*************** APRIL
- MAY 2010 ****************
Sunday April 18th
Marcus Dairy Spring Opener
Portions Benefit Multiple Local
Charities
8am - 4pm 5 Sugar Hollow Rd. Danbury
$9 per Person Admission $20 to Enter Bike Show
DJ and Live Band Shows!! Food, Plenty of Vendors!!
Details: Visit the website
Sunday April 18th
15th Annual Connecticut Bike
Blessing
Benefits Covenant Shelter in
New London
11am - 4pm Blessing at 1pm.
$5 per bike general admission
Vendors, Bike Show ($20 entry fee), Food, Music and the Boardwalk
Ocean Beach Park, New London
Details: Visit the website
Sunday April 25th
15th Annual Miracle Ride
Benefits CT Children's Medical
Center
Registration and first ride begins at satellite
locations and goes to the Old Site of the
children's hospital in Newington. 181 Patricia
M Genova Dr.
Registration also available at this location.
Ride then departs as one large group parade traveling
by the medical center in Hartford
to end site which is High Meadow Resort! One
of CT's largest rides in numbers!
Ride departs approx 11:30am
$25 Rider $10 Passenger minimum donations (Pre-registration)
$30 Rider $10 Passenger Day Of Event
Food, music, raffles
Details: visit the website
Sunday May 2nd
5th Annual Ride-4-Justin
Benefits Firefighters Scholarship
Fund Honoring Justin Wisniewski
Registration 8-10am Elks 1669 - 114 Main St. Southington
$25 Rider $15 Passenger minimum donations
60 Mile Country Ride with full dinner to follow
Music, Raffles, Silent Auction
Details: Visit the website
Sunday May 2nd
28th Annual CMRA May Day Breakout
Party
Noon - 5pm VFW Rt. 69 Wolcott
$6 Members $12 non-Members
Music, Food, Games, Beer
$6 Rebate if joining CMRA that day
Saturday May 8th
Gate Keepers M/C Remembrance
Run
Benefits the Rocky Hill Veteran's
Home
Registration 10-12Noon Montville VFW - Raymond Hill Rd. Montville
$10 Person
Music, Raffles, Prizes, Food
Details: Visit the website
Saturday May 8th
Patriot Guard Riders Spring
Breakout Poker Run
Registration 10-11 - VFW 218 Cheshire Road, Prospect
$25 Rider $15 Passenger
Ride thru West-Central CT then back for BBQ lunch.
DJ, Raffles, Vendors, More!!
Details Visit the website
Sunday May 16th (Tentative)
7th Annual Special Olympics
Ride
Benefits CT Special Olympics
Registration 10 - 11:15 am at Clinton Town Hall
on E. Main St. Ride departs 11:30am
$15 Rider $10 Passenger
45 Mile Ride then to Ryan's Driftwood Cafe for
Party!!
Details: Visit the website
Sunday May 23rd
WestConn HOG Annual Poker Run
Benefits YMCA Camp Scholarships
Registration 9:30 - 11am Yankee Harley-Davidson
Rt. 6 Bristol
$20 Per Person
Food, Entertainment, Prizes!!
*************** JUNE
2010 ***************
Sunday June 6th
12th Annual Officer Brian A.
Aselton Memorial Run
Benefits Brian Aselton Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Registration 8 - 9:45 am at Gengras Harley-Davidson/Buell
East Hartford
Ride leaves at 10am
$20 per bike minimum donation
Ends at Knights of Columbus Main St.
East Hartford
Food, Music, Raffles!
Details: visit the website
Sunday June 6th
Meriden Motorcycle Megaride
In Honor of Dan Hunter to benefit
the Hartford Hospital Trauma Critical Care Unit
Registration begins 9:30 at Hubbard Park in Meriden
ride departs 11:30
$25 Rider $15 Passenger minimum donation
Ends back at Hubbard Park for Food, Live Music,
Motorcycle Show, Raffles, Vendors and More!
Info contact David Liseo (203)238-2147
Sunday June 6th (Tentative)
CT Bikers Against Child Abuse
Benefits Abused and At-Risk
Children in CT
Registration 10am at Columbia Ford, Rt. 6 Columbia
$20 Rider $10 Passenger minimum donation
100 Mile scenic ride through eastern Connecticut
Food, Raffles, Music , and More!
