NVAO Members,
It’s about 45 days till the kickstands go up and we’re off on the 2025 National Veterans Awareness Ride.
We are looking forward to another wonderful experience for Veterans, school children, community members, and VA workers who help us accomplish our mission and take care of our Veterans in VA Hospitals/Homes across America. And of course, it’s such a memorable experience for all of us, too.
Several Updates:
1. If you are participating in the NVAR, you must fill out a registration form and give it to Eddie Shinn when you join the ride. You can get the form when you join the ride or you can go to the “Registration” section on the NVAO website (nvao.us), fill out the form on your computer, print it and bring it with you when you arrive. DO NOT mail it! Bring it with you and give it to Eddie.
2. If you have any, small items that you could donate to the 50/50 raffles on the ride, it would be appreciated. Please give them to the folks working in the Chase Trailer.
3. A “thank you” to Rick “Captain Hook” Davis for volunteering to take over for the Tiptons when we get to Michigan City and drive the Chase Truck/Trailer from Michigan City to DC and back to Michigan City. It’s a lot of work for the Tiptons (and Donna Williams) and Captain Hook to orchestrate and manage all the jobs necessary for the Chase Truck/Trailer. Speaking of the Chase Trailer, another good deed was done by Steve “Headdog” Moore and some of his buddies for hauling the Trailer to Grand Island, NE and turning it over to Kat and Mike Tipton, who will take the Trailer back to Rock Springs, WY and then on to Auburn, CA and then, during the NVAR, take the Chase Truck/Trailer to Michigan City, IN.
4. Lastly, a number of years ago we wrote a couple pieces that describe: a. what the National Veterans Awareness Ride is all about and b. how we interact with the Veterans we meet in the VA Hospitals and Homes. These pieces are on the NVAO website (nvao.us) and in the daily ride schedule book but we’ve attached them to this email so you can review them, share them with friends and family, and save them in a folder.
That’s it for now.
Get your bikes, cars, or trucks serviced and ready for the 2025 NVAR. It’s going to be great.
Be Careful out there.
The NVAO Board of Directors
