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On Friday June 11, 2021, Riders from across Maryland will be departing on our 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, while serving on active duty.
The Maryland Gold Star Legacy Run will have stops in five districts including Mountain District, Northern Central District, North Eastern Shore District, Southern Maryland District and Western Maryland District. We are also planning on Wreath Laying's at the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery on Friday June 11th, the Gold Star Memorial in Annapolis on Saturday June 12th, and the Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery in Flintstone on Sunday June 13th.
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. We will be presenting a special trophy at the Dept. Convention in Baltimore in September to the Legion Family that raises the most money.
- 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 one t-shirt. 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 2021 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 safely, #2) bring awareness to this important charity and finally, #3) if possible, to raise $60,000.00 for the Legacy Scholarship Foundation. 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 participant of the Run, or all three. We are asking that you make copies of this letter 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 $47,100.00 and had 56 registered participants,
of which over 25 motorcycles completed the entire 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 Convention in July 2021 in
Ocean City and will also be presented at the National Legacy Run, in August 2021. 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 |
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John Horner, Co-Chairman American Legion Riders 22 Sons of the American Legion |
Dave Heredia American Legion Riders 128 |
2021 MD Gold Star Registration Packet
