Terry Grey, lead organizer for the Dare County Motorsports Charity Group (DCMCG), introduced Sandy Tempo, director of the Dare County Middle in Manteo, with a $21,000 charitable donation on the Dare County Board of Commissioners assembly held on Dec. 7, 2020.
The funds had been raised throughout DCMCG’s two-day Dare County Bike – Jeep Toy Run, which passed off Sept. 25-26 at Vertigo Tattoo in Manns Harbor.
The cash will likely be used to supply toys for greater than 380 Dare County youngsters in want this vacation season as a part of the annual Dare County Middle Toy Drive—a rise from earlier years, which is probably going as a result of monetary burdens positioned on many native households by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Dare County Middle has hosted the occasion—which was previously often called the Roanoke Island Freedman’s Colony Toy Drive—for the reason that middle opened in 2009.
All Dare County youngsters ages 0-16 are eligible and should register for the occasion between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30 of every 12 months.
On account of COVID-19, toy distribution for the 2020 Dare County Middle Toy Drive will happen outdoors the middle as a drive-thru pickup. Registered youngsters are required to attend so as to obtain their toys.
The Dare County Bike Toy Run is a non-public basis devoted to making sure that Dare County youngsters in want have the chance to benefit from the vacation season every year. The group’s inaugural toy trip passed off in 2016 and was held with the hope that a whole lot of bikers would be part of collectively for a trip designed to assist increase funds which can be then distributed to pick out organizations all through Dare County so as to buy toys for native youngsters.
Terry Grey, lead organizer for the Dare County Motorsports Charity Group, introduced Sandy Tempo, director of the Dare County Middle in Manteo, with a $21,000 charitable donation on the Dare County Board of Commissioners assembly held on Dec. 7, 2020.
