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In 1989, Charles and Sharon Clayton, the founders of
America's weekly motorcycle newspaper, Cycle News, established the
Clayton Memorial Foundation upon realizing the need to financially
help motorcycle racers who had been injured while racing. The Claytons wanted to
give back to an industry that had given so much to them.
Since the inception of the foundation, the
non-profit charity has disbursed thousands of dollars to injured racers in need.
Most of these riders have had nowhere to turn, once their insurance funds have
run out and the benefits or raffle money that their friends and clubs
contributed is gone.
Their mission is to continue giving financial aid
to riders who are injured in competitions sanctioned by organizations which are,
in sole opinion of the Board of Directors, bonafide motorcycle sanctioning
bodies.
Fund Raising Examples...
The foundation has had donations from classic motorcycles to club functions, which
include raffles, chili cook-offs, proceeds from rides, etc. There have been
auctions of riders' personal apparel to charity golf tournament proceeds. Even
Supercross stars Jeremy McGrath and Kevin Windham have their Holeshot Award
monies donated. And Event Promoters are getting involved by donating a portion
of ticket prices of their events to the foundation.
AN
INJURED RACER NEEDS YOUR HELP.
SHOW YOU CARE. DONATE TODAY!
For more information
contact: claytonfoundation@hotmail.com
3505-M Cadillac Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714)751-7433
[http://www.cyclenews.com/about/clayton.html]
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