GMB Foundation supports RDF's Laptop Project

[Tatonka]

RiderDown would like to extend a very special thank you to Mike Berg and all those who are involved with the Garrett Michael Berg (GMB) "Remembering Those Who Rode" Foundation. The GMB Foundation has graciously provided funding in support of our Laptop Project. Laptop computers with voice recognition software installed are delivered to some of our seriously injured riders who are dealing with spinal cord injuries. The voice recognition software allows freedom and independence while surfing the web, chatting online, doing homework or conducting business. Recipients to date have included Jeremy Bader and Jim “Smiley” Riley. Another one is soon to be delivered, but we don’t want to ruin the surprise!

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Thank you to Mike and the GMB Foundation! We could not do this without you!

To support the GMB Foundation, check out this link at AllThingsMoto.com GMB (http://www.allthingsmoto.com/forums/f-139/). If at all possible, you should make plans to attend the annual Garrett Michael Berg Memorial Ride held at Splendora MX in Texas. It’s a great time, for a great cause!

[Macho393]

awesome, that remembering those who rode has help another fellow rider. We are of like mind when behind the bars and in the pits.

[50ccMoM]

Thank you Mike and the GMB Foundation. Your kind heart has touched so many across the country. We are truly grateful for all that you do. :thumb


-Angie

[TwinTurbos]

Yes, thank you Mike and GMB Foundation!!!! We appreciate your help and support tremendously! As TaTonka said, if you can make it to the GMB memorial, do it. It's an event you won't forget.

[Relee4]

I would just to say thank you to Mike and all of the folks out there that donated to the GMB Foundation. With out your help none of this would be possible.
Keep up the great work!!! :thumb

[char393]

That Mr Berg, he's a pretty alright guy. :)

I think RDF and the GMB/RTWR Fund compliment each other very well.

[mommotox]

Thank you Mike and the GMB Foundation! What you are doing is amazing. You are very special people!

[jeremy68mom]

An extra big thank you to those that support the laptop project. This has really opened so many doors and allowed some normal activities again for Jeremy.

[Motodad393]

Bruce,
I appreciate your post and comments about the Garrett Berg Memorial Foundation - "Remembering Those Who Rode" and especially your reference to ATM - www.allthingsmoto.com

The people who made this donation possible are the people of ATM [allthingsmoto.com]. Their support year after year is what makes it a reality to help others in the off-road riding community. My family and I are simply trying to be good shepards of the generous donations from many, many, many people.

For my family, it was a pleasure to be given the chance to help in the RD Laptop project. I think this is a GREAT thing to do to help people "re-engage life" and provide a means for them to share and be involved. Those people who are injured permanently in a riding accident are not forgotten and they are very much a part of the passion we who ride all share. I have always said, "you can take yourself off of a motorcycle, but the love of riding motorcycles never leaves you."

Without the support of "Those Who Ride" the ability to "Help and Remember Those Who Rode" would be much more difficult, if not impossible.

My heartfelt thanks to the sponsors of and the people who attend and so generously give of their time and money to support the annual Garrett Berg "Remembering those Who Rode Memorial Race" held the first weekend in October every year in Splendora, Texas.

To the creator of AllThingsMoto.com, Tyler Guidice and the current owners of ATM - THANKS SO MUCH for your heart and the dedication, help and support that keeps the site up and running. To the owners of Thumpertalk.com you too hold a special place in my heart.

Lastly, but not least to the "Family and Friends" on ATM - you folks are simply unbelieveable. My feeling about who you are and what you have done and continue to do is simply "hard to put into words." How can a person thank a group of people from the off-road riding community who literally helped me find the desire to "go on" and helped me find a "will to live" after the death of my son Garrett?

Tragedy that comes into our lives brings with it a "pain" that never heals and we simply learn to live with that pain. Tragedy can also produce much "good" in a world that so desperately needs it, BUT none of this would be possible without the "hearts of people like you" those who participate in Off-Road riding. Thank you so much for being who and what you are.

Sincerely and humbly,

Mike Berg & Family
aka: "Motodad393"