2019 Harley Davidson Road King - WKTRA 2019 Raffle Prize

Held in Castlegar, this annual event takes place on the first Sunday after Labor day in September.

This Years Toy Run - Sunday Sept 8 2019

The West Kootenay Toy Run Association (WKTRA) brings motorcyclists from the province together for a day of socializing, riding, and charity.

First held in 1988 with 15 local riders, the Toy Run now features hundreds of participants, with more than $30,000 being raised annually for local food banks, women's shelters, the Salvation Army, various family support organizations, and high school bursaries, as well as hundreds of toys that are donated to the local Salvation Army organizations for their Christmas hampers.

At 8:00 in the morning, there is a pancake breakfast by the Lion's Club at the Castlegar Recreation Complex, where riders can meet and get to know one another and register for the awesome ride that lies ahead.

Registration only costs $10 , or a new toy donation per person. Toys are preferred!

At 10am, Santa, after trading that big ol' sleigh for a Harley, escorts the riders and their buffed shiny bikes through downtown Castlegar, followed by a 30-minute trip to Nelson, where there is a short stop to pick up toys collected by Hippersons Hardware. At noon, the motorcycles stop in Salmo for a great lunch thrown by firefighters at the local Fire Hall.

After lunch, there's a ride through Fruitvale to the Waneta mall to pick up more toys from the Trail Businesses and residents!

The Toy Run then continues on to Rossland, to check out the Annual Rossland Golden City Days and to pick up toys collected by the local Legion, Eagles clubs and from this generous community!

Finally, at 3:30pm, the toy run ends in Castlegar at the Recreation Complex, where riders can relax and enjoy great live music, dinner by Castlegar Special Olympics and refreshments provided by the Castlegar Fire Dept. Its the place to clean up on some great door and membership prizes and to do your Funkiest happy dance as we Draw your name for the Brand New 2019 Harley Davidson Road King!

If you enjoy motorcycle riding, want to check out some sweet rides, or just want to participate as a volunteer by helping with traffic control or even help running the event, come out to the Castlegar Rec Centre in September! All bikes welcome, and even if you don't ride we'd all love to see you and your children waving us on as we pass through the Kootenays!! If you do ride.

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