MY SECOND ANNUAL POKER RUN BENEFITTING SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION WAS HELD SATURDAY, SEPT.9TH,2006. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. THE WEATHER WAS COLD BUT THE RAIN STAYED AWAY WHICH WAS A PLUS, ALTHOUGH I THINK THE THREAT OF RAIN DAMAGED MY BIKE COUNT. WE HAD 19 BIKES, BUT THIS YEAR I DECIDED TO ALSO RENT A SCHOOL BUS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE THAT DON'T RIDE MOTORCYCLES. THAT WAS A BIG HIT AS 36 PEOPLE JUMPED ABOARD THE BUS TO JOIN IN THE FUN. I ALSO HAD A BUTTERFLY RELEASE AS A CLOSING CEREMONY WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL.THIS YEAR WE RAISED A TOTAL OF $2502.00, WHICH WAS DONATED TO MY "OUT OF THE DARKNESS" WEBPAGE, AS I WILL BE WALKING AGAIN THIS YEAR ON BRANDON'S MEMORIAL DATE IN SARASOTA,FLORIDA.ENJOY THE PHOTOS AND REMEMBER MY RUN WILL ALWAYS FALL THE SATURDAY AFTER LABOR DAY, AS THIS IS NATIONAL SUICIDE AWARENESS WEEK. NEXT YEARS DATE IS ALREADY PLANNED FOR SEPT.8TH,2007. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND HELP SUPPORT THE CAUSE. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER,CRYSTAL. I HAVE ADDED A FEW PICTURES SENT TO ME BY MY SPECIAL FRIEND, CINDY JANIKOWKI FROM MINNESOTA THAT MADE THE TRIP HERSELF TO SUPPORT ME. CINDY ALSO LOST HER SON TO SUICIDE ON MARCH 4TH,2005. CINDY AND I ALSO HAD A SPECIAL BALLOON RELEASE FOR KEVIN AND BRANDON,HER RELEASING A SCOOBY DOO BALLOON AND ME RELEASING A BUTTERFLY BALLOON.I WILL ADD MORE PICTURES AS THEY COME IN.
I WENT THIS MORNING, SEPT 13TH TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS SIGN AND THERE WAS A BUTTERFLY WAITING THERE FOR ME. IT'S 57 DEGREES OUT RIGHT NOW. A SIGN FROM MY BRANDON...I THINK SO!!!!!
MY FRIEND JEFF AND ME
A FEW OF THE BIKES BEFORE THE RIDE
MY DAUGHTER AND I AT PARK PLACE. MY FRIEND TINA THAT OWNS THE BAR HAD THESE BALLOONS FOR BRANDON WHEN WE ARRIVED. A VERY NICE SURPRISE.A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES OUT TO TINA AND HER FAMILY. THIS IS ALSO MY FRIEND WHO GRACIOUSLY KEPT MY RESTAURANT OPEN FOR ME LAST YEAR SO I COULD RIDE WITH HER HUSBAND JEFF, WHO IS MY FOOD SALESMAN. HE WORKS FOR REINHART FOOD SERVICE.
UP AND AWAY TO BRANDON IN HEAVEN
MY THANK YOU BANNER MADE BY OTT SCHWEITZER DIST.
A RECEIVED A $500 DONATION FROM MY MOM IN WHICH I PURCHASED T-SHIRTS FROM BRANDON HARLEY DAVIDSON IN FLORIDA. THESE WERE TO BE FOR RAFFLE PRIZES BUT WERE SO POPULAR THAT THEY WERE PURCHASED BY RIDERS BEFOREHAND AND THE PROCEEDS WENT BACK TO THE BENEFIT. BRANDON HD ALSO DONATED A FEW T-SHIRTS WHICH WAS VERY NICE.WHEN BRANDON DIED HIS AUNT RECEIVED HIS LIVER AND SHE HAD HER TRANSPLANT IN THIS AREA (TAMPA) SO I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF COOL THAT THERE WAS A TOWN NAMED "BRANDON" AND WANTED TO INCLUDE IT IN THE RIDE.
CINDY JANIKOWSKI ON LEFT WITH CRYSTALS GROUP
MY FRIEND TAMMY SAYING A PRAYER BEFORE WE LEFT
MY GRANDDAUGHTER DESTINY
CINDY READING "WE REMEMBER THEM"
CRYSTAL READING "IF I KNEW"
MY GOOD FRIEND HEIDI WITH THE VEST SHE WON IN THE RAFFLE
ME AND CINDY COMFORTING EACH OTHER BEFORE LETTING THE SCOOBY AND BUTTERFLY BALLOONS GO
BUTTERFLY RELEASE
