6th Annual Colorado Fallen Law Enforcement Memorial Poker Ride

The Blue Knights Colorado IX chapter of Greeley will be hosting the 6th Annual Colorado Fallen Law Enforcement Memorial Poker Ride next month. 

The 6th Annual Colorado Fallen Law Enforcement Memorial Poker Ride on Saturday, August 15, is also being co-hosted by Blue Knights CO I and Colorado's Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) program.

Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. at the Diamond Back Saloon (385 W 4th Street) in Severance with last bikes out by 9:30 a.m. Cost for the run is $20 per rider and $10 for your passenger; $5 for extra card draws. A full breakfast menu will also be available during registration.

The 6th Annual Colorado Fallen Law Enforcement Memorial Poker Ride will take you through Laporte, Loveland, Estes Park (lunch stop) before ending at High Country Harley-Davidson (3761 Monarch Street) in Frederick. All bikes must be in by 3:30 p.m. for the final card draw and there will lots going on including door prizes, raffle, auction, live music and a fantastic BBQ.

So who are the Blue Knights?

In the Spring of 1974, a small handful of law enforcement officers from Bangor, Maine met and soon formed a small, local motorcycle club. It wasn't long before others formed chapters in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and it then went worldwide with the addition of Canada and Australia making the Blue Knights an international organization.

In December 2009 they became the largest motorcycle club in the world with 635 chapters, 20,490 members in 29 countries and have raised over $13 million dollars for their communities. Some of their favorites charities to help include, but are not limited to Make-a-Wish Foundation, Toys for Tots,  D.A.R.E., and Concerns of  Police Survivors.