The Snoqualmie Riders Letter from our Director

Letter from our Director

October 2008

Riders:

We had a couple of our Riders participate in the Remembrance Run sponsored by the Bremerton Riders. Geezer and Chief spent the night in Vancouver WA and road with the group from Oregon to the Canadian border and ate dinner in Bellingham, then rode home. A nice day for a long ride.

Chief also participated in a couple of the Patriot Guard Riders cere-monies honoring our deceased brothers. For more information on PGR, contact Chief or Geezer.

The Snoqualmie Riders also met to do part of our annual planning meeting in September. We decided on two benefit runs for next year:

The second annual “Over the Hill for Lunch Bunch” which is a poker run over Snoqualmie Pass, to Cle Elum, along the river into Ellensburg and down the Yakima River to Yakima and return to Ellensburg for lunch at the Ellensburg Post, back to our post for prizes. We are planning this for May 2009,

The first ever “Triple By-Pass” overnight benefit run in August 2009 will be a three pass, overnight in Chelan run.

In addition, we determined to have our fun runs be very Veteran oriented. In November this year we are planning on doing our joint Auxiliary, Post and Riders “Wounded Warrior” visit and donation at Ft. Lewis at the Wounded Warrior Transition Battalion. We have a wish list from them and will purchase items off the wish list to donate to the battalion and will spend several hours with them and find out who needs help when they get home and provide some of that help and camaraderie.

November is also the Veterans Day Celebration in Auburn. We participated in the parade last year and this year we are joining up with several other Riders groups to

participate this year. We are already registered for the parade. This whole celebration in Auburn is a fantastic day of events honoring veterans; we had a great time last year, but dress warmly!

In December of this year we would like to do a run to Orting VA Retirement Center. Padre is working on Starbucks Card donations and Tim is working on Costco donations for that run, especially chocolate chip cookies!

Also in December, we will participate in the VA Hospital Christmas Day event. I know two people in our Post who have Santa suits! It was really great fun and rewarding last year. I know one Rider is having a new Santa suit commissioned to be built that will stand up to 70 mph on a motorcycle, with a Santa hat to fit on his half helmet!

Come join us for fun and interesting Veteran oriented rides and benefit runs to help other Vets.

Yours in service to God and Country,

Rich Collingwood, Director

Snoqualmie Riders

Snoqualmie Riders Planning Meeting Results

October 2008

We will have two benefit runs in 2009:

“Over the Hill for Lunch Bunch” poker benefit run. Our second annual run; over Snoqualmie Pass to Cle Elum, along the river to Ellensburg, down the river to Yakima, back to Ellensburg Post for lunch, back to Snoqualmie for poker prizes.

* Tim is in charge of overall planning

* Doc will gather mot of the prizes again this year

* Rich and Rick will do the directions and waypoints

* May 9, 2009

“Triple By-Pass” overnight benefit run. Our first annual run for this one: over Snoqualmie Pass, over Blewett Pass toward Leavenworth, on up to Chelan for dinner and overnight. Next morning over North Cascades Pass and back to Snoqualmie.

* Rich is in charge of overall planning

* Bill will see about Vets groups, Chamber of Commerce, motels, campgrounds and dinner

in Chelan

* Chris will look into getting local prizes in Chelan area

* Tim and Burt will gather run directions and waypoints

* August 8, 2009

Bill Saunders has volunteered to get all this schedule onto our website calendar when Rich gets him the username and password.

Our other meeting plans for the rest of the year and next year on the second Saturday of the month at 9 a.m. (unless otherwise noted) are:

1.	October 11th 08: Planning meeting and breakfast
2.	November 8^th, 08: Veteran’s Day Festivities and Parade in Auburn * We have registered to be in the parade with other AL Riders groups * We will meet at the Post, drive to Auburn, eat breakfast, go to the Veteran ceremony and ride in the parade
3.	November 08: (Date to be determined) Wounded Warrior Battalion at Ft. Lewis visit. We will go with the Post and Auxiliary to take our purchases from their “want list”. * We need volunteers to go shopping with the money from the Post, Auxiliary and Riders group * Tim will look into Costco providing Chocolate Chip cookies to take * Chris will look into getting Starbucks gift cards donated to take * Save your motorcycle and other magazines to take * Don’t forget; you need the following to get your bike on base (otherwise take a cage with the Post or Auxiliary!) ~Drivers License with motorcycle endorsement ~Copy of motorcycle insurance papers ~DOT helmet ~Reflective vest ~Card showing motorcycle training class
4.	December 13^th 08: Visit Orting VA Retirement Home. * Save your magazines * Cookies and refreshments
5.	December 25^th 08: Christmas Day at the VA Hospital * Bring your elf costumes * We will distribute donated gifts
6.	January 10th 09: Visit Ft. Lewis Wounded Warrior Battalion.
7.	February 14th 09: Local Town Event. Find something for us to do for Snoqualmie to give back to the community – to be determined.
8.	March 14^th 09: Visit Ft. Lewis Wounded Warrior Battalion
9.	April 11^th 09: Visit Orting Old Soldiers Home
10.	May 9^th 09: “Over the Hill for Lunch Bunch” benefit poker run
11.	May 16^{th (??)} 09: Poppy Sales – we volunteer for QFC?
12.	June 13^th 09: Medical Lake VA Center Visit
13.	July 11^th 09: Visit Retsil, Pt Orchard VA Retirement Home
14.	August 8^th 09: “Triple By-Pass” benefit run
15.	September 12^th 09: Visit Ft. Lewis Wounded Warrior Battalion.
16.	October 10^th 09: Annual Planning meeting and breakfast
17.	November 14^th 09: Elections
18.	December 12^th 09: Visit Wounded Warrior Battalion
19.	December 25^th 09: Christmas Day at the VA Hospital