Indian Motorcycle and Veteran Non-Profit
Organization Renew Partnership to Provide Motorcycle and Adventure
Therapy Programs to Rehabilitate & Support Post-Combat
Veterans
Double Amputee Veteran Receives Modified
Custom Indian Scout with Sidecar, Continues Vet's Motorcycle
Therapy Treatment for 2023
MINNEAPOLIS, May 30, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Indian Motorcycle®, America's First Motorcycle
Company, today announced its continued support and sponsorship of
the Veterans Charity Ride (VCR), a
veteran-led, non-profit organization specializing in motorcycle
therapy to help post-combat veterans heal and recover from physical
and mental conditions. In its ninth year partnering, Indian
Motorcycle and VCR have announced June as Veteran Motorcycle
Therapy Month – activating three motorcycle therapy programs within
the month of June.
Many of the veterans joining the VCR for the first time are
amputees, paraplegics, or suffer from post-traumatic stress and
other issues veterans face after leaving the military. The 2023
rides will host 25 veterans, each pairing new veterans with
returning VCR veteran mentors who have already been through VCR's
program. The goal of the program is to support each new veteran as
they transition back to civilian life through camaraderie,
motorcycle adventures and additional programs that maximize the
brotherhood and sisterhood formed throughout all branches of
the United States military.
"We're excited to return for another year of motorcycle therapy
with support from Indian Motorcycle, as so many of our vets used to
ride before their injuries and thought they would never ride
again," said Dave Frey, Veterans
Charity Ride Founder. "We created the Veterans Charity Ride to give
back to our vets who have sacrificed so much and provide them with
a support structure that will get them back outside and allow them
to live life to the fullest."
Veteran Motorcycle Therapy Month will feature three independent
programs, each hosting new veterans with diverse backgrounds from
various branches of the military. Each program will include various
outdoor activities, motorcycle therapy rides, and
veteran-to-veteran discussions. Each VCR program is thoughtfully
curated to create a welcoming environment for veterans to
comfortably open up and address their daily challenges as they
transition to civilian life.
The 2023 Veteran Motorcycle Therapy Month event schedule
consists of the following:
May 30-June 5: Salt Lake City, Utah
Starting in Salt Lake City the
first group of veterans will ride the backroads to Moab. The National Ability Center (NAC) in
Park City will provide lodging and
support for adventure activities, as the group continues with
motorcycle therapy rides and team-building exercises.
June 10-20: Moab, Utah
This program originates in Moab
with motorcycle therapy rides in and around the backroads of
Utah, Arizona and Colorado. VCR will attend and participate in
the Indian Motorcycle-sponsored Durango Rendezvous (DR) event in
Durango, Colorado. The group will
lead a veteran ride on the Million Dollar Highway, which will
culminate at the Sky Ute Hotel & Casino with a special veteran
welcome and banquet with entertainment and fundraising raffle to
support VCR and its programs.
June 24-30: Moab, Utah
The final program will also begin in Moab. Motorcycle therapy rides will run in and
around the backroads of Utah and
Colorado. The group will
participate in various outdoor adventure activities, including an
off-road excursion to Gateway
Colorado. There, the group will visit the unique Gateway
Auto Museum, which showcases one of the best collections of classic
American cars in the world.
In addition to its motorcycle therapy programming, VCR is
excited to gift veteran Jeremy
Breece with a modified Indian Scout with VCR sidecar. Breece
is a double amputee who first joined a VCR ride last year as a
sidecar passenger. His joy from being on the road again was so
evident that, this year, the organization decided to help his
healing process by gifting him an adapted Indian Scout sidecar
rig.
"We're proud to be entering our ninth year of supporting the
Veterans Charity Ride, as each year we see the incredible impact
these rides and programs have on the participating vets," said
Aaron Jax, Vice President for Indian
Motorcycle. "The work that Dave and Sue
Frey put into this program, to literally be changing these
vets' lives, is remarkable. It's an honor to have a role in
supporting such a cause."
The Veterans Charity Ride was created by veteran Army
Paratrooper Dave Frey and leverages the therapeutic effects of
motorcycle riding to create an adventure of a lifetime for wounded
and amputee combat veterans adjusting to post-war life.
To support the Veterans Charity Ride, donate, or to learn more
visit IndianMotorcycle.com and VeteransCharityRide.org. Riders
can also follow along on Indian Motorcycle's social media channels:
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and Veterans Charity Ride's
social media channels: Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT INDIAN MOTORCYCLE®
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Motorcycle has won the hearts of motorcyclists around the world and
earned distinction as one of America's most legendary and iconic
brands through unrivaled racing dominance, engineering prowess and
countless innovations and industry firsts. Today that heritage and
passion is reignited under new brand stewardship. To learn more,
please visit www.indianmotorcycle.com.
ABOUT VETERANS CHARITY RIDE
Veterans Charity Ride (VCR), started by veterans for
veterans, is a non-profit organization that delivers Motorcycle
Therapy and additional life changing, life-saving holistic programs
specifically designed to assist wounded and amputee combat veterans
with their needs and the issues they deal with on a daily basis.
Helping our fellow veterans through outreach, action, activities,
education and follow-up is what drives our organization. The end
result of our program is a healthier and happier, more capable
individual, who is now living life in a much better physical and
mental condition, and able to help and support other veterans to do
the same. Visit www.veteranscharityride.org to learn more and
support this worthy cause.
VETERANS CHARITY
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of Frey, Susan INDIVIDUAL
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