Road Brother Motorcycle Club sponsors food drive
Cheryl Schweizer/Columbia Basin Herald Members of the Road Brother Motorcycle Club and their friends collected food and money Saturday for the group's annual charitable project.
Cheryl Schweizer/Columbia Basin Herald Members of the Road Brothers Motorcycle Club got together to collect food and money Saturday for the group’s annual charitable project.
MOSES LAKE — David Garza (Twinkie), organizer of the 2018 food drive sponsored by the Road Brother Motorcycle Club, was talking to a passerby when a car drove up and stopped.
“I don't have any cans, but I do have some money,” the woman said, handing over some cash. The Road Brothers were hanging out along the sidewalk on Stratford Road Saturday, collecting food and raising money for local people in need during the holiday season.
This is the sixth year Road Brother has held a food drive. “It all started with what can we do to help out,” Garza said.
“We didn't know what we were getting into, but we had so much fun, we just kept doing it.” The first year they collected enough food and money to help four families; the second year they doubled that, and it's grown over time, he said. In 2017 the club collected enough to provide Thanksgiving dinner to 17 families. “We got a ton of community support last year.”
And there's a target for 2018. “Our goal is to hit that 20 (family) mark,” he said.
“We strive every year to get bigger and better.” And it doesn't stop with raising money and food – the Road Brother members make a ride of it on delivery day. “We go door to door (of receiving families) and deliver our boxes,” Garza said.
Road Brother is a “family-oriented motorcycle club,” a bunch of guys and ladies who just like to ride motorbikes, he said. The club has set up a Facebook group page for its 2018 food drive, and will accept donations.
Cheryl Schweizer can be reached via email at education@columbiabasinherald.com.