By Brad Brickel
Thu, Aug 6, 2009 
 
It affects 1 out of 3 little girls and 1 out of 7 little boys. Yet no one will listen.

The average age of these little people is 7 to 9 years old. Yet no one will act.

There are 39 million survivors of this epidemic. Yet they are silent.

Only 1 out of 10 of the little people affected tells big people. Yet we do nothing.

The 4th Annual RALLY for RAACE to raise awareness and money to eliminate child sexual abuse and Maryland’s quickest growing Motorcycle Ride & Family Fun Day Event is just a few short days away. Since its inception in 2006, this event has raised well over $100,000 for the education, prevention, awareness and healing of Child Sexual Abuse. On Sunday August 16th at noon, The RALLY for RAACE will leave Jones Junction in Bel Air, Maryland, winding a trail of thunder, steel, and chrome across Harford County; letting all know that it is time to join The Race Against Abuse of Children Everywhere.

All motorcycles are welcome and riders are encouraged to arrive early to the Jones Junction Hyundai lot on the corner of Harford Road and Bel Air Rd. as registration will be packed. Official registration begins at 9 am and ends at 11:30 am. Sunday morning. The family fun day activities at Chesapeake Harley-Davidson on Route 1 in Darlington begin at 11 am and continue till 5 pm with riders arriving around 1:30 pm.

All Pre-Registration events and activities associated with the free gifts are over for the 4th Annual Rally for RAACE and Family Fun Day. Only those who pre-registered by Sunday August 9th will receive the cool Weikel Sportswear 4th Anniversary RALLY for RAACE event Tee, a Chesapeake H-D discount coupon for 20% off anything in the barn except for service or a bike, and finally free breakfast courtesy of Panache Cuisine the day of the ride.

The Rally for RAACE is a police escorted 53-mile charity motorcycle ride and the family fun day is a town fair kind of celebration complete with American Racing Mower Association lawn mower races, The National Guard’s climbing wall and X-Box game truck, face painting, ice-cream & sno-cones, moon bounce, temporary & Henna tattoos by Mason Dixon Tattoo, food like Steel Horse Pit Beef & Bill Bateman’s Bistro’s famous crab pretzel, drinks by Wild Bill’s Soda & Tropicana, games, raffles for an iPod, Oriole’s & Raven’s tickets and more, vendors including Lucas Oil, Geoff Bodine’s Waxing Frenzy & Mountain Patches, local business displays from Korey Homes, Main St. Cigars, Davidson Learning Center, Harford County Child Advocacy Center & more, and even live music by Sir Psycho & Flipside. Adults will be thrilled by Legends of The Fog’s coffin ride, and more…

2008 saw over 500 riders take part in the RALLY and more than 1200 people at the Family Fun Day at Chesapeake Harley-Davidson. Motorcyclists and race fans know that you have to have fuel, fire and a heap load of heart to take the checkered flag. The RAACE Foundation has the fire and the heart but we need your help with the fuel needed to win in the Race Against Abuse of Children Everywhere.

If you need further information about The RAACE Foundation, the 4th Annual RALLY for RAACE, vendor or sponsor opportunities, please give us a call at 1-800-755-KIDS, visit us online at www.raace.orgor drop us a line at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Thanks for any support you can offer! Contact Vickie Brooks by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Brad Brickel by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Kenneth Smith by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .