'Top-Gun' ride nets foundation $11,000

May 2007 -- The 5th Annual "Top Gun Ride for Children" held in Kennesaw, Ga., in April raised more than $11,000 for the Georgia National Guard Foundation. The annual event involved more than 300 motorcyclists from the Cobb County and Atlanta areas. The "Top Gun Ride for Children" motored through West Cobb County ending at the Flight Works hangar at McCollum Air Field where food, a live band, a silent auction, and a static display of a UH-1 Huey helicopter from Georgia’s 171st Aviation Battalion culminated the day long series of special events. The funds were awarded to the foundation in early May.

“This annual biking event benefits two very worthwhile and important programs, “said Mike Worley, assistant to the Executive Vice President of External Affairs for the Georgia Power Company and co-chair of the Top Gun Ride organizing committee. Co-chairman Bob Fremin, from Earl Small’s Harley Davidson, was able to mobilize the hundreds of Georgia motorcyclists to participate.

The Georgia National Guard Foundation and The Center for Children and Young Adults in Marietta, GA. were designated as co-beneficiaries of the annual bike event. The Center provides facilities and support programs for abused, neglected and abandoned children in the Metropolitan area of Atlanta. Both The Georgia National Guard Foundation and The Center for Children and Young Adults depend on private and public donations for support.

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