RUMFORD — For the third straight year, the Roxbury All-Terrain Vehicle Riders Club‘s fourth annual Christmas in July Toy Run from Andover to Rumford and back on Saturday was considered a soggy success.

Although, next year, there will be no rain date. It will go rain or shine.

“The weather didn’t cooperate with us,” club President Mike Worthley said.

It isn’t yet known how much money and toys 60 to 70 participating riders donated to benefit children and families in Andover, Bethel, Byron, Dixfield, Mexico, Peru, Roxbury and Rumford, club President Mike Worthley said.

“We will not know (donation totals) for a week or so, because the ones that did not come on the ride and others that don’t ride will be dropping off toys all week,” his wife Wanda Worthley said by e-mail on Sunday morning.

Additionally, for the first time ever, an ATV participant lost control of his four-wheel Yamaha Kodiak on a trail while slowly descending a hill in woods between Black Mountain and Rumford Whitecap.

Out of respect for landowner access, toy run participants only drive 15 to 20 mph for most of the trip, Mike Worthley said.

Maine Warden Sgt. Tim Place said Saturday afternoon that David Thibodeau, 39, of Bryant Pond, collided with a rock that caused the ATV to roll over onto Thibodeau.

He complained of pain in both shoulders, his back, an elbow, and stomach, and had difficulty breathing, Place said.

Thibodeau was rescued by Rumford and Mexico firefighters and a Med-Care Ambulance crew and taken to Rumford Hospital.

“David is OK — just bruises and sore,” Wanda Worthley said.

To participate in the 26-mile charity ride through Andover, Roxbury and Rumford, riders brought toys or donated cash. They came from Turner, Livermore, Wilton, Jay, Gorham and out of state.

This year’s trip departed from Andover’s Park and Ride area at 10 a.m. and arrived in a field off Route 2 in Rumford near McDonald’s Restaurant between noon and 1 p.m..

There, club members served participants hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages, homemade French fries and drinks as a thank-you for the donations.

“We’d also like to thank all the businesses that supported our T-shirts and donated a door prize, and everyone who came,” Wanda Worthley said.

Additionally, the club continued its tradition to recognize youngsters who participate.

“We gave all the children that were at the ride a $10 bill for a door prize,” Wanda Worthley said.

“We had 60 to 70 wheelers, but we usually have over 100, so there will be plenty of food left over,” Mike Worthley said. “We have enough food for 200 people.

Last year’s successful run began with rain showers for 86 riders starting from Grimaldi Field in Andover, but then evolved into a decent day. More than $2,800 was raised, which meant each charity group got a check for $720, and at least an estimated $2,000 in toys.

In 2008, the event attracted 215 riders and raised $6,000.

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