For the last 27 years in Anderson, South Carolina motorcycles have lined the Clemson Boulevard for the Jack Hurley Anderson Toy Parade the weekend after Thanksgiving. I’ve seen this event many times, and I had hoped to be able to participate this year, but unfortunately we couldn’t. I’m hoping to be able to ride in this parade next year.

This year the weather was horrible, but quite a few bikes still found their way riding down main street in the rain to raise money and toy donations for the Brighter Christmas Fund. I was happy to read that even though this year’s parade didn’t contain as many bikes because of the weather, they were still able to raise $12,000 towards the cause. That’s $1,000 more than they raised last year. The toys are donated to the Department of Social Services in Anderson, and 1,100 children who wouldn’t have a Christmas will receive gifts this year.

Next time hubby starts going on and on about how bad he wants something like one of these car covers for Christmas I’m going to remind him of all the kids out there that don’t get a single gift. Instead of spending $150 on a car cover that he’ll never use, think of all those toys we could buy to make those children have a Merry Christmas.