HUNTINGTON, TX (KTRE) -
Brother's Keeper motorcycle ministry hosting toy
run to replace stolen toys
November has just begun and presents are
already sitting under the Christmas tree at Second Blessings Thrift Store.
"They're for kids for Christmas
kids around here who don't have nothing so we thought we could give them
something," Steven Coble, Volunteer, Second Blessings.
Every year Second Blessings collects
toys to give to children in need during the Christmas season but just a month
ago the store had no toys to give away.
Volunteers say they begin collecting
toys at the beginning of the year, last month all of them were stolen.
"The people that come, they made
three trips in the same night loaded the truck up, we got some of the toys back
but not all of them," said Coble.
Throughout the year the store reaches out to
help families in need and contributes to local non-profit organizations. In
their time of need Cycle Heaven and the Brother's Keeper Church Motorcycle Ministry
offered their support and are hosting a toy run this weekend to help replace the
lost toys.
"Our motorcycle ministry is
really geared towards helping children not only at Christmas but throughout the
year," said Scott Wilcox, Leader, BKC Motorcycle Ministry.
"It was a burden that the toys
were stolen but it makes us feel better that people like cycle heaven can reach
out and help us," said Cable.
Cycle Heaven owner Scott Wilcox says
this is the first of many toy runs this holiday season. He hopes this first run
will grab the community's attention and encourage people to give back.
"We're tough in the fact that we
stand for what we believe and we believe Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior
and we want to put that out into the community," said Wilcox.
Cars and motorcycles are welcome to
meet at Brother's Keeper Church at 11a.m. on Saturday. The toy run to Second Blessings
will start at noon.
Last month the Huntington Police Department
arrested the three adults who were involved with stealing the toys.
The Brother's Keeper Motorcycle
Ministry will have a second toy run in December, to benefit Buckner Family Place.
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