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    VIDEO #2: KTLA’s Gayle Anderson at Fire Station #77 for the VCR Launch

    Gayle Anderson was live in Burbank and Sun Valley for the “Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis,” supported by Indian Motorcycle. Riders depart Friday, July 28th, 2017 on a nine-day journey from Los Angeles to the 77th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Rolling out on Indian Motorcycles, trikes and Champion Sidecars, the 3rd Annual Veterans Charity Ride provides participating veterans a chance to use motorcycle therapy as a way to decompress from the challenges of post-war life.
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    Training gets vets road-ready: Disabled veterans ride motorcycles to South Dakota

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    By Hector Gonzalez
    hector@theacorn.com
    ​    FOCUSED—Cat David Macleod, who grew up in Thousand Oaks, maneuvers his motorcycle around cones at Learn to Ride VC July 27 in Camarillo. Macleod is this year’s road captain for the ride to the 77th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. MICHAEL COONS/Acorn NewspapersThey roared in on gleaming Indian motorcycles with sidecars. Clad in leather and camouflage, the riders were raring to kick off their 1,300-mile journey.
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    Bates Footwear Prepares to Hit the Road as Part of the Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis

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    From Iron Trader News:

    Rockford, MI – July 27, 2017 – The 2017 Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis is kicking off, taking more than a dozen veterans on the ride of a lifetime halfway across the country from Los Angeles to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Bates Footwear, the Official Footwear of the Ride, has equipped participants with their Freedom and Bomber motorcycle boots to accompany riders on their journey.
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    The 9-day ride departs from Sun Valley, CA and takes veterans through some of the most beautiful parts of the country, with extensive riding through the many National Parks of Utah and over the Rocky Mountains. Along the way, riders will don their American-made Bates motorcycle boots as they make their way to the nation’s largest motorcycle rally.
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    Veterans Charity Ride to make stop in Moab July 30

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    ​by Molly Marcello
    The Times-Independent

    A group of 10 wounded and amputee veterans, along with mentors and support staff, will rumble into Moab this weekend for a gathering highlighting community, healing and a little adventure. The group is part of “Veterans Charity Ride,” a nonprofit organization that leads cross-country motorcycle therapy excursions to aid combat veterans through their healing and recovery process.
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    RIVCO PARTNERS WITH VETERANS CHARITY RIDE

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    by Josh Bourdo
    ​    Rivco Products, Inc has recently partnered up with Veterans Charity Ride in their continued efforts to provide Veterans with the Ride of a Lifetime! #VeteransRide“They take wounded and amputee veterans on Indian Motorcycles, trikes and Champion sidecars from Los Angeles to the Sturgis Bike Rally in South Dakota. In the past two years they’ve taken over 30 veterans from all over the USA and from every branch of the military.

    They spend over a week riding America’s most beautiful roads, getting to know each other and helping each other with Motorcycle Therapy. The shared experiences of serving brings them together, veteran to veteran to help each other heal. They also show the Veterans just how much their service means to America, by stopping in towns along the way to meet the people of our grateful nation to celebrate these brave men and women.

    Once in Sturgis, they spend the week of the rally riding the Black Hills, attending events and giving the Veterans the unique “Sturgis Experience”.”

    We are super excited to be a part of this! Please take a moment to make it to their website at https://veteranscharityride.org