Details: Visit the website
Sunday June 13th
9th Annual Blue Thunder Motorcycle
Charity Ride
Benefits the Hole In the Wall
Gang Camp
Registration 9am at Manchester Elks Lodge - 30
Bissell Street - Ride leaves 11am
Free coffee. muffins, pastries at Elks Lodge
prior to run
$25 per bike minimum donation - Over 1hr boots-up
Ride through Eastern CT towns
Ends at Gengras Harley-Davidson/Buell
Food, LIVE Band, Prizes, FUN!!!
Download Event Flyer Here
Sunday June 20th
Benefit Ride & BBQ for Breast
Cancer
Benefits Breast Cancer Research
Foundation
Registration 9:00 - 11:30 at Old Well Tavern
20 Tariffville Rd, Simsbury
It's A POKER RUN!!!!
$20 Rider $10 Passenger minimum donation
70 mile - 3 stop Poker Run through the NW hills
then back to Old Well Tavern
Live Music w/ Joe Bouchard, original member of
Blue Oyster Cult
Rain Date Sunday June 27 Details: Visit
the website
Saturday June 26th
Annual Waterbury CrimeStoppers
Run ... It's Back!
Registration 9 - 10:30 Municipal Stadium 1200 Watertown Avenue,
Waterbury
$30 rider $20 passenger minimum donation
Fully escorted ride through Litchfield Hills
Ride ends at Brass Mill Center, Waterbury
Food, Music, Raffles
Raindate Sunday June 27th
Details: Visit the website
Saturday June 26th
Shotgun Poker Run
Benefits Key Human Services
Start from ANY of 6 Locations at 1PM
VFW, Preston; Brookside Cafe, Preston; Handlebars,
Stonington;
David's Cafe, Preston; Bank Street Cafe, New
London; The Brown Derby, Uncasville
Run ends at Brown Derby where add'l hands can
be purchased!
BBQ, Raffles, Prizes for Top 2 Hands and Bottom
Hand!!
For more info, contact Mary Inglesby at (860)910-0512
Key Human Serv ices is a private, non-profit organization
that provides life-enhancing services
to children and adults so they can live more
productive and valued lives. They've been doing it since 1989!!
Saturday June 26th (Tentative)
Gate Keepers M/C Shoreline Cancer
Relief Run
Benefits American Cancer Society
Registration Ryan's Driftwood Cafe, Main St. Clinton
$15 per person minimum donation
It's a POKER RUN!! Stops at Ivoryton Pub, Glock
Grill, Fats Cats
then back to Ryan's for party.
Details: Visit the website
Sunday June 27th (Tentative)
3rd Annual Ride For Independence
Poker Run
Benefits MARC of Manchester
Helping people with disabilities
work, live and enjoy life independently
Registration 9-11 Gengras Harley-Davidson 221
Governor St. East Hartford
$20 Rider $10 Passenger minimum donation
It's a POKER RUN!! 1st, 2nd, 3rd hands win prizes!
Ends at Sun Valley Resort, Stafford Springs
Details: Visit the website
***************
JULY
2010 ***************
Sunday July 11th
Channel 3 Kids Camp Benefit
Ride
Benefits Channel 3 Kids Camp
and Domestic Abuse Charities
Registration 9-11:30 TSI Harley-Davidson
Ellington, CT
$25 per bike minimum donation
Ends at Sun Valley Resort, Stafford Springs
Hang out with personalities from Channel 3. Kevin
Hogan leads the pack.
Teresa LaBarbera, Heather Hegedus, Hena Daniels,
& Hallie Jackson also around for meet/greet.
Multiple LIVE Bands, Food, Raffles, it's for
Kids!!
Details: Visit the website
Sunday July 11th (Tentative)
100-Mile Poker Run for Breast
Cancer Awareness
Registration 7:30 - 9 @ Westwoods, 85 Chase Ln.
West Haven, CT
$20 Rider $10 Passenger, Pre-Reg
$25 Rider $10 Passenger Day of
100-Mile run leaves 9:30 from Westwoods up to
scenic area of Lake Waramaug in the Litchfield hills,
then back to Westwoods. Food sponsored by Outback
Steakhouse of Orange.
Live Music, Raffles, More!!!
