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Texas Honor
Ride Past Events
(here's what you missed)
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The 6th Annual Texas
Honor Ride from Houston to BAMC!
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The
Lone Star Rally
November
3-6, 2011
Galveston,
TX
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September
24, 2011
The
6th Annual Texas Honor Ride Fundraiser and
Ride, held Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the West
Conroe Baptist Church, was a HUGE success. More than 300 motorcycles,
the largest number of bikes to date, went on the annual
September Ride, escorted by 42 Law Enforcement Officers,
on a 75 mile Ride through the National Forest and surrounding area.
Several of our VIP guests (Wounded Heroes, their wives and their Moms)
mounted up and went on the Ride with THR Volunteers.
On
their return to the Church, the Riders enjoyed a Bar-B-Que meal, Houston
Frisbee Dogs, Vendors, the US Army's Apache Helicopter, the
Collins Foundation's Huey (which was taking folks for Rides), the Warriors'
Choice Car & Bike Show and perhaps the most successful Live
and Silent Auctions to date.
Attendance
(by motorcyclists and non-motorcyclists) was estimated at over 1,000.
Our
thanks to all of the West Conroe Baptist Church, Riders, Donors,
Law Enforcement, EMTs, Pilots and Volunteers who made this a great
day!
From
the Houston Chronicle, 9/25/2011:
Lois Roberts stands next to her grandson Darrell Roberts, 3, who is
saluting motorcyclists participating in the 6th Annual Texas Honor
Ride Main Fundraiser at West Conroe Baptist Church on Saturday, Sept.
24, 2011, in Conroe. The Texas Honor Ride is a non-profit organization
and expects to fundraise $30,000. All proceeds will go to help support
Wounded Warriors and their families at Brooke Army Medical Center.
Photo: Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran / © 2011 Houston Chronicle
Special
Thanks to the 12 Law Enforcement Agencies
Two
Emergency Services Departments
and
The Blue Knights
for
getting us out and back safely!
Harris
County Precinct 4 Constables Office - 8 Officers
Splendora
ISD PD - 1 Officer
Tomball
PD - 2 Officers
Klien
ISD PD - 2 Officers
Spring
ISD PD - 1 Officer
Jersey
Village PD - 2 Officers
Hedwig
Village PD - 1 Officer
La
Porte PD - 2 Officers
San
Jacinto County Precinct 4 Constables Office - 1 Officer
Texas
Department of Public Safety - 5 State Troopers
Conroe
PD - 4 Officers
Waller
PD - 1 Officer
Plus
12 Blue Knights on their own Motorcycles!
EMT
Units were provided by
Montgomery
County Hospital District
Harris
County Emergency Services
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August
27, 2011 from 2-6pm
Boy
Scout Troop 471's
Car
Wash at the Chick-Fil-A
FM
2920
at Hwy 249 in Tomball, TX
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May 28 & 29, 2011
The
Ride for Kids and the Texas Honor Ride have been
selected as the two charities that will benefit
from...
The South Texas Biker
Jam & Expo
Reliant Arena in Houston, TX
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Texas
Honor Ride Fun Run
Saturday, May
14, 2011
Hosted by Stubbs
Harley Davidson at the 4400 Telephone Rd.
location included food, music, a live
auction, a 50/50 and, of course, the Texas
Honor Ride Fun Run.
All Bikes
Welcome!
The 2nd Fun Run for
the THR (with much better weather than the
inaugural Fun Run) reached out to riders on the
South Side of Harris and surrounding counties to
increase awareness of the Texas Honor Ride and
our efforts to support the Wounded Troops and their
families.
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February 26, 2011
The Texas Open Chili Championship was held
2/26/2011 at Traders Village in San
Antonio. Several of the Warriors and their
families joined us to judge the Final Round.
(Andrew "Smoke" Young)
Click here
to see more great pics.
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February 18, 2011
Texas Music Cares Fundraiser Hosted by Giddy
Ups in Austin
Mark Allen
Atwood performing at Giddy Ups
Click here
to see more great pics
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The Texas Honor Ride
from Houston to
BAMC on Veterans Day 2010 Weekend!
