifts

In Service to the Elderly in their Community

Top Left: Wally Top Right: Thunder Mountain

Moose Riders, left to right, Rhino, Scotty, Tanya, Randy,

Rochelle, Wally, Mooselini (Ass), Jessica, Chrissy, Duke,

Mom, Beeker, Justin.

Below Left: Beeker Below Right: Tanya, with Justin

and Jessica.

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—Florida Riders Host “Wedding” to aid food drive

Tommy and Rosie Finally Tie the Knot

Top: Toby Slaughter officiates the ceremony. Below: Wedding gifts earmarked for the Food Drive

Tommy and Rosie were married on August 16th, 2014, at the Buena Park Moose Lodge. The ceremony was officiated by Toby Slaughter, current President of the Buena Park Moose Riders. Tommy was escorted down the aisle by Rick Harmor, Past President, while Rosie had Wanda Stevens, Women of the Moose Treasurer, escort her to the altar. The ceremony was short and sweet and was attended by many including family of the new-lyweds. In lieu of wedding gifts, those in attendance were asked to bring non-perishable items for the annual Buena Park Moose Riders Canned Food Drive. Angie Slaughter, Treasurer Buena Park Moose Riders

Above: The newlyweds following the ceremony. Friends and family of the bride and groom.

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Sunday August 3rd, Copperas Cove Moose Lodge #2029 had the distinct honor of a visit from Danny R. Albert, Supreme Gover-nor of Moose International. Danny was ac-companied by Territory Manager, Ron Trygstad and Deputy Supreme Governors, Tom Barbara and Gary Wilcox. In the few short hours that Danny R. Al-bert could spend with us, we crammed a lot in. We had a mouth-watering Bar B Q lunch, a D.J. for entertainment, and several presen-tations. Presentation started out with the Moose Riders and Danny R. Albert presenting Alu-

minum can tabs to the Ronald McDonald House. It was hard to say how many pounds of tabs were there, but the table they were sitting on was pretty heavy. Next, Danny R. Al-bert presented a cer-tificate of appreciation and his Supreme Gov-ernor coin to Moose Rider William Nico-laus for his outstand-

ing service and dedication to Moose Lodge #2029 and the Moose Fraternity. While the riding season is winding down for most Moose Rider groups across the country, cooler weather reenergizes the Tex-as riding season. Over the next few months we will be riding south to the San Antonio, TX, Lodge along with visiting a few fellow Moose Rider groups in Oklahoma. Back to the Basics and building the brotherhood. Ride safe, keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down. Y’all come see us! Fraternally, David “Peep” McPhail President MRC2

—Moose International Supreme Governor stops by

Cooler Weather Means More Rides in Texas

Above: Moose Riders present aluminum can tabs.

Below: Supreme Governor Danny R. Wilcox presents certificate of

appreciation to William Nicholas.

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I had been contemplating trying to start the CA/NV Moose Riders for a while., but the bug really bit me when I sat at Interna-tional Convention this last June in Las Ve-gas and watched Liza Chamberlain and Joan Fedora hand a check for $5000 to Jan Fregulia from “MOOSE RIDERS NA-TIONWIDE”. Our lodge level Moose Riders were a small part of that. I approached the current Association President and Vice President and requested that we start an Association Level Moose Riders. They said they needed a chairman to do the paperwork and get it started and I volunteered. The first three people I talked to were Chris Ecker from Moose Interna-tional, Assistant Activities Director in charge of Moose Riders, Joan Fedora from Florida Bermuda Moose Riders and crea-tor/editor of PIPES and Gina Perrin the Secretary for Florida Bermuda Moose Rid-ers. They all gave me valuable information. Gina sent me a CD of documents, proce-dures and general information about what has worked and not worked for them; I re-ceived some emails and great advice and insight from Joan, who is always an inspira-tion to me. Chris Ecker worked very hard for us as well. I wanted to form the CA/NV Moose Riders during the Associa-tion’s annual convention in September This gave me 2-month window to get everything in place. I started by formally requesting that a Moose Rider Activity Group be formed to the Association Board (the first required step) on July 3rd; this was ap-proved in late July at the Board Meeting: then the guidelines needed to be approved. Association guidelines were not available out there, so we needed to take the lodge level guidelines and adjust terminology and “tweak” them. There were a couple hiccups, but nothing that we could not deal with. After all, this is to create an activity group for the benefit of the Association, the Fra-ternity, our communities, Mooseheart and Moosehaven, something that most Moose members and Moose International all want. The final version of the Guidelines was approved at International. The introducto-ry flyer, the CA/NV Moose Rider applica-

