Riders on the Way 
3rd annual Texas Honor Ride fundraiser 
Saturday, Sep 6, 2008

Riders on the Way will hold their 3rd annual fundraiser for the Texas Honor Ride at Lone Star Cowboy Church in Montgomery, Texas.

 Police escorted ride: $35 per motorcycle

This is a rain or shine event.

Please visit the Texas Honor Ride webpage for registration and more information

http://www.texashonorride.org

KIA WIA, Inc is donating Raffle Prize packages to the Texas Honor Ride.

From Their website:

 The Goal of the Texas Honor Ride

"To honor, directly help and improve the quality of life of wounded soldiers and their families who are recovering at the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San Antonio, Texas."

BAMC (http://www.bamc.amedd.army.mil/) is located on-base, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. BAMC is one of two highly specialized military trauma hospitals that serve the needs of very critically wounded soldiers. BAMC is also the US military’s burn trauma center. The doctors, specialist, staff and facilities at BAMC are among the best in the world and paid for by the US Government with our tax dollars.

Wounded troops assigned to BAMC quite often spend extended periods of time recovering from their injuries. A majority of them spend more than one year recovering at the facility. The wounded soldiers must stay (live) very close to BAMC’s 24-hour facility and staff, in case complications from their injuries develop, and to allow easy access for their daily doctor visits and rehabilitation requirements.

BAMC physicians have discovered that, during these extended recovery periods, patients recover much faster when the patient’s primary family members can daily help support and encourage the solider in their rehabilitation efforts in a non-hospital environment. This “specific need” of a non-hospital environment and providing for their extended family the ability to stay with them is currently not funded by the US Government or our tax dollars. Most soldiers find it impossible to afford the extra costs associated with this “specific need”.

Assisting the wounded soldiers and their families in dealing with this non-funded specific need - is the mission of all THR efforts and events.

The Solider Family Assistance Center – SFAC is an on-base, non-profit (donation based) organization who’s mandate is to provide a “safe” environment away from the hospital environment (but on-base and very near BAMC) for the wounded soldier’s family to be directly and intimately involved in the rehabilitation of the soldier. SFAC directly supports and attends to the day-to-day, non-medical (non-funded) “specific needs” of recovering wounded troops and their families at BAMC.

100% of the THR profits, plus all donated and purchased items not consumed or auctioned at THR fundraising events go directly to SFAC at BAMC. Please seriously consider joining the growing group of corporations and private donors supporting the THR mission. Your donation will directly help support our wounded soldiers and their families recovering at BAMC from the extreme sacrifice they have made on our behalf. The earlier in the year we receive your donation the more impact it will have in raising additional support for the THR mission.