This
year, your generosity produced the biggest check ever.
$119,215!
Jason March and Judith Markelz accept this year's check for the Warrior
and Family Support Center
We
had a GREAT 2010 Texas Honor Ride. Despite a rainy start,
485 bikes and 10 cars participated. Including passengers, there were 644
people on the ride. Add to that the police
escort bikes and wounded warriors that rode to BAMC there
were well over 500 bikes on the
ride.
The
total money raised that day (including advanced registrations)
was just over $36,000. Added to the funds raised during the
year, we were able to present a check to the Warrior and Family
Support Center in the amount of $119,215. A very
generous Texas Honor Rider then pledged $785 to make the total an
even $120,000. What a great way to thank our
wounded warriors who have sacrificed so much for us and the
freedom that we enjoy in this great country of ours.
We
would like to give a great big THANK YOU to everyone who
had a part in making this year's Texas Honor Ride the biggest
and best ever. Thank you to all the THR committee
members and volunteers for all their hard work. Thanks to
the Blue Knights for escorting the rides and keeping us safe.
Thanks to Rudy's BBQ and Blue Bell Creameries for keeping our
hunger satisfied. Thank you to CMA for handling registration
and parking & traffic control. Thank you to the American
Legion Riders from Converse, TX for handling the Buc-ees gas
stop. Thank you again to the American Legion Riders for
organizing "Operation Overpass", what a great sight
that was. Thank you to CoVan for providing the motorcycle
transport chase vehicle. Thanks to Stevie Mac's Dance Machine
for providing some great music and entertainment. Thank
you to everyone who showed up at all of our events to support
our wounded warriors and thanks to all of the THR donors.
Thank you to Judith and the staff and volunteers at the Warrior
and Family Support Center for taking such good care of our wounded
warriors and their families. A a special Thank You to SGT
Belinda Lewis for her beautiful rendition of the National
Anthem. And most of all, thanks to our wounded warriors for
their sacrifice, and their families who support them!
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November 4 - 7, 2010
The Lone Star Rally folks have again donated a booth
to the Texas Honor Ride.
As always, admission to the Rally is FREE!
Please look for our hard working Volunteers down in
Galveston.
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October
16, 2010
Macy’s
Shop for A Cause
Saturday
October 16 at Macy's in the Woodlands Mall
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Saturday
September 25, 2010 - the September Texas Honor Ride Fundraiser and Ride was
again hosted by the West Conroe Baptist
Church (1855 Longmire, Conroe, TX 77304). Live and Silent
auctions, Military Helicopters, great food and entertainment.
The Sept 25th Texas Honor Ride
Fundraiser is now history. The weather held out and we got a
great day with lots of sunshine (and some heat too).
Approximately 250 bikes went on the ride, including law enforcement
bikes. We had 29 vehicles in the car & bike
show. There were lots of great items that sold in our live
auction and we had a huge number of fantastic items in the
silent auction. We served 500 really tasty BBQ
sandwiches and then some BBQ beef plates when the buns ran
out due to the large number of people present. The Apache
helicopter was a big hit as usual. Our preliminary counts
show that we took in a total of $30,000 for the day.
Best of all, the wounded warriors from BAMC had a really great time.
I don't know to begin thanking all
the people who helped make this 5th Anniversary Texas Honor Ride
Fundraiser the huge success that it was. So I will just
say THANK YOU. Thank you to all the THR Committee members
who work hard all year. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped
set up the Church on Friday. Thank you to all the volunteers
who worked extremely hard on the day of the ride and then helped
clean up after the event. Thank you to the Blue Knights for
escorting the ride. Thank you to all the donors of both cash
and merchandise. Thank you to West Conroe Baptist Church for
hosting the ride. And thank you to everyone who
attended and participated in the ride and fundraising event.
Without all of your help and participation the Texas Honor
Ride could not happen.
Terry Muilenberg
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September 17 - 19,
2010
OTT
Rally in Nacogdoches
We
raised approximately $1,200 at the OTT Rally to
Support our Wounded Warriors and Their Families.
Thank you for
your support!