Call Lori Nacca to Pre-Reg by July 1st. (203)982-7003
Sunday July 18th (Tentative)
The Ride for Reed
Benefits the Servicemen at Walter
Reed and Bethesda Military Hospitals
Registration 9:30 - 10:30 Knights of Columbus
625 Bridgeport Ave. Milford
$20 Rider $10 Passenger
Ride begins 11am
Ends back at Knights of Columbus
Join The Fun for this Great Cause!
Details: Visit the website
Sunday July 18th
8th Annual Charity Poker Run
by UPS & United Way
This Year Benefits the Camp
Rising Sun, a summer camp for kids w/ cancer
Registration begins at 9am at UPS, 8 Mountainview
Road, Watertown
$20 Person $30 Couple Day of Event
Northwest Hills! It's a Poker Run!!
Ends at JC Hooks Waterbury
Music, Food, Raffles and Prizes!!
Info Contact Dee Collette or Hans Hasemann at
UPS (860)274-7520
Sunday July 25th
10th Annual MS Motorcycle Ride
Benefits Greater Hartford Multiple
Sclerosis Society
Registration begins at 9am at Cadillac Ranch 45
Jude Ln, Southington
Ride departs at 11am $30 Rider $20 Passenger
Pre-Registration minimum donations
$35 Rider $25 Passenger Day of Event
50-mile Ride returns to Cadillac Ranch for Barbecue,
Live Entertainment, Drawings, Vendors & More!!
Details: visit the website
***************
AUGUST
2010 ***************
Sunday August 1st
6th Annual Support Our Troops
Ride
Benefits the PFC Anthony D'Agostino
Memorial Fund
Registration 9 - 11am Commuter Lot Exit 42 off
Route 8
$25/bike minimum donation
Ends at Riders Cafe in Waterbury
Ceremonies, BBQ!!
Sunday August 1st
Red Knights of CT Shoreline
Chapter Charity Ride
Benefits the CT Burns Care Foundation
Registration 9 - 11am
Starts: Joseph Melillo Middle School,
67 Hudson St. East Haven
Ends: Martin Bishop Field, 91 Long Hill
Rd. Guilford
$20 Rider $10 Passenger minimum donation
Food, Music, Vendors, Bike Show, Raffles
Details: Visit the website
Sunday August 8th
4th Annual Lyme Disease Poker
Run
Benefits the Lyme Disease Foundation
Registration 9:30 - 11am at the Colchester Fish
and Game Club, Old Amston Road, Colchester
Ride departs 11 $20 Rider $10
Passenger minimum donation
80 Mile Poker Run through scenic southeastern
CT. Ends at same place
Food, Best/Worst hand, 50/50 raffle, door prizes,
LIVE Entertainment!
Rain date: August 15th
Details: Visit the website
Sunday August 8th
8th Annual Bikers for the Cure
Benefits the Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation
Registration begins 9am at Mountain Ridge 350A
High Hill Rd. Wallingford
Ride departs 11am $25 Rider $15 Passenger minimum
donations
Ride returns to Mountain Ridge for great party!
Food, LIVE Music, Door Prizes, Bike Show, 50/50,
Raffles, Vendors
Details: Visit the website
Past Ride Photos: here
Wednesday August 11th
5th Annual Middletown Motorcycle
Mania
Get a feel for what those motorcycle rallies
are like . . . Right Here at Home!!
Benefits Middletown Mentor Program
Just a fun, good ol' gathering - All Bikes Welcome!
Suggested Donation, $5 per Bike - Main Street
Middletown 5pm to 9pm
LIVE Music, Bike Awards, Street Vendors, Great
Food
Contact: Cathy Duncan 860-347-6924
Raindate: Wednesday August 18th
Details: Visit the website
Saturday August 14th (Tentative)
4th Annual L. Cpl. Phillip Johnson
Memorial Run
Benefits Westover Young Marines
Registration 9-12 Gengras Harley-Davidson
Ride departs 12:30pm
$20 Rider $10 Passenger minimum donation
Music, Food
Sunday August 15th (Tentative)
Poker Ride for the Star
Benefits Life Star Program
Register 9-11 TSI Harley-Davidson, Ellington
Sunday August 22nd
Dream Ride
Benefits Special Olympics
Registration begins at 9am at the Farmington Club
162 Town Farm Rd. Farmington
$30 Rider $20 Passenger minimum donations
Ride Departs 11am along with satellite location
rides and ALL Return to Farmington Club approx 1pm for party!
This is a HUGE Event!! 7 States participate. Be SURE get all info for
your specific Ride by using the link below.
Details: Visit the website
Saturday August 28th (Tentative)
7th Annual Guide Dogs of America
Poker Run
Registration begins at 9:30 am at Yankee Harley-Davidson
Rt. 6 Bristol
Ride departs 11am $25 Rider $5 Passenger minimum
donations
Party after run!!
Sunday August 29th
10th Annual 9/11 CT United Ride
Benefits CT Police, Firefighters,
2 local United Ways
Registration begins at 9am at Norden Park in Norwalk
(Pre-Reg Party DAY BEFORE at Captain's Cove 11-3)
Ride departs at 11:30am $25 Rider $25 Passenger
minimum donation..
Great boots-up route of approx 60 miles through
11 towns with each local fire department
staging their trucks on each side of the roadway
hanging huge American flags over the riders.
Ends at Seaside Park in Bridgeport for great
party by the water.
Food, Vendors, and Multiple LIVE Bands! Contender
for largest some years!
Details: Visit the website
Past Ride Photos: here
***************
SEPTEMBER
2010 ***************
Sunday September 12th
Bikers for Babies - March of
Dimes RIDE
Benefits March of Dimes
One of CT's Largest and Best Charity Rides Hands
Down!!
In 2007 Bikers for Babies raised approximately
$100,000 in support of the March of Dimes.
Registration 9am Middletown Elks Lodge, Middletown
$30 Rider $20 Passenger Minimum Donations
- Ride Departs 11:15
Dee Snider Leads the Pack and Rides through
CT River Valley.
End up at Westbrook Elks Lodge on water not far
from Waters Edge Resort.
BBQ, Vendors, LIVE Music, Drawings, More!!!
Details: Visit the website
Sunday September 19th
6th Annual Memorial Run for
MPO Peter J. Lavery
Benefits Peter J. Lavery Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Registration 8 - 9:45am Maguires Sports Bar
3573 Berlin Tnpk
$20 minimum donation
Food, LIVE Music, Cash Bar, Lots of Fun!
Details: Visit the website
Sunday September 19th
8th Annual KICK-IT Ride
Benefits the American Cancer
Society
Registration begins 8:30am at Danbury Fair lot
Danbury (across from Marcus Dairy)
The Dairy may be under construction so the Mall
offered the space.
Ride departs 10:30am $25 Rider $15 Passenger
minimum donations
Ride ends at Indian Wells State Park in Shelton
for party
Food, Music, Vendors, Raffles
Details: Visit the website
Saturday September 25th
5th Annual Silver Shield Ride
Registration 9 - 12 TSI Harley-Davidson, 398 Somers Rd. Ellington
$25 per person minimum donation
Escort by Floral Park, NY and other Fire Depts.
Food, Music, Raffles
Sunday September 26th (Tentative)
5th Annual Shoreline Charity
Ride
Benefits St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital
Registration 9:30 - 11am Margarita's Restaurant
377 E. Main St. Branford
$25 Rider $15 Passenger minimum donation
Food, 50/50, Music, Silent auction, Fun!
Details: Visit the website
***************
OCTOBER
2010 ***************
Sunday October 3rd
Marcus Dairy Fall Closer
Portions Benefit Multiple Local
Charities
8am - 4pm 5 Sugar Hollow Rd. Danbury
$9 per Person Admission.
Vendors, Bike Show, Food, Music and More!!
Details: Visit the website
Sunday October 3rd
CMRA Annual Toy Run
Benefits CT Children
Meet 9 - 12 Hubbard Park Meriden Exit 4 off I-691
Toy / Gift Required!
Ride departs 12:30PM and Ends at Prospect VFW Rt. 68 Prospect
Free Coffee, LIVE Music - Food and other beverages available
Details: Visit the website
Sunday October 24th
16th Annual Turkey Run
Freedom From Hunger Ride
Benefits CT Foodshare "When
Hunger Stops, So Will We"
Meet 10 - 11:30 Gengras Harley-Davidson 221 Governor St. East Hartford
Bring 10-12lb Frozen Turkey, Can Goods, or Non-Perishable Goods
Ride departs 11:30PM and goes to Foodshare Warehouse
Door Prizes, 50/50, Event Pins available for sale - Sponsored by Hartford
H.O.G. Chapter