Photos: Traci’s Hope benefit brings out motorcycles and guests
From left, Billie Jo Wheeland and Bill Chandler hold up the 9th annual Traci's Hope flag which was delivered on Saturday, Oct. 10 to the Traci's Hope BBQ.
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The annual Traci’s Hope Motorcycle ride originally scheduled on Oct. 3 was canceled due to inclement weather, however a good number of riders gathered at Wheels Roadhouse / Hiawatha Motorcycles on Saturday, Oct. 10 for a ride through Apalachin to the Traci’s Hope BBQ. (Photos by JoAnn R. Walter)
From left, Billie Jo Wheeland and Bill Chandler hold up the 9th annual Traci’s Hope flag which was delivered on Saturday, Oct. 10 to the Traci’s Hope BBQ.
From left, Bill Terry, Ray Gasbarra, Bernie Sabol, Ellie Theurer and Ben Ling joined other motorcycle riders on Saturday, Oct. 10 for a ride through Apalachin to the Traci’s Hope BBQ. Sabol, who has participated in all of the Traci’s Hope motorcycle rides in support of the non-profit organization, is a cancer survivor.
From left, Baldy, Bill Scales, Cindy Tokos, Jim Indian Harmon and Jack Fuller from the American Legion Riders, Binghamton, N.Y. Post 1645 joined other motorcycle riders on Saturday, Oct. 10 for a ride through Apalachin to the Traci’s Hope BBQ.
Pictured from front, Mykayla and Mykenzie Thetga, great-granddaughters of Billie Jo Wheeland, participated in the Traci’s Hope motorcycle ride on Saturday, Oct. 10. Mykayla and Mykenzie shared a short part of the ride at a stop near the Apalachin Field Day grounds and then rode in to the Traci’s Hope BBQ.
Motorcycle riders travel Route 434 in Apalachin, on a motorcycle ride from Wheels Roadhouse / Hiawatha Motorcycles to the Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Motorcycle riders, led by Bill Chandler and Billie Jo Wheeland, arrive with the Traci’s Hope flag at the Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Motorcycle riders arrive at the Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Although the original ride was canceled for Oct. 3, a good number of motorcycle riders participated in a motorcycle ride from Wheels Roadhouse / Hiawatha Motorcycles on Saturday, Oct. 10 to the Traci’s Hope BBQ.
The Traci’s Hope BBQ brings together family and friends, many of whom attend to honor and remember loved ones. From left, sisters Donna Gelatt of Montrose, Pa. and Bobby Jo Zimmermann of Owego, N.Y. attended the BBQ to give back to Traci’s Hope in honor of their mother who received help from the organization.
From left, Steve Paufve and his grandsons, Blake and Lane, enjoyed a beautiful day and delicious food at the Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10.
From left, mother and daughter dressed in pink in support of breast cancer awareness, Lisa and Erica Vinson, enjoy the beautiful day at the Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10.
The Lourdes mobile healthcare van was available to do on-site mammograms at the Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Guests at the 12th annual Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10 participated in a tent full of basket raffles in support of the non-profit organization.
Guests at the 12th annual Traci’s Hope BBQ shop in the merchandise tent on Saturday, Oct. 10 in support of the non-profit organization.
Guests at the 12th annual Traci’s Hope BBQ line up for the delicious barbeque and also to complete raffle tickets on Saturday, Oct. 10 in support of the non-profit organization.
The ninth annual Traci’s Hope motorcycle ride flag is presented to Gordon Shiner and Brian Gibson, Traci Gibson’s father and husband, at the Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Gordon and Mary Shiner, Traci Gibson’s parents, speak to guests inside the food tent at the Apalachin Field Day grounds at the Traci’s Hope BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 10.