Re: Bikers Join Help Team to Find Missing Girl
Motorcycle ride raises $9,000 for Bobo family
Part Two (Conclusion)
The school gym housed stage performances from the Bryan Moffitt Band and 4 Days Between.Organizers said close to 160 volunteers registered to participate in the morning bike ride.
The live auction brought in $2,800 alone for an honorary T-shirt, helmet and wreath, Duke said. Online pre-registration totals came in at about $500.
"Rain or shine doesn't matter," Duke said in the event opening. "Folks have come out to help bring Holly home."
The spinning blades of a helicopter replaced the growling roars of motorcycles Saturday afternoon after the motorcyclists took off on an honorary ride.
The Tennessee Air Evac Veteran organization brought a donation via helicopter landing on an open lawn near the school. Volunteers, armed with T-shirts and a cash donation of an undisclosed amount, said the group had collected donations from two or three southern bases.
"We've just come to support," Jamie Gean, a flight paramedic, said.
Slick Smith, a motorcycle rider, said he collected $100 in donations from co-workers at the city of Franklin water management department. For him, Bobo's disappearance hit close to home.
"I have four daughters," Smith said.
His daughters — Shannon Holt, 33, Amanda Harding, 29, Amber Serrono, 26, and Dorothy Fralix, 19 — are near the same age as Bobo, 20.
Smith said he attended the event Saturday because he understood how the family must be feeling.
"This (event) is a good thing," he said.
Find a photo gallery from the Holly Bobo benefit motorcycle ride at jacksonsun.com.
How to help
Anyone with any information about Holly Bobo's whereabouts is asked to call the Decatur County Sheriff's Office at (731) 852-3703 or (800) TBI-FIND.
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