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Monday, December 5, 2011

Volunteers Fix Donated Bikes to Gift this Holiday

Reality Bikes of Cumming was one of many businesses that spruced up more than 500 bikes to be donated to charity for gift giving this holiday season.

About 150 volunteers gathered on Saturday, Dec. 3 to polish and shine nearly 550 bikes donated for North Fulton Community Charities’ Santa Shop.  The bikes will be given as holiday gifts to people through the charity this month. This year was the fifth year for the annual bike drive, which collects bikes from neighborhoods in the tri-county area (Forsyth, Fulton and Gwinnett).  On Saturday the volunteers included about 30 mechanics who were able to transform many of the bikes like new for the kids. Sponsors included Reality Bikes, Alpha Bikes, Cycleworks, Performance Bikes and Roswell Bicycles. Johns Creek Baptist Church and Price Waterhouse Coopers donated more than 200 new bikes for the program as well. Volunteers were treated to a lunch…

Monday, November 21, 2011

More Than $2K Raised in 20th Annual Toy Run

The 20th Annual Buck Jones Memorial Toy Run raises more than $2,000 for non-profit groups in Forsyth, Dawson and Lumpkin counties.

It was another successful ride as more than 300 motorcycle enthusiasts gathered together at the Cumming Fairgrounds for the Buck Jones Memorial Toy Run on an overcast Sunday. Now in its 20th year, more than $2,000 in cash donations was raised, along with a plethora of unwrapped toys that will go to non-profit groups in Forsyth, Dawson and Lumpkin counties, according to Teeka Curtis of Bikers Dream of Atlanta, a co-sponsor of the run. Escorted by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, the fee for being in the run was one new unwrapped toy per stop and there were three stops along the way. The other sponsors of the event included, Dawsonville Pool Room and Southland's Full Throttle. Cumming Patch caught up with the line of riders as they …

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