RiderDown actively "Helping Riders Up"

[Tatonka]

Here is a list of some of the injured riders & their families which the RiderDown Foundation has assisted so far. We will update this periodically.

*A special note of thanks to all of those who have donated to make this happen. The ARC Angel Gear bags & the Care Packages typically contain a variety of riding gear, casual apparel, video games & miscellaneous stuff uniquely selected for each individuals situation.



Pat Forbes - Financial contribution (joint effort with members of KTMtalk)

Austin Davidson - Care package

Cade Moore - Gear bag

Willie McCormick Memorial Fund - Financial contribution and RD gear

Nick Maes - Care package

Michelle Shreiner - Care Package

Alex O'Dell - Gear bag

Jordan Moyer - Gear bag

Travis Hoffman - Gear bag

Clay Taylor - Care package

Josh Garbry - Care package

Christian Manga - Care package

Tyler Thompson - Gear bag

Caleb Start - Care Package

Dustin Leplay - Gear bag

Wyatt Barto - Gear bag

Mark Smedley - Financial contribution & Care Package

Tom Miller - Financial contribution (joint effort with KTMtalk) and RD gear

Mark Head - Medical Bill review & negotiation services (savings = ~$12,000)

Chase Borders - Donated items for various fundraisers at local tracks

Tristan Van Wieringen - Financial assistance, Recovery Pkg. & RD gear

Jeremy Bader - Chad Reed & RiderDown Gear

Jonathan Royster - ARC Angel Gear Bag



**Unfortunately we are currently working on providing help & assistance to many more riders out there. Please Ride Safe!

[MxMom94]

Well, now you can add Cody Bristlin to your list too-- Last night he was presented with a very nice ARC Gear Bag wtih goodies inside. Alan Long made a wonderful presentation during our riders meeting and it was so great--there was a good turn out and amazingly many people had not heard of RiderDown before and were asking questions. I'll let Alan post about his good news of that!

Thank you all for your support. Cody was at one of those humps in the road being bummed about not riding yet adn this really brightened his spirits. I'll post more about that under his injured thread.

We are so proud to be part of the RiderDown family!
Dawn Bristlin

[Gatlin5]

Originally Posted by MxMom94

Well, now you can add Cody Bristlin to your list too-- Last night he was presented with a very nice ARC Gear Bag wtih goodies inside. Alan Long made a wonderful presentation during our riders meeting and it was so great--there was a good turn out and amazingly many people had not heard of RiderDown before and were asking questions. I'll let Alan post about his good news of that!

Thank you all for your support. Cody was at one of those humps in the road being bummed about not riding yet adn this really brightened his spirits. I'll post more about that under his injured thread.

We are so proud to be part of the RiderDown family!
Dawn Bristlin

Fantastic, We knew Alan was having a hard time running you and Cody down, We're glad he finally caught up to the both of you.

We are happy you all enjoyed the surprise. I know Cody and you all have been through a rough time and we are so glad to hear it is going well.

All the best,

Joe

[Damon50]

We had a great time sat. night 8-5-06 at the supercross in Spokane Wa. I was so honored to present Cody Bristlin with the ARC angle gear bag. I first want to thank everyone at Extreme Motorsports for being so welcome to Riderdown.org. The people that run this track are AWESOME, they had me come up in the middle of their riders meeting to present this gift to Cody and all night there was not one person from that racing facilaty that did not thank me and Riderdown.org for this. Even the owner came up to me later and talked to me about Riderdown.org. I only hope this has opened up some more eyes to this great organization and it can continue to grow. Thank you Bruce ,Joe ,Amy and everyone else that made this possable for me to do for Cody. Cody, I want to thank you for being such a great young man,for all the other kids to look up. You and you family are such great people to have in this sport. Thank you all and I hope to see you Cody on the track again soon.

[MxMom94]

Here are a few of the pictures from Saturdays presentation. Thank you to RiderDown, it's supporters, and the Long Family.

The Bristlin Family

[ltlmac70]

Cody looked surprised and pleased. I'm glad there's such a group as RiderDown to help him get through the tough part...waiting to get back to normal. Very Cool!

ltlmac70

[Gatlin5]

Originally Posted by ltlmac70

Cody looked surprised and pleased. I'm glad there's such a group as RiderDown to help him get through the tough part...waiting to get back to normal. Very Cool!

ltlmac70

Hi Tanya,

Good to here from you, I think of you guys often. I hope all is moving in a good direction for you.

God Bless,


Joe

[TwinTurbos]

It's a great feeling to pack up those gear bags and know an injured child is going to have their day brightened. It's a not so great feeling to know the recipient is getting the gear bag b/c they are injured. But at least we know they'll be smiling when they open it up and see all the cool stuff they got. A big thanks again to Rocky Mountain ATV*MC, Anti-Monkey Butt and all the other donors who are making these packages possible.

Amy

[Macho393]

not to mention the peoples hearts you touch by doing what ya'll do. All of us know folks who are hurt phsyically. You people touch the others that are attached to those folks. So your list is alittle short. You can't measure the amount of folks you helped. The emotion string is alot longer

[50ccMoM]

I spend alot of time at the track. For the most part my son has been lucky as far as injuries go. A month is the longest that he has been down. Most of my time is spent with the 4-11 year olds. These kids train as hard and as often as the big boys. When one of them gets hurt it just breaks my heart !

The funny thing is about these kids. They are super tough ! I have not seen many tears shed because of pain. Only tears of frustration if they can't finish there race.

Dirtbike kids have the biggest hearts of any. I will continue to try and do what I can to bring a smile to these battered and bruised little soldiers. Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to be part of such a great Organization !

The RiderDown Foundation is only getting bigger and better. I can't wait to see where we are five years from now !