Toy RuN - Garland/Dallas

TO ANY riders out there .......

The Garland Tx Police Department Motorcycle Unit And The Dallas Tx
Harley Owners Group Presents The 2nd Annual Motorcops For Kids Toy Run
And Charity Event On Sunday, November 16, 2003. Registration Begins At
10:30 Am At Dallas Harley Davidson, 1334 W. Centerville Road (at Lbj
Fwy), Garland, Tx.

Police Escorted Parade And Toy Run Leaves The Shop At 1:00 Pm And
Takes A 38 Mile Route To End At The Hella Shrine Temple At Rowlett And
Roan Roads In Garland, Tx. Early Registration Begins In October At
Dallas Harley Davidson Ltd. Event Pins For The First 500 Entries. A
New Unwrapped Toy Or A Cash Donation Is Required. Proceeds Benefit The
Shriner Hospitals For Children.

Nov 16, 2003

All Bikes And Riders Are Welcome. Motorcops For Kids Is A Non-profit
Organization

for more information see below URL

http://www.dallashog.com/flyers/motorcops2003.pdf

 

Excuse me? If you ride from the Harley dealer AROUND Dallas, Irving
and back...ending up at the Hella Temple...you won't ride 38 miles.
Maybe you mean 3.8 miles?

At least 3.8 miles would be more inline with the lazy assed gestapo
Garland meat-headed cops.

I'd like to know what percentage actually ends up in the custody of
Shriner Hospitals and which hospital it goes to?

 

It goes all thru Garland, out 78 thru Sachse and Wylie, to Rockwall, Rowlett
and back to Garland.
Easily 38 miles.
And I can't say for sure how many teddy bears the Garland motorcops keep for
themselves, but I suspect it won't be a whole bunch. I know I won't be
keeping mine.

From Charity Navigator:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/6493.htm
"Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of 22 hospitals that provide
expert, no-cost orthopaedic and burn care to children under 18. Founded in
1919, Shriners' mission is to provide the highest quality care to children
with neuromusculoskeletal conditions, burn injuries and certain other
special health care needs within a compassionate, family centered and
collaborative care environment; to provide for the education of physicians
and other health care professionals; and to conduct research to discover new
knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of children
and families. "

In 2001 it looks like just over 92% of all expenses went directly for
services.

List of the hospitals supported:
Shriners Hospital-Boston (burn)
Shriners Hospital-Canada (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Chicago (orthopaedic and spinal cord injury)
Shriners Hospital-Cincinnati (burn)
Shriners Hospital-Erie (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Galveston (burn)
Shriners Hospital-Greenville (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Honolulu (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Houston (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Intermountain (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Lexington (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Los Angeles (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Mexico City (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Northern California (orthopaedic, burn and spinal cord
injury)
Shriners Hospital-Philadelphia (orthopaedic and spinal cord injury)
Shriners Hospital-Portland (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Shreveport (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Spokane (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Springfield (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-St. Louis (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Tampa (orthopaedic)
Shriners Hospital-Twin Cities (orthopaedic)

Any other questions? Hope you can come help. It's been said it's the best
toy run in north Texas.

 

That wasn't my point. Teddy bears are nice, but that's not the only
thing at these events. The largest "take" at these events are cash
donations. I understand that pins and advertising costs money. My
question was (and still is) how much of those proceeds go directly to
the Shriner's Hospitals?

I know who and what Shriner's Hospitals is. I know that it's medical
needs given to children free of charge and supported solely from it's
Masonic members and private donations.

I always thought the D/FW - North Texas Toy Run in December was really
cool. That's where riders from Dallas and Ft Worth converge on
Arlington. What I didn't like about that one though was once the ride
got into Arlington, you stood in a LONG line (like Disneyland) to drop
a toy into a box. Then you go home. They need a toy run (and this one
might be a good candidate ending up on the banks of Ray Hubbard) where
at the end of the run, there's a BBQ and a band where there's alot of
fellowship and mingling. Maybe even hold an auction. Now THAT would be
a toy run of all toy runs.

 

Well, if you don't make it this year, I'll be sure to let you know what all
goes on so that you can make it next year if you want.