1st annual Murray Professional Firefighters Ride

[RDawson]

I would like to invite everyone to our first MPFA charity ride. The MPFA is a non profit organization to assist injured or sick firefighters and their families and other children's charities. We were looking at hosting the ride in the fall but have ratcheted up the date due to need. For example just in our department of 36 firefighters we've had firefighters off work for months at a time recently: a back surgery with complications, a child with a deadly blood disease (cured with marrow transplant), a child with a brain tumor that resulted in a stroke and blindness, and just last week one of our guys got a heart transplant. Kevin had to quit working due to needing the heart, he and his wife have 3 young children, a home and all the bills we all have. In addition he has to stay near the hospital for the next several months resulting in renting another place to live there.

 

We have planned a 200 mile ride that will take in a Harley dealership, the Sweet Water saloon, Cave in Rock state park and the cave itself, Land between the Lakes national wildlife refuge (north end), and more. In addition to the all day ride on Saturday anyone that wants to come in early we'll take a Friday afternoon informal ride, we can visit and tour Hannigan Motorsports trike shop, stop at Fort Donelson state park (civil war battle ground), eat some catfish, and hit the southern end of Land Between the Lakes. You'll see Paris Tn home of the worlds largest fish fry, Ky Lake one of the leading bass fishing lakes in the country, and some beautiful country. We are also looking into an informal Sunday ride back into Southern IL to Garden of the Gods state park.

May weather here is usually in the 70s with little rain.

 

We are working with local hotels to secure discounted rooms at this time.

The ride will take place Saturday May 20th in Murray KY.

 

Registration will be available early next week but I wanted to start getting the word out because of the short notice. Come ride with us, see some beautiful country, and help support the Murray Professional Firefighters Association.

​Welcome to my 10th story corner office

Thank you

Ronnie Dawson, LT with Murray Fire Dept, VR MKII rider.

Edited April 23, 2017 by RDawson

[RDawson]

REGISTRATION OPEN at murrayprofessionalfirefighters.org. The informal rides are free n just for fun.