The

Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Chapter P,

Fayetteville, took first place in funds turned in

for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.

Forty

members rode their motorcycles to Helen

participating in the "Ride For Kids,"

conducted each year on the first Sunday in June.

They were among 1,200 motorcyclists who made the

trip from North Point Mall to Helen.

Chapter

director Bob Wakeham accepted on behalf of the 80

members of Chapter P, who together raised just

over $25,000 over the past year. Last year they

took second place with $15,000.

In

addition to the first place award, the chapter

will get to be first in position at the head of

the line in next year's ride.

Allen

Hughes, national ride coordinator for the

Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, said that

Georgia turned in a total of $244,432. He said

that this ride was one of 19 throughout the

United States over a year's time.

He

explained that the first ride was in 1984 in

Atlanta and at that time children diagnosed with

brain tumors had an average of only three months

to live. Seventeen rides later, with several

million dollars going toward research, the

average child can live for just over three years,

giving more time for doctors to effect a cure.

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