Collin County Advocacy Center is having their 18th annual Teddy Bear Ride from IKEA in Frisco on Nov.7th. Anyone with a motorcycle can volunteer their time to deliver some teddy bears to some little kids who need some love. So, get your teddy bears together or go buy one at Target and send some love!!!
When: November 7, 2010 (Always the 1st Sunday in November)
Time: 8 am - Registration, 10:30 am - Ride
Where: IKEA to CACCC
Complimentary hot breakfast for riders generously provided by IKEA.
Music provided by "Piece of My Heart" from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
This escorted motorcycle parade will leave at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 7, 2010 from the IKEA parking lot in Frisco and travel to the CACCC in Plano (2205 Los Rios Blvd.) to deliver an all important passenger, a teddy bear. That teddy bear will then find a home with a child who has visited the Center to tell their story of abuse. The Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County’s mission is to provide safety, healing and justice to children victimized by neglect or abuse.
Each year people line the roadways and overpasses to watch this unique parade of motorcycles. There are a number of ways to support the annual motorcycle event.
NEW ROUTE
Start from IKEA, Frisco. South on the Dallas North Tollway, East on the George Bush Turnpike. North on Jupiter. East on Plano Parkway. North on Los Rios Blvd. to the Center.
(At this time all tolls will be applied to the rider, please stay posted for changes).
Become a Sponsor
Donate a Raffle/Auction Item
Fundraise Online (Get your friends and family involved and ask them to support your cause)
Ride(Admission is $10 and/or a new Teddy Bear)
Riley and I ended up going to this because Greyson was camping with Dad that weekend. We will go every year! So cool to see big, bad to the bone men dressed in all their leather, bandannas and boots with big teddy bears strapped to the back of their bikes. All on a mission to brighten a child's life that morning. Riley was entertained by ALL the bikes filling IKEA's parking lots. We sat on the hood of our Yukon and cheered them all down the road. I hear next year we need to make it to the parade to help pass out the bears. We won't miss it next year....already looking forward to it!
We are so lucky because we have so many great families in our neighborhood that we love to spend time with! Lots of little boys of different ages & sizes. So, lots of the "Boy moms" got together with clothes their kids had grown out of and we all swapped. Everyone pitched in a dollar for items they wanted to buy from each other. Meanwhile our kids played together in the playroom. At the end of the a.m., our kids had fun playing, we were taking home some new clothes for our kiddos for only a $1 each, and then we used the money to do some back to school shopping for children staying at Genesis Women's Shelter. A Win for Everyone! Loved it! Now it's time to do one for all the girls!