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Saturday, August
28, 2010
Boy Scout Troop
471's
Texas Honor Ride
Car Wash & Spirit Night
Raised
close to $1,000 for the Texas Honor Ride!
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August 28, 2010
The THR will have a booth at
the event to support our heroes...
Rolling
Thunder's
3rd Annual
"Spend A Day With A Vet"
click
here for the flyer
BBQ and HFOT Bike
Run Aug 28, 2010
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Wednesday, August
25, 2010
Boy Scout Troop
471's
Spirit Night
Chick-Fil-A on
fm2920 in Tomball 6-8pm
15%
of all ticketed sales will go to BSA Troop471.
All these funds will be added to the Car Wash total the
following Saturday
and will be donated to the THR.
So
get your riding buddies together and come out to
Tomball for dinner.
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AUGUST
13, 14 and 15, 2010
The
Reguladores
Iron
Cuff Motorcycle Rally and Fun Run
benefiting the Texas Honor Ride and
the
Warrior and Family Support Center at BAMC
Fayette
County Fairgrounds in LaGrange, TX
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Sunday,
May 23, 2010
Heading
Home from Warrior's
Weekend down in Port O'Connor, TX. (Click here
for some pics)
When we got a 'heads up' on their departure time, some
of the THR folks decided to provide a 'send off' at
George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The
Warriors, sunburned and smiling, all had a great
time in Texas. What a treat to hang out with
heroes...
Thanks
and Well Done! to the folks in Victoria who
put this together!
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Saturday,
May 15, 2010
Texas
Honor Ride Fun Run!
Our
thanks to the hearty and generous souls who braved the rain to come out to the
Inaugural Texas Honor Ride Fun Run. The final tally on the day's donations
will be available soon, but it looks like we raised more than $5,400 for the
Warrior and Family Support Center!
The
First Place Prize went to First Lt. Miguel Rocha with a high score of
214 points on his 'hand.' In addition to the LT we were joined by Jason and
Sandra March, Andrew "Smoke" Young, Shane Parsons and Shane's
Physical Therapist, Arlan.
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Saturday
May 15, 2010
The
Texas Honor Ride Fun Run
This is
a new fund raising event for the THR as we reached out to riders on the
South Side of Harris and surrounding counties to increase awareness of the
Texas Honor Ride and our efforts to support the Wounded Troops and
their Families.
Hosted by Stubbs Harley
Davidson at the 4400 Telephone Rd. location there was food,
music, a live auction, a 50/50, and our first 'Bug
Smash.'
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Saturday
April 24, 2010
Mancuso's Bikes and Bugs Open House
Thanks to everyone who came out to Mancuso's Harley-Davidson to volunteer
and help us out at the Mancuso's Bikes & Bugs
Open House on 4/24/2010.
We had another successful day spreading the word
and selling that great Texas Honor Ride
merchandise to raise money for our
wounded warriors.
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Saturday
March 27, 2010
Stubb's Bikes and Bugs Open House
We would like to thank everyone who came all the
way down to Stubbs Harley-Davidson to volunteer
and help us out at the Stubbs Bikes & Bugs
Open House on 3/27/2010.
We had a very successful day. With your
help we sold $450 in Texas Honor Ride
merchandise to help us raise money for our
wounded warriors. More importantly, we all met
a LOT of people who had never heard of the
Texas Honor Ride. We were able to let them
know what we do and, of course, why we
do what we do, which is to honor and help our
wounded heroes. Everybody we met was given
a flyer for the Texas Honor Ride Fun Run
and we also informed them of our other rides.
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Saturday and Sunday
FEBRUARY 20
& 21, 2010
33rd Annual
TEXAS OPEN CHILI
CHAMPIONSHIP
The 33rd Annual Texas Open
Chili Championship was a huge success for the
Texas Honor Ride this year. CASI put on
another great chili cook-off event with over 140
chili cooks on Saturday and about 40 chili
cooks on Sunday. In addition to the cooks
and the cook-off followers there was a big crowd of
Texas Honor Ride supporters and Papa's customers
available to help with the chili judging.
