October 27, 2001

Today's itinerary begins at Harley Davidson of San Diego, located at 5600 Kearney Mesa Blvd.  There we will meet for a BBQ between the hours of 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM and begin our journey at that time.  Law enforcement and fire departments from throughout Southern California will then escort the caravan to the Escondido Charter High School at 2:00 PM for a bear collection and then on to Riverside County for a rally at Riverside Poly High School at 3:30 PM.

The caravan will then begin it's trek to Las Vegas where we will cruise the strip, seeking donations for the American Freedom Ride Education Fund at the American Heritage Educational Foundation (a California 503(c) non-profit corporation.  100% of all funds collected throughout the trip for the scholarship fund will go directly to the children's education.

A special thanks to New York Myke and Jenny Winburn of San Diego Harley Davidson for giving us such a great send off BBQ on Saturday (as well as for the one on Friday afternoon).  You guys are awesome and we would never have gotten anywhere had we not hooked up with you in this project.  We want to thank Jenny for all of her efforts to make contact with Harley shops across the country in order to secure their participation.  

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If you can arrange to obtain copies of newspaper articles or video of TV news coverage of the ride, please send it to the Raising Hope office:

Raising Hope

26594 Placentia Avenue

Perris, CA 92571

Remember, you can still contribute to the effort by sending a teddy bear (with note of encouragement attached) to the Raising Hope office or by making a donation to the American Heritage Education Foundation.