BIKERS TO DRAW FOR WOMENS' CAUSE.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Daily News Staff Writer Under the heat of the summer sun, members of the Modified Motorcycle Association will celebrate Christmas in July with a poker game and ride today to raise money for a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. home for unwed mothers. The group's 17th annual Poker Run A Poker run (also known as a Poker Derby) is an organized event using a motorcycle, boat, car or other form of transportation where participants travel over a predesignated route and, at designated stops on the route, draw playing card(s). will benefit Sarah's House Maternity Home maternity home Obstetrics Birth center, see there Social medicine A residence for pregnant ♀ , a Christian-based charity, by collecting money, food, baby items, towels and blankets. Sarah's House officials said they hadn't heard about the group before it decided to make the home the beneficiary of this year's fund-raiser. A pastor and former Sarah's House board member also is affiliated with the motorcycle club This article is about "American-style" motorcycle clubs (MCs) as a specific cultural phenomenon, not motorcycle riding clubs in the generic sense of the term. A Motorcycle Club , and he brought the two groups together. ``So often, people tend to look at a group and categorize them,'' said Cathy Givens, executive director of the maternity home. ``But these people, they have wonderful hearts. They're involved with the community, and they are just as concerned about young people and the community as anyone else.'' While the association was founded in 1973 to promote motorcycle safety Accident rates Motorcycles have a far higher fatality rate per unit of distance travelled when compared with automobiles. According to the US Highway Safety Authority, in 2002 20.9 cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes. The rate for motorcycles is 66.7 per 100,000. and protect riders' rights, it holds the annual benefit event to support local charities. The Poker Run will begin at Season Ticket, 5835 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Ave., and conclude with a dinner, games and a drawing at the Simi Valley Moose Lodge, 4260 Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. St. Registration is from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and costs $8 for poker and a hamburger dinner. Participants may also pay $4 for the dinner only and $5 for poker play only. Sarah's House is a Christian-based home for unwed mothers-to-be 18 and older. Residents stay at the home throughout their pregnancies and up to a month after the baby is born. Givens said the women, who must work or go to school during their stay, are taught lessons on parenting and managing finances. The money raised will go toward opening a second, transitional home where women and their babies can stay after they leave Sarah's House. |
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