Everybody who judged got treated to some really
great Texas chili (I hope nobody suffered
too bad the next day). And finally, those
high flying Frisbee Dogs put on a great show
entertaining everybody. I hope everybody got
a chance to see them.
CASI will be splitting the
proceeds of the chili cooks registration fees,
etc. equally between the Texas Honor Ride and
Special Angels of the Woodlands. I will
update these figures as soon as I find out the
amount of the donation from CASI.
I would like to thank everyone who
helped to make this event such a big a success. There
were a lot of people who worked extremely
hard to make this event happen. I don't want
to mention specific names because I don't want to
miss anybody and hurt any feelings, but you know
who you are. I'm sure you all noticed
the great silent auction items and cakes that we
had for sale. It takes a tremendous
amount of time and effort to get these items.
So THANK YOU to everybody who "beat the
streets" and got auction items and cakes
donated. THANK YOU to everybody who helped
with registering chili judges. You can't
have a chili cook-off without enough people to
judge the chili. THANK YOU to everybody who
helped sell 50/50 tickets and raffle tickets.
A big THANK YOU to KP (ok, so I will mention one
name) who won the 50/50 drawing on
Saturday and donated his winnings back to the
Texas Honor Ride. THANK YOU to everybody who
helped in the THR merchandise booth. We need
to keep selling our branded merchandise to keep
the THR name in the public eye. And finally,
a big THANK YOU to everybody who showed up to
support the Texas Honor Ride and help judge chili.
I would also like to give a great
big THANK YOU to CASI for inviting the Texas Honor
Ride to participate in this event again this year.
Thank you all for your
support of our wounded heroes,
Terry
Muilenberg
President, Texas Honor Ride
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November
7, 2009
It was an AWESOME day meeting and
honoring our Wounded Warriors and their families.
Here are the numbers for the 11/7/2009 Texas Honor Ride.
100+ Police escort motorcycles and cruisers
824 Total Riders and passengers
$17,000 Registration Fees (including advance
registrations)
$12,100 Merchandise Sales
$2,100 Donations (on the day of the ride!)
$38,000 raised on 7-Nov-09.
Still working on the total, plus donations that are still coming in.
Add
to the bikers, Col. Mary Garr,
the Garrison Commander, LTC
Charles Beeks, the incoming
Commander of the WTB and
Leonard Ruiz, the Command Sgt.
Major of the WTB. And, of
course, Judith Markelz and her
staff from the Warrior and
Family Support Centers and
Jason and Sandra March.
In
the coming days we'll update
the website with some
additional info and pics... in
the meantime, know that
your generous contributions
and support throughout 2009
raised...
$86,000
for
the Warrior and Family Support
Center.
Our
thanks to the Winners
at the BAMC Auction
U
S Flag, flown for 5 days in
Iraq by the US Special
Forces
(Donated by Carson George)
$500
- Rick & Paula
Dickson, LaMarque, TX
American
Flag Guitar signed by the
Wounded Warriors
(Donated by Strait Music of
Austin)
$2,000
- Ken & Sharon Pantin,
Baytown, TX
"KISSING
SAILOR" PICTURE,
autographed and donated by
Glenn McDuffie,
the young Sailor in the
famous photo.
$4,000
- Ron & Linda
Blansett, Conroe, TX
October
17, 2009
Shop
for A Cause
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Since
2006, Macy’s Shop
For A Cause Event has
partnered with
non-profit
organizations
nationwide to raise
more than $28 million
for their ongoing
charitable efforts.
This is your chance to
be part of this
monumental event on
Saturday, October 17,
2009.
Shop
For A Cause gives you
the opportunity to
help the Texas
Honor Ride by
purchasing a $5
Shopping Pass*, at The
Woodlands Mall, for
exclusive savings and
special offers in
every Macy’s store
on Saturday, October
17th (some exclusions
apply). As a
participating charity
we keep 100% of the
proceeds from the sale
of each pass. Plus,
you can enter to win a
$500 Macy’s Gift
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We raised $850 at this
event!
