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On Friday June 7, 2019, Riders from across Maryland will be departing on a 600 mile, three day ride around the state of Maryland to raise funds and bring awareness to the American Legion Legacy Scholarship Foundation. This scholarship fund provides help to children of soldiers killed since 9/11 and children of 50% or greater combat disabled veterans.
The Maryland Gold Star Legacy Run will have stops in six districts including Mountain District, Northern Central District, North Eastern Shore District, South Eastern Shore District, Southern Maryland District and Western Maryland District. We are also planning on a stop at the Gold Star Families Memorial on Friday June 7th, Na onal 9/11 Pentagon Memorial on Saturday June 8th, and the Rocky Gap VA Cemetery on Sunday June 9th.
To make this Run successful, we are asking for your support in one or more ways:
- First, we are asking you to think about making a donation to the Legacy Scholarship Foundation and presenting that donation at the Post we will be visiting in your district, while on the MD Gold Star Legacy Run or by mailing that donation to us in advance of the Run.
- Second, we are asking you to sponsor the MD Gold Star Legacy Run with a $100.00 donation. This sponsorship will get your name or Legion Family name listed on the back of our MD Gold Star Legacy Run T-Shirt. Each sponsor will receive 1 t-shirt and more will be available for sale.
- And finally, by encouraging your membership, whether they be ALR members or not to sign up as Run participants at a cost of $50.00 each. Each Run participants will receive a patch and a 2019 rocker. It is important to remember, that participants do not have to complete the entire Run. Each participant can do as much or a little, as they choose. Participants on two, three or four wheels are welcome to join us. More detailed information of our route and stops, will be posted at MDALR.org in the upcoming weeks.
Our goal for this year is to #1) start and finish safe, #2) bring awareness to this important charity and finally, #3) if possible, to raise $50,000.00 for the Legacy Scholarship Founda on. If at least the first two on this list of three come true, then we will have been successful. As the saying goes “two out of three ain’t bad”.
Enclosed find a sheet that can be completed to make a pledge of a donation, make a sponsorship of the Run or sign up as a par&cipant of the Run, or all three. We are asking that you make copies of this le)er and sheet and distribute them out to the other parts of your American Legion Family. For more information, please go to: WWW.MDALR.org.
I am happy to report that last year’s Maryland Gold Star Legacy Run raised $45,000.00 and had 97 registered par cipants,
of which over 35 motorcycles completed the enti re Run. We are hoping that this year’s Run will be even bigger and
better. All funds raised from this Run will be presented to the Department of Maryland at the State Conven on in July in
Ocean City and will also be presented at the Nati onal Conven on in Indianapolis, IN in August 2019. Help us make
Maryland proud and be a part, in anyway you can, when members from across this state came together to ride as one in
support of this noble cause.
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"For God and Country" |
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Joe Gladden, Chairman American Legion Riders 22 SAL Past National Commander |
Larry “Doc” McBean American Legion Riders 259 American Legion |
John Horner, Co-Chairman American Legion Riders 22 Sons of the American Legion |
Dave Heredia American Legion Riders 128 |
Signup, Pledge and Sponsor Sheet
MD Gold Star Legacy Run Lodging
