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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    March 18, 2009

No. 09-013

KANSAS GUARDSMEN TO PARTICIPATE IN BENEFIT MOTORCYCLE RIDE

More than one hundred members of the Kansas National Guard are planning to participate in the Wounded Warrior Ride, a motorcycle ride, which will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization assisting severely injured service members. The ride begins March 21 in Topeka with breakfast being served at the Museum of the Kansas National Guard from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The ride to Kansas City starts at 11 a.m.

“Everyone should have a good time riding, and that fun can help support a good cause, the Wounded Warrior Project,” said D.C. Hannah, transition assistance advisor for the Kansas National Guard, and past national captain of the Patriot Guard.

Participants will follow a route through Leavenworth, ending in Kansas City, Mo., at The Outlaw Cigar Company.

While many riders will leave from the Topeka starting point, the American Legion Post 370 in Overland Park, the National Guard armory in Leavenworth and Blue Springs Harley Davidson in Blue Springs are also staging points for others to join the ride along the way.

The ride ends at the Outlaw Cigar Company, where owner Kendall Culbertson is no stranger to supporting military members. Along with hosting monthly events to support charities or troops, Culbertson has sent thousands of cigars to service members overseas.

“I encourage everyone to come out and support the Wounded Warrior Project and take care of those who take care of us,” said Culbertson.

Kansas Guardsmen, and anyone participating, pay a $20 entry that goes entirely to support the Wounded Warrior Project. The Outlaw Cigar Company will provide Guardsmen a free cigar, live music and free food, and cigar maker Rocky Patel will be in attendance.

The Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit organization that assists severely wounded service members, by raising public awareness and enlists its help to aid these service members, and provide programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members. For more information on the organization, visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org

For more information on the ride contact D.C. “Big Dog” Hannah: (785) 817-2960 or dc.hannah@us.army.mil. (For those riding motorcycles from Kansas to Missouri, state law in Missouri requires a helmet).

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