Hells Angels' toy run

[Jazzy]

The Hells Angels may enjoy racing down highways in Harleys, but they'll also wait in a stagnant line for days if it means putting a smile on a kid's face.

A group of the organization's Fresno County, California members were spotted in a Walmart on Black Friday buying the store's entire stock of bikes for Hells Angels' toy run on Saturday, according to CNBC. The 16th annual run will benefit the homeless children and families of Fresno-based Poverello House, which provides a variety of vital services to those in need.

A Reddit post capturing member Merl Hefferman standing at the check-out counter claims the group had waited in line for five days in order to snag the toys.

"It's not a jacket, it's not a glove, it's a bicycle," Hefferman said, according to ABC 7 News. "You ain't got enough money in this station that makes me feel the way I feel when I give these kids these bikes."

CNBC reports Fresno County Hells Angels will donate roughly 200 bikes to the organization, which -- according to the Fresno Bee -- gave away more than 3,500 Christmas toys last year.

Click to see photos from the 13th annual toy run in Fresno from 2011.

What an awesome things to do for these children!

 

[beowulf]

back in my own city the bikers used to get together twice a year......week before xmas, week before easter.......xmas would be toys, easter chocolate eggs...........ride through the city and deliver to the local hospitals, childrens homes, needy children......quite a sight when its around 1500 bikers, used to bring the city centre to a standstill til the police made them change the route

 

[Jazzy]

back in my own city the bikers used to get together twice a year......week before xmas, week before easter.......xmas would be toys, easter chocolate eggs...........ride through the city and deliver to the local hospitals, children's homes, needy children......quite a sight when its around 1500 bikers, used to bring the city centre to a standstill til the police made them change the route

Awesome. And a lot of people think all bikers are bad. It's stories like this that should make people think twice before they judge. It won't happen but it should. Thanks for sharing this!

 

[DrLeftover]

One year where I used to work, a guy who nobody else would talk to because they thought he was 'a little weird' (and it wasn't me, because I like weird people) waited until the Friday when the Angel Tree was going to come down, then he went up front and took every tag that was left on it, and there were several, and went out and bought the items listed for the kids.

Everybody else had taken one, or maybe two tags. He took about a dozen.

He never said anything to anybody else, but I knew he did it, so I dropped an email to the admin that was running the drive, she asked him about it, and he admitted it, and they gave him some sort of award at the Christmas dinner for it.

 

[beowulf]

back in my own city the bikers used to get together twice a year......week before xmas, week before easter.......xmas would be toys, easter chocolate eggs...........ride through the city and deliver to the local hospitals, children's homes, needy children......quite a sight when its around 1500 bikers, used to bring the city centre to a standstill til the police made them change the route

Awesome. And a lot of people think all bikers are bad. It's stories like this that should make people think twice before they judge. It won't happen but it should. Thanks for sharing this!

my brothers HOG chapter used to do all sorts to raise money for the local Air Ambulance, did it for a couple of years, raised thousands but then decided to change to something else (they were not getting much in the way of thanks for what they did and it pissed them off a little) so now they have 'adopted' a local childrens hospice for terminally ill kids instead