ROXBURY — The Roxbury ATV Riders will host its seventh annual Christmas in July Toy Run at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 14, to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The toy run comes three weeks after the Roxbury ATV Riders raised $650 for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program on June 22. Sixty ATV riders went on a night ride from the Roxbury park-and-ride to the Silver Lake Campground for a hot dog roast.
“The ride went really well,” Worthley said. “We even got a young Bethel girl named Hailey, who is currently fighting leukemia, to come down with her mother, father and brother and ride with us. It was a really good time.”
The Christmas in July Toy Run will cost $5 to participate, and will consist of a ride from Grimaldi Field in Andover, up to the Record Hill Wind LLC’s 22-turbine wind farm, and back to Grimaldi Field.
Worthley said in order to participate, riders should bring an unwrapped toy in a plastic bag or a cash donation.
There will be a barbecue lunch of hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages, homemade french fries and drinks. There will also be a 50/50 raffle.
The ride benefits several local charities, including Santa’s Helpers in Mexico; Christmas for Families in Bethel, Dixfield and Peru; the Andover Food Pantry; and Christmas in Andover, Byron and Roxbury.
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