Bikers to solicit food, cash for locals in need

MOSES LAKE — Despite the cold, the wind and the looming snow, members of the Road Brothers Northwest motorcycle club will be out along N. Stratford Road on Saturday soliciting donations of cash and non-perishable food to help the area’s hungry families.

“We do it to help our community out,” said the club’s current president, who goes by the name Road Brother Even. “It’s just about giving back to the community.”

Even said club members will gather in the Ross Parking at 911 N. Stratford Road beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and solicit donations from passing motorists just as they have in previous years when they’ve held this food drive in Moses Lake. Club members will be out until around 4 p.m., or whenever it gets dark, Even added.

“We’re asking for non-perishable food, canned and dry,” he said., “We’ve got two bins from the Moses Lake Food Bank, and all donations will go to the food bank. Every penny of cash goes back to the community. We don’t keep anything.”

Even said the donations go to local charities, and the organization’s donations have helped provide food to up to 600 people in the past. He also said the Road Brothers MC are looking at reaching out to help organizations that provide help to children in foster care.

The need in the community is significant, Even explained, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which upended the lives of many people with closures, lockdowns and job losses.

“We’ve seen the impact of covid, and a lot of people are hurting. We want to do something to give back,” he said.

Charles H. Featherstone can be reached at cfeatherstone@columbiabasinherald.com.