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Join us & the West Coast Chapter for this special event. 

Join us as we remember those that gave their all for our Freedom.  Our group along with other will escort Christmas wreaths to Bushnell VA Cemetery.  Upon reaching the cemetery we will volunteer to place wreaths on the grave sites of the fallen.
 

The Central Florida Chapter will meet up at the Love Gas Station at the intersection of US 27 and Waverly Barn Rd at 6:00 am (location address is 45000 Hwy 27 I-4, Exit 55 @ Hwy 27 NB, Davenport, FL 33897).  We will be feet up at 6:10 to meet up with the West Coast Chapter at Combee Road in Lakeland.

The ryde leader for this event will be Lori Maureen from our West Coast Chapter. Our meet up location will be 6:30am at the Citgo Station at Combee Road in Lakeland (address 4646 N. Combee Rd, Lakeland FL; exit 38 off I-4). From there the group will leave at 7am for Saddle Creek Corp at 3010 Saddle Creek Rd, Lakeland were we will assemble for an 8am departure.

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Join us this Saturday for a Holiday Meet and Greet along with a Christmas Light Ryde.  The group will be meeting at Vincent's Restaurant in Mt. Dora at 4:30 pm for a little HOLIDAY Get Together. Around 6:00 pm we will then department the restaurant and will ryde in to downtown Mt Dora, Tavares, Montverde, before ending up in downtown Winter Garden.  Please sign-up soon so that we can finalize reservations at Vincent's Restaurant.


Meet up Location:

Vincent's Italian Restaurant
5914 North Orange Blossom Trail
Mount Dora, FL 32757

Website -http://www.vincentsitalianrestaurant.com

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Our next General Club Meeting will be on Saturday November 12th.  We will me meeting up at our favorite dealership, Central Florida PowerSports at 9:00 am with feet up at or around 9:30 am. This ryde will be another great countryside ryde and will end in Tavares.  Hope to see you all there.

President Carter :)

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Seminole Electric Charity Bike Ride

The public is invited to join us on Saturday, October 22, 2016 for a day of fun, fellowship, great food and to help raise money for an extremely worthy cause.

For this year's event, we have again chosen as a benefactor, Homes for Our Troops.  Homes for Our Troops (HFOT) is a privately funded 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization building specially adapted, mortgage-free homes nationwide for the most severely injured Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of these Veterans have sustained injuries including multiple limb amputations, partial or full paralysis, and/or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). These homes restore some of the freedom and independence our Veterans sacrificed while defending our country, and enable them to focus on their family, recovery, and rebuilding their lives. Since its inception in 2004, 90% of donations to HFOT have gone to directly support Veterans. HFOT builds these homes where the Veteran chooses to live, and continues its relationship with the Veterans after home delivery to assist them with rebuilding their lives. All homes are built at no cost to the veteran through the generous support of individuals, foundations, and corporate contributors. Homes for Our Troops has received a Four Star Rating from Charity Navigator. Visit their website (www.hfotusa.org) for more information.

The unescorted ride will start at the St Augustine VFW located at 6184 US1, St Augustine, FL 32086 and end at the Sam Hogg Pavilion, located at Seminole Electric. The approximate address for the pavilion is 274 West River Road, Palatka, FL. The VFW will be graciously providing coffee, donuts, and fruit (donation appreciated). The ride will cover 130 miles, with three stops. Registration will begin promptly at 9:45 a.m. Registration will NOT begin until 9:45! First bike out will be 10:00 a.m. with the last bike out at 10:30 a.m. and last bike in by 3:00. Lunch will be cooked by our volunteers, and will be served at 2:30. You will receive a Ride Package which will include a map route and detailed instructions of the run at sign-up at the VFW. There will be prizes for best and worst roll of the dice, and drawings for door prizes. Additional dice roll sheets and 50/50 tickets will be available for sale. The cost is $25.00 per rider which includes, an event t-shirt, one raffle ticket for door prizes, goodie bag, dice roll sheet with instructions, and a meal bracelet for the end of the ride. If you list your e-mail address on the registration form, a confirmation e-mail will be sent.

Pre-registration deadline is 10/02/16 or you can register the day of the ride.

YOU MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED to be guaranteed a t-shirt, ride packet and other items. (Some t-shirts will be available the day of the ride.)  You may also pay by credit card the day of the event (surcharge added).

All proceeds from this year’s event will be going towards the home being built for Army Sergeant Patrick Wickens. His home is being built in Orlando, FL.

All wheels are welcome to participate in this ride.
Two wheels, three wheels, or four wheels are welcomed!!

You can also find Seminole Electric Charity Motorcycle Ride on Facebook.


Central Florida Members will be leaving from the 7-Eleven in Sanford.  Meet up time will be 7:30 am with feet up at 7:45 Sharp. We will ryde to State Road 11 as we make our way to the St. Augustine Area. We will be stopping at the Flying J at I-95 and State 206 before heading in to the VFW.  Estimated time to be at the Flying J is 9:20 am.  Address for the 7-Eleven is 4900 W SR-46, Sanford, FL 32771. This first leg will be about 72 miles so if you don't fuel up make sure you have enough in the tank to get you to the St. Augustine Area.

For folks staying overnight at Best Western in St Augustine on Oct 21st, we will depart Hotel main entrance at 6pm to ryde to Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ for supper..   Please let Hal know if you are attending that meal ryde.


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We will be rescheduling this event due to
Hurricane Matthew!

Join us for a ryde to Crescent City on Saturday, October 8.  We will be meeting at Central Florida PowerSports at 9:00am (with our friends from CFPS providing some refreshments). The route will have us traveling back roads ultimately ending about 140 miles later for lunch at 3 Bananas Restaurant in Crescent City.

Total ryde is about 3 hours, 25 minutes with two rest stops. Feet up time will be at 9:30 with Road Captain Van Verth leading the way. As always, make sure you have a full tank upon arriving at CFPS. Hope to see you there.

Menu/Website-http://www.3bananas.com/


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Meet up will be at the RaceTrac in Mt. Dora which is located at the intersection of 441 and Wolf Branch.  Those partaking in the morning ride to Flagler Beach should plan to be at the RaceTrac for 7:45am as feet-up will be at 8:00am.  Our morning route will take us up to the Flagler Beach Area, approximately 75 miles and will end at the starting point of the Pink Army Ride which is Florida Hospital Flagler with the group arriving just before 10 am.

Please remember that this ride is one that we the members voted on in our last meeting to help fight the Cancer Battle.


Help support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Ride registration can be found at https://foundation.floridahospitalflagler.com/events/pink-army-ride. Funds raised will go to help with Breast Cancer Awareness, Education, and Screening in Volusia and Flagler Counties.


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