Black leather, tinsel and toys sounds a bit hodge podge, but it’s all for a good cause.
Around 200 bikies from across the rohe [area] are expected to rev up donations for the Salvation Army Nelson Tasman Bays Corps at the annual Ulysses Nelson Toy Run this Saturday.
Ulysses Nelson member and event administrator, Allan Smith, says the Sallies have many needy families at Christmas time and the donated toys from the motorheads at the end of the ride were the perfect gift.
He says non-soft toys carried by the bikies are preferred to avoid bias towards young children and less cleaning for the Salvation Army staff.
A Salvation Army van will be at the tail end of the fleet which will cruise from the Richmond A&P Showgrounds to Trafalgar Park, and it will collect any toys brandished by spectators.
Allan says, once parked up at 11.30am extra donations can be made to the organisation alongside the toys.
"The Salvation Army will have young members going around with money buckets, and many of the riders shell out money so that [the Salvation Army] has got the opportunity to get a direct money donation,” he says.
“We get a lot of support from NBS each year, they donate us $500, and this year we banked it with Tasman Honda and Filco Farm and Sport producing two $250 vouchers for a raffle.
“It’s also a very good opportunity for the public to be there as well, for kids to come and see the motorbikes and we have Santa and Santa’s pixie.”
The motorbikes are expected to depart from the Richmond A&P Showgrounds at 11am.
