Party at Saengerfest Park and reception at UTMB campus
GALVESTON, Texas - The Texas Transplant Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston will host a charity motorcycle ride Saturday, April 26, to benefit the "Transplant Patient Crisis Fund" and mark Organ Donor Awareness Month.
Several hundred riders are expected to participate in the charity event.
Riders are invited to register at 8 a.m. in the parking lot behind Hooters restaurant, 20790 Gulf Freeway, in Webster. They will leave via police escort at 9:30 a.m. and arrive at Saengerfest Park on the Strand in Galveston at 10:30 a.m.
Once the riders arrive at Saengerfest Park, they will enjoy a party featuring live music by Willy Gonzalez and the Line Up, a silent auction and free food and drinks. Riders will receive a special Texas Transplant Center "TX2" patch and bandana.
The cost of the charity ride is $25 per rider or $30 per couple. All money raised will benefit the transplant patient crisis fund, which aims to reduce the financial burdens on organ donors, recipients and their families.
At 11 a.m., there will be a gathering of organ donors and recipients at the Rose Garden on the UTMB campus, Eighth and Market streets. Members of the Texas Transplant Center will read a city proclamation and donate a park bench, commemorated with a plaque, inscribed, "In loving remembrance of all those who gave."
Sponsors of the transplant fund bike ride include, among others, San Jacinto Harley Davidson, Yaga's, Xtreme Texas Choppers, Gulf Copper and Dienst Distributing. For more information, contact Perry Pierson at 409-772-1474 or pppierso@utmb.edu.