LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Thanks to the efforts of local bikers, around 70 families and almost 200 children will have something under the tree this year.
ABATE (American Bikers Aimed Toward Education) is a biker organization dedicated to helping children in need. They teamed up with West Ohio Community Action Partnership to find families and distribute toys bought with the proceeds from their annual toy run back in September. Procter & Gamble also donated cleaning supplies for parents to pick up along with the toys. While bikers were considered troublemakers a long time ago, nowadays many of them band together to support good causes.
"If there's a charitable ride, there's going to be a motorcycle there, there's going to be a bunch of motorcycles there because bikers got a giving heart. and they work hard for their money, but they're more than glad to give it up," commented Dana Frost, representative of Allen County ABATE of Ohio.
ABATE has been donating Christmas presents for nearly four decades, and Dana Frost has been working with them for almost just as long.
