Supplies will be delivered to Windham and surrounding schools |
Brothers
Crew MC, a Windham based motor cycle club, has established in the past few
years, a school supplies drive. “From now until mid-September, we will be
accepting donations and collecting backpacks and other school supplies,” Steven
Huntington, president and founder of Brothers Crew MC said. “Sometime after the
end of the month, we will begin delivering the supplies that have been donated
to all Windham schools as well as Portland schools, such as Bayside Learning.
It is our intention to branch out into Raymond and Westbrook schools, too.”
Brothers Crew MC began in 2013 as a group of men who enjoyed
riding motorcycles and wished to dedicate a bike ride in the memory of the
founder’s brother, Charles “Chucky” Huntington, who died at the age of 42.
After the first ride, others were interested in participating in future bike
rides. “As it continued to grow, we decided to become an official club with the
intention to honor all brothers who have passed and in doing so, relieve a
little suffering in the world at the same time,” Huntington explained in a past
interview.
And relieving the world of a little suffering is exactly
what the club is doing. “It is so important to help students from low income
families succeed with their education in order to help get them out of the
cycle of poverty,” Huntington began. “I know because I was one of those
students. I came from a really poor family and when I arrived on the first day
of school with nothing, it affected my confidence and the level of security I
felt. And when you’re young with low self-esteem, you can resort to bullying
and other inappropriate behavior. We, as a club, want to prevent that from
happening in our community and we want to help those students achieve a better
life for themselves by giving them a head start.”
Brothers Crew MC asks for the following supplies that are
required by the Maine School system. Those supplies include:
1 backpack
12 #2 Pencils
2 glue sticks
2 pink erasers
1 package of washable felt markers
1 pair of scissors
1 pencil case
10 pocket folders
1 package of lined paper
1 package of plane paper
8 lined notebooks
2 blue pens
1 package of pencil crayons
Huntington wishes to extend a special thanks to other motor
cycle clubs, The Outlaws MC and The Raiders MC who both have made significant
donations to the school supplies drive.
To deliver or mail the supplies, please send to: 514 Falmouth
Road in Windham 04062. Brothers Crew MC is also willing to pick up the supplies
if one is unable to deliver or mail them. For pick-ups please call 207-310-7901
or message Huntington on their Brothers Crew MC Facebook page.
The story is not over yet, as there’s one more thing to
mention. Once the Brothers Crew MC School Supplies Drive is completed, they
will begin gearing up for their Thanksgiving Drive in mid-October (last year
they fed 927 Maine families.) After that, it will be their Christmas Drive for
needy Maine families.
It seems Brothers Crew MC never takes a break. Perhaps this
is what one does when their goal is to relieve a little suffering in the world.
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