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Upcoming event: DuKane ABATE Toy and Food Run

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Our annual Toy and Food Run is coming up soon, and we want plenty of riders, toys, and food there! Details are included below:

Time

Sunday, October 13, 2024, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
KSU: 12:30 PM

Locations

Start:
Knuckleheads Tavern
108 E North St
Elburn Illinois 60119

End:
Sycamore Speedway
50W086 IL-64
Maple Park, IL 60151

Cost

$20 per person

How to help us

We have several ways that you can support this run and help us serve our local communities! Attending the ride and