MIC RIDE REPORT

RESEARCH & STATISTICS

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation launched its educational campaign for Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Congressional Motorcycle Caucus joined in with House Resolution 359 to provide official recognition. The caucus issued statements on the importance of raising awareness for motorcycle safety.

The MSF also created downloadable materials that can be used by anyone or any group to raise awareness with public service announcements, social media posts, and the hashtag #SeeMotorcycles.

On Thursday, May 6, the “Ford Driving Skills for Life” podcast featured MSF staff members and coaches Andria Yu and Ty van Hooydonk, providing important messages aimed at newly licensed and teen drivers sharing the the road with motorcyclists. The podcast will be available on YouTube, Facebook, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Driving Skills for Life is a signature program of the philanthropic Ford Motor Company Fund.

RIDE FOR KIDS Famed Fundraising Campaign Goes Virtual

The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation is kicking off a summer of Ride for Kids fundraising on May 6, with a virtual endeavor on Facebook. Riders will raise money doing their own rides, with funding from participating backers.

“When consequences of the pandemic made in-person events impossible last year, we pivoted to a virtual RFK and initiated a fundraising partnership with REVER to track miles to help participants raise funds for the kids,” said Larry Little, a longtime PBTF board member. “For 2021, we created a National Ride for Kids Day on September 12, when fundraising culminates on another Facebook live event that will bring the festivities to a close. Pandemic willing, some of the legacy group rides that RFK is best known for will happen on that day, but the beauty of going virtual is that you don’t have to be near a Ride for Kids event to participate, and anyone, anywhere can partake in the summer of fundraising while getting out and riding!”

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