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September
19, 2009
Hosted by the West Conroe
Baptist Church, the Texas
Honor Ride
raised $28,000 for the
Warrior and Family Support
Center. Some 291 Motorcycles
with 371 riders and passengers
(Plus Blue Knights, Law
Enforcement, Firefighters and
EMS) made the Ride. All
told, more than 600 people
attended the event. There were
42 entrants into the Car &
Motorcycle show. A huge silent
auction and great fun at the
Live Auction.
The
Apache had to cancel, but,
showing their continued
support for the THR, the 11th
Aviation Command sent us
ground personnel and wheeled
vehicles. The Coast
Guard sent an HH-65C Dolphin
Helicopter which was delayed a
bit by the low ceiling. The 6th
Cavalry Historical Society was
on site with demonstrations
and information. The
fly-over by Freedom Flight was
awesome and the Houston Frisbee Dogs
were flying too. There
was food, music and a Car
& Bike Show. The silent
auction and live auctions were
a huge success. Jason March
and his lovely wife Sandra
joined us and brought a few
friends from BAMC. ALL
of them went on the ride (Be
sure to read the
update on Jason.)
Our
thanks to all of the Warriors,
Blue Knights, Law Enforcement
Officers, EMS, Firefighters,
Rider, Passengers, Vendors,
Donors. the West Conroe
Baptist Church and the dozens
of volunteers who made
the day a huge success!
Car
show winners:
Councilman's
choice - Curtis Petty -
1931 Ford Model A
Ladies'
choice - David Coffey - 1952
MGTD
Sheriff's
choice - Alton Hues - 1939
Ford Log Truck
Mayor's
choice - Todd Taussig
- 1968 Camaro
Judge's
choice - Jim & Sandy
Glissor - 1969 Plymouth
Roadrunner
Motorcycle
Show winners:
Councilman's
choice - Philip Blair
- 2004 Honda Goldwing
Judge's
choice - Hank Tigner -
2008 Harley-Davidson
Rocker C
Sheriff's
choice - Shirley Olmstead
- 2002 Harley-Davidson
Softail
Mayor's
choice - Ty Olmstead -
2001 Harley-Davidson
Fatboy
Ladies
choice - Sabrina
"Sunshine" Ryan
- 2002 Kawasaki Mean
Streak
October
10, 2009
Scout Troop 471 from
Tomball, Texas held a Car
Wash for the Texas Honor
Ride at the Chick-Fil-A in
Tomball, TX. They
raised $1200 for our Wounded
Heroes! Great Job
Scouts!
August 8,
2009
Honda of Houston's "Second Saturday" was all about the Texas
Honor Ride. Another opportunity to spread the word, sell merchandise and
pick up some donations from the folks who passed by.
July 17 -
19, 2009
The Space City Bike Fest donated a booth to the THR. We were able to
spread the word about our upcoming Rides and sell some of our THR
merchandise.
May 9,
2009
Texas
Open Chili Championship. We raised a total of $3,218 for the
Texas Honor Ride. This includes our Disciples Cross
and merchandise sales, our half of the 50/50, Cake and Silent
Auction sales. In addition, CASI donated $1.500, which
represents half of the proceeds from the chili cook's
registrations.
2008 PAST EVENTS
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| APRIL 2008 |
8th
Annual Magnolia Car & Truck Show
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Texas Honor Ride had a booth at this event at Magnolia High School,
14350 FM 1488
Magnolia, TX
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| JUNE 2008 |
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A Tribute To Veterans And
POW-MIA Flag Raising Ceremony
Hosted By: The Texas Honor Ride & Rolling Thunder®
At Seven Coves
Sunday, June 29th 2008
Seven Coves Sub-Division Marina
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| SEPTEMBER 2008 |
Riders
on the Way
3rd annual Texas Honor Ride fundraiser
Saturday, Sep 6, 2008
Riders on the Way held their 3rd annual fundraiser for the Texas
Honor Ride at Lone Star Cowboy Church in Montgomery Texas.
Police
escorted ride. We were privileged to have Jason and Sandra
March attend this event. Army, Navy, Air Force and
Coast Guard were in attendance.
The U.S. Army set down at the event with an active duty Apache
Helicopter.
The U.S. Coast Guard brought the Rescue Helicopter.
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