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Mt. Juliet’s Noon Rotary Club and First Freedom Bank Celebrate Success of

Second Annual “Fall Foliage Ride” to benefit Big Brothers organization

(October 19, 2007 – Lebanon, Tennessee)  The second annual Fall Foliage Ride to benefit Big Brothers of Mt. Juliet is over.  It is also logged into the history books as another success for the Mt. Juliet Noon Rotary Club and their second time co-sponsor, First Freedom Bank.  After an official registration, sixty motorcycle enthusiasts recently departed HDP Motorcycle Consignment in Mt. Juliet on an early Saturday morning.  The special charity event was a well attended “7 Card Stud Poker Run” and involved several participating businesses in Wilson county.  After a brief visit at each of the pre-selected establishments, riders ended up at Coach’s Eastgate for the finale celebration party that included great food and refreshments.

 “By all accounts, this was a very successful ride for charity”, said Gary Spruill, Rotary Club member and event committee representative, “the weather was perfect for our ride, everyone had a great time and we raised in excess of $2,000, which will go to Big Brothers of Mt. Juliet and other local charities”.  Each participant was asked to bring a toy for the Big Brothers organization and these items are also expected to be a great benefit to the charity organization.

Additional supporters of the event were Precision Motorsports, Kings Market and Chief Equipment Rental.  Participants visited each of the supporting businesses and drew cards from a deck held by members of the Mt. Juliet Rotary club.  These club members were stationed at each location to assist and personally log the cards onto an official form participants received during initial registration.  After all stops were completed, Sharon McGuire was declared to be holding the winning hand and was awarded the $500 grand prize.  The event was not limited to motorcycles and there were several autos involved to express their support to the kids in Mt. Juliet’s Big Brother program.   

Jeff Brown, current president of Mt. Juliet Noon Rotary (far left), and fellow member, Casey Jones (far right), pose with one of the groups during a stop at Classic Cars Southeast in Lebanon.  The classic car dealership buys, sells and restores investment quality antique, classic and muscle cars.  The company’s “all-indoor” “museum-quality” showroom is a “world-class” facility for the most discerning car enthusiast and normally has 50 – 60 vehicles on hand for viewing at any given time.