Motorcycle ride will benefit brain tumor foundation

Williamson County residents Anita and Jack Wheeler have ridden Gold Wing motorcycles for 12 years. Their rides have mainly been for fun, but on Sunday, they'll ride for a different reason.

The Wheelers and dozens of other volunteers will participate in their first Ride for Kids to benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. The ride will begin and end at Jim Warren Park in Franklin and include a leisurely jaunt on the Natchez Trace Parkway and some of Williamson County's prettiest back roads.

Jerry Harvey, National Ride for Kids manager, said he hopes the Middle Tennessee ride will become an annual event.

360,000 affected

He said his organization decided to come to Franklin because of people such as the Wheelers, who are motorcycle enthusiasts with a passion for fighting an affliction that affects more than 360,000 children.

An average of 3,400 children are diagnosed with brain tumors each year, according to the foundation.

Harvey said he expects 150 to 200 motorcycles to join Sunday's ride. He thinks the event could outgrow Jim Warren Park in several years.

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