OFF THE WIRE
RENEE WELLS
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The Voice photos by Renee Wells
Bikers pull into the parking lot at Joe’s River Bar in Heyburn, where they gathered to donate toys for the Brother Speed Motorcycle Club’s annual Toy Run, which provides thousands of dollars worth of toys for the Mini-Cassia Christmas Council each year.
Members of Brother Speed Motorcycle Club and guests from numerous other clubs throughout Idaho, Oregon and Utah, converged on the Mini-Cassia community last week, Saturday, Nov. 5, to conduct their annual toy run.
About 50 bikers came to town, many of them riding in chilling conditions, and others trailing their bikes in for the event that takes them from town to town as they gather toys and/or funds to help the Mini-Cassia Christmas Council provide Christmas for local children.
Last year’s event netted $6,300 worth of toys and gift cards from the group.
This year there were less bikers, but a generosity that always seems to amaze Christmas Council volunteers.
The parade of Hogs around the Rupert Square was quite impressive on Saturday, Nov. 5, when more than 50 Harley Davidson motorcycles came to town for the Brother Speed Toy Run.
Most of the bikers have nicknames. It isn’t easy to weasel their real name out of them. The group is like a big family and they care for their own.
They also care for their communities.
“We are able to do this and so we do,” said one biker from Utah.
“We just want to see that little kids whose families may not have the means to provide them with a memorable Christmas, have the means to do so through the council.”
After four stops and a day of gathering toys, the club is off to a good start. They will deliver their goods to the Christmas Council around the first part of December.