tion, the Association Hold Harmless Agree-ment and the Formation meeting Proxy votes (for those that wanted to be founding members and have a vote but would not be able to attend the meeting in Reno) were ap-proved by International. The Association President was assured that the activity group did not create any liability issues for the As-sociation. We had three weeks to get the information out that a California/Nevada Moose Riders Activity Group was being formed. By the time I left for convention, I had 64 applica-tions with proxy votes. The board meeting to approve the guidelines was held Thursday, September 4th in the late afternoon into the evening and was approved by the executive board. The following morning, the delegates approved the board minutes approving the Moose Riders Activity Group. It was now official; we could start the Moose Riders Ac-tivity Group. Since we were brand new we had to find an impromptu place to have the formation meeting. It was set for 4:30PM in the abandoned Credential/Merchandise area on Saturday, September 6th. Word spread quickly. I was asked for appli-cations and let them know (continued next page)

This is the story of the beginning of the

California/Nevada Moose Riders, what started it, how it

was started, why it was started, what the hopes for it are.

When we formed the Monterey CA 876 Moose Riders in June of

2011, we looked for other Moose Rider groups in

California/Nevada. There are only 17 or 18 lodge level Moose Rider Activity Groups within the

entire Ca/NV Moose Associa-tion. Our lodge level founding and charter members worked

on building our group, providing help/funding/

support/activities to the lodge working together as lodge and chapter members in a common goal in a single direction. This

has and continues to work in our lodge level Moose Riders.

In 2013, three of us made the motorcycle trip from Monterey

to Mooseheart to Milwaukee and back to Monterey for the 10th

annual Bike Blessing, LIFE Presentation, and International

Convention with Graduation ceremonies. We saw what

many association groups were doing and I wondered why

California/Nevada didn’t have more lodge level Moose Riders

and an association Group.

I am willing to discuss/help anyone wanting to start a lodge level or association level Moose

Riders Activity Group. I now have experience with both.

Email is the best way to reach me.

My email address is

[email protected]. Derrick Morris

California/Nevada Moose Riders—Kickstands Up —New Association Level Moose Rider Group established

California/Nevada Moose Riders—Kickstands Up

Above: Derrick Morris, Chairman of newly formed CA/NV Association Moose Riders

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California/Nevada, continued from previous page

know that the activity fee would be set at the formation meeting. I had 108 applications going into the formation meeting (above my hopes/goal). By the end of the meeting we

had 151 Founding members and when I left Reno, we had 157 members includ-

ing 6 Charter Members including almost all Association executive board members and spouses The newly installed Deputy

Grand Regent is also a Found-ing member. So far we have estab-

lished our petty cash fund, voted for and funded a $500 donation to LIFE for

the 2015 graduating class at Mooseheart, voted for and funded $1000 towards the CNMA Special Project for the School Reno-vation’s PE Office and Wireless Sound Sys-tem. Our activity group made a big splash at the Convention Banquet with these an-nouncements, less than two hours after be-ing formed. I consider the Founding Members of this activity group to be of the same mindset as those that started giving money to James J Davis over 100 years ago to start Moose-heart. They joined based on an idea and a dream and so did the founding members of this activity group. I am so thankful to those that joined, not knowing what the cost would be, how many would participate, etc. and to those that stepped up to be founding officers. The founding officers of the Califor-nia/Nevada Moose Riders are Chair-man/President Derrick Morris from Monte-rey Lodge, Northern Vice President Don Bray from South Sacramento Lodge, Central Vice President Bill Hocker from Paso Robles Lodge, Southern Vice President Steve Corn-ing from La Habra Lodge, Secretary Fran Sullivan from Monterey Chapter, Treasurer James Stone from Atascadero Lodge and Sgt-At-Arms Terry Holcomb from South Sacramento Lodge. Our activity fee is a modest $10/year, Life membership option of one-time fee of $150. You can earn a Life membership with 25 years continuous membership (not available to Honorary Members). I have told the “What” and the “How”, but not the “Why”. The Why is so that ALL the members of the association, men and women, that want to be a Moose Rider now have the opportunity, whether or not their Lodge has a Moose Rider Activity Group. I want as many members that would like to

experience the joy of giving, the camarade-rie, the fun, the fellowship and the friend-ships that we as Moose Riders get to enjoy, to have this opportunity. My hope is that it continues to grow be-yond my wildest dreams. Some of the basics include: 3 rallies/campouts per Moose Rider year with one in each Geographical Region. There will be a CA/NV Moose Rider EX-CLUSIVE event at the mid-year and annual convention each year. I would like to see our Moose Rider website have flyers (not news-letters) from lodges, chapters, moose legion jurisdictions, councils of higher degrees to advertise their functions and to have Moose Riders attend these functions. The cost to place an advertisement is to give a small dis-count to CA/NV Moose Riders (all member types, including honorary). I want to create an Association Lodge Visitation activity patch. The center, circular patch will be earned when you visit 25 association lodges. There will be a top rocker for 50, left rocker for 75, right rocker for 100 and bottom “ASSOCIATION” rocker for visiting every lodge in the association. This can be done by motorcycle, car, bus, van, truck; it does not matter, just that you went to visit the lodge. I believe this activity group will be the focus of the entire fraternity on getting "BACK TO BASICS" based on fraternalism amongst our members. Chris Ecker, Moose International Assistant Activities Director in charge of Moose Rid-ers has joined our activity group as an Hon-orary Member. The invitation has been sent to others at Moose International as well. Also, a few Florida Bermuda Moose Riders are joining as honorary members (Rich Vernon, Mandarin 42; Joan Fedora and Charlie Titheridge, FBMA Moose Riders). We welcome any and all Moose Riders to become Honorary CA/NV Moose Riders. We are only a few days old and the rest of the story has yet to be written… With the help of the members and the officers of this activity group, there is no telling how far we can go and what we will accomplish. The journey is just beginning and I am so ready for this ride. KICK STANDS UP!!! Derrick Morris California/Nevada Moose Riders Founding Chair-man/President 2014-2015 California/Nevada Moose Riders Founding Life Member

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Port Charlotte Moose Riders have been proud of our accomplishment since we formed in 2012. Our 15 Charter Member-ship has now grown to 50 Moose Riders, working together for the benefit of Moose Charities and Community support. Many new acquaintances have grown into lifetime friendships. Like all Riders we love to get together on weekends and ‘Roll’. But we also stay true to our oath as Moose mem-bers. Through the years we have worked many fundraisers together. Think Pink Pig Roast, Chili Cook Off and Cinco De Mayo, to name a few. We now run the weekly Queen of Hearts at the Lodge. We try our best to support other rider groups in our area, working closely with the American Legion Patriot Riders and staying tight with our district Moose Rider groups. We are also very proud of our new Lodge Bike Parking and are so excited to be able to provide our Lodge with this asset. Nothing can top our recent accomplish-ment of hosting the FBMA Moose Rider Fall Rally Sept 19-20 & 21. Working for months to make it a success, our District Representative Janie B. and VP/Pres pro Tem John M. kept our chairman in line and rallied the district together to make it a great success. Although it rained from the time of set up Thursday to the Blessing of the Bikes on Sunday morning, we did not allow it to dampen our festivities. Cancel-

ing the bike games was no problem as many had fun with ‘indoor games’ under the Tiki where the camaraderie was abundant and the laughter contagious. Prizes were award-ed for Best Bike, Most Attendance and Far-thest Traveled. Special Chairman’s Chal-lenge award for most Moose Lodges visited wearing your vest and submitting pictures was a close call between our own Patty and Larry and Josh Haywood. Congratulations Josh. A Chinese auction with 60 donated items was kept out of the rain, set up in a cargo trailer, and a live auction kept the crowd lively. All weekend you would find Larry B. and Renee M. working the 50/50 card split and Monica Houghton customizing tee shirts for donations, keeping the financial support rolling in. The ‘Rev n Up’ breakfast kept everyone fueled thanks to the Lon, Bruce and Larry show in the kitchen and Kim and her crew did a ‘S… Kickin’ job decorating country style for the Saturday night Hoe-down Dinner Dance. Secretary Laurie N. got the word out and hustled donations for two awesome auc-tions and Treasurer Patty B. coordinated vendors and handled registration assisted by Betty H. and Diane D. Englewood and Punta Gorda Moose Riders helped out where needed through the weekend. Also we could not have done it without our run-ners and security, Wayne D., Steve H. and JW T. PC High School ROTC hung with us all weekend camping in the rain to over-see security and assist wherever needed. We appreciated the support of our many sponsors and our thanks to the many ven-dors that hung out with us all weekend de-spite heavy, torrential downpours. Special thanks to Don and Lucy who donated their time for two afternoons of music and Kara-oke and Marcia K for donating Friday night’s entertainment. When all was said and done, despite the rain, we managed to raise $5,853.54 to be earmarked for Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Mooseheart and Moosehaven. Everyone's support is vital to the future of our organization. Moose Riders Rock!! “Come Roll With Us” Laurie Nelson, Secretary, Port Charlotte Moose Riders

Photos courtesy of Laurie Nelson and Laura Catlow.

—Port Charlotte FBMA Moose Riders Rally nets over $5,800

Chairman’s Challenge Award Winner Announced

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FBMA RALLY—PORT CHARLOTTE

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Moose Riders, select their fundraising in the same man-ner. Brian Kirsch, the junior governor of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge, says that the 24 members will pick a local charity, and recently held a run for the PA Heroes, an organization devoted to veterans.

Created two months ago, Kirsch said the riders have to follow the Moose by-laws, as well as elect a board. Kirsch said organizing the new group has been interest-ing, “but more work than I thought it would be.”

The fundraiser for the veterans’ organization involved a 100-mile ride, with the riders stopping at Moose lodges in Nanty Glo, Ebensburg, Patton and Hastings. The ride has two benefits, according to Kirsch. “We get to enjoy a nice ride with beautiful scenery,” he said, “as well as raise money for a worthwhile cause.”

The Moose Riders plan to get one more fundraising ride accomplished this year, “weather permitting,” on Oct. 5, according to Kirsch….

You’ll see them on the road at this time of year: large groups of motorcyclists taking advantage of the sum-mer weather. Some of them are just enjoying a day out with like-minded friends, but for a large number of Indiana County groups, the ride involves raising mon-ey for local organizations.

Members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) Blairsville Aerie #1488 Eagle Riders sponsor runs for various organizations, including the food bank of the Indiana County Community Action Program, Walk for Autism, the Indiana County Humane Society and the Alice Paul House, as well as donating money to help with the medical expenses of individual riders who were injured when vehicles hit their motorcycles.

With approximately 30 active riders, the Eagle Riders decide as a group which organization or people they want to sponsor and then reach out to them…

Members of another group, the newly formed Indiana

Motorcyclists raise money for local organizations through rides by JAN SHELLENBARGER [email protected] on August 24, 2014 1:54 AM

Here’s a little bit of publicity for our Indiana Moose Riders. (source: [email protected])

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—New York Riders have a very busy summer

Birthday Party for a One-Year Old Benefit Baby

Hello from the Palmyra Moose Riders 1420. I can’t believe summer is almost gone. We have had a very busy summer. Every weekend we have been on a bike run. We have helped lots of people, with all the benefits we have been at.

June 21st the Palmyra Moose Riders honored their fallen brother Tim Parker who founded the Moose Riders. That same day we had our Benefit for Make--A -Wish. It was the big-gest one we have had. We collected $1,500 and the Moose Riders Of Dansville collected $1,000. Grand total of $2,500. For Make-A-Wish Foundation.

July 27th—Benefit for the Lock’s family that had a house fire raised $1,600.

August 9th—Bubba’s had a benefit for Chil-dren’s Miracle Network we went on.

August 16th—Every year the Moose Riders go to Poag’s Hole for a camping week-end at which they all had a great time.

August 23rd—Last year we had a benefit for Delaney Doyle, a baby with Neuroblastoma Cancer. The Palmyra Moose Riders celebrat-ed her 1 year birthday. Doug Derks started the benefit for her.

August 30th—9th Annual PGRNY Wounded Warrior Memorial Run.

September 6th—Van H. Gorton Benefit. We honored our fallen brother from the Black Jacks.

The Palmyra Moose Riders will continue to help as many people as they can “BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE DO” Please everyone ride safe and help your Brothers and Sisters in need. Ann Derks, Palmyra Moose Rider

Above left Riders celebrate 1 year birthday of Baby Delaney. Right: Baby Delaney and Doug

Derks.

Below: Palmyra Moose Riders gather to honor their founder,

Tim Parker

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The Moose Riders of District 27 will be holding their second bike rally on Saturday October 4, 2014, from 12 noon to 5pm at the Bonita Springs Moose Lodge, located at 25101 Old 41 Rd, Bonita Springs, Florida. Last year’s benefit raised $1500.00 for the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch. The Moose Riders of District 27 was es-tablished in 2011. What started out with a few riders, now has a membership of over 50 riders and non-riders as well. This non-profit committee, a part of the Moose Lodge, is committed to raising money for Moose Charities as well as the local commu-nities of Southwest Florida. District 27 consists of Bonita Springs, Golden Gate, Naples and Marco Island Moose Lodges.

Many local businesses have donated items from hotel stays to restaurants to miniature golfing for the raffle prizes. Silent auction items include weekend stays at premier ho-tels such as the Hilton, Lover’s Key Resort and the Hyatt. The auction will also have Heritage Bay and Valsari golf outings as well as other items. There will be a jail for additional fundraising and 50/50s. Jay Frost and 3 Below, a southern country band that is a local favorite, will be donat-ing their day to entertain our guests. The food is being donated and prepared by our four lodges. We will have T-shirts and vendors. The Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch will be there to share information about their organization. “We couldn’t do this without the sup-port of our community” states Josh Hay-wood, Vice President. This year the Riders decided to add sponsors for the bike rally. We have over 16 sponsors for this year‘s rally. Along with the support of the busi-nesses, we have the support of our Moose Lodges. Moose Riders from all over Flori-da, such as the State Moose Riders, Lauder-dale Lakes, Tice, Lehigh and many others came down to support our rally last year and we are hoping to have the same sup-port. We are also hoping to see other Moose Riders come to support the cause as well as other local biker groups. Last year we had over 70 bikes in attendance and we hope that this year to double that. The event is open to the public and to non-bikers as well. The Moose Riders of District 27 would like to thank everyone for their support, their time, efforts and dedication to a wor-thy cause. —Marlene Kern, Moose Rider Secretary and Rally Com-mittee Chair.

—Second bike rally scheduled for October

Florida District 27 Moose Riders’ Benefit Rally

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Mooseheart School Renovation

Moose Riders, the Goal is $10,000,000. Can you help? Check out the website:

http://www.moosecharities.org/store/Wish/school.php

Mooseheart School Renovation

Your gift to the Educating Minds, Building Dreams campaign, part of Moose Charities, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is tax deductible up to the limit established by the IRS.

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Riders Bulletin Board

Send your arti-

cles and flyers for the January edition of Pipes to [email protected] Thx. —Joan

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Pipes continues to evolve, representing more and more Moose Rider Activity Groups throughout the country. A new Pipes2 logo featuring dual pipes and a slightly differ-ent layout is symbolic of the increased news coverage and my intention to make even

more noise about the fundraising efforts and high level of community service of our dedicated riders. Look for more changes down the road and email me with any ideas at [email protected]. Pipes is a 10-time winner of the Moose Journalism Awards.— Editor

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