Groups help put an end to hunger
MOSES LAKE - Motorcycles aligned the front entrance of Walmart Sunday, as members of the RoadBrother MC (motorcycle club) worked to "Smash hunger in the mouth."
Hoping to sponsor families for Thanksgiving and donate to the food bank, the club set up their food drive at both doors of Walmart, accepting nonperishable food donations and monetary donations from shoppers coming and going.
"I'm completely blown away," said David "Twinkie" Garza, president of the Moses Lake RoadBrother MC chapter, at the turnout they received for the event. This was only the first food drive of what the club plans to turn into an annual event.
Kids who walked up were able to sit on the motorcycles, and a few rides were also given around the parking lot. For future food drives, the club plans to incorporate a banner with a bike in front so people can have their pictures taken.
"It was time for us to do service, we are part of the community," he said, explaining how the food drive was a great way for club members and their families to all get together and help out.
"We just wanted to do something to give back," vice president Gabriel "Guerilla" Adame said. With the donations they received, they plan to sponsor families by making sure that their entire Thanksgiving dinner is taken care of, he said.
Garza said he was overwhelmed by the amount of support they had from other clubs, including the Unchained Motorcycles Club and Deadend Cruisers, and Walmart.
Friends of Ridin' Dirty 4x4 Recovery also collected food and clothing for Moses Lake Food Bank and New Hope Saturday. Equipped with enough rigs to pull a small circus, the group hung out by the fire, welcoming 340 cans of food and 700 clothing items.
Ridin' Dirty owner Jacob Codiga, of Moses Lake, said he started the food drive last year because he "wanted to do something for the community."
The "recovery" business is an after hours kind of operation, often going out to dunes late night to get people "unstuck," and often tow by donation, Codiga said.
Next year, Codiga said they plan to hold the event in the C & V Auto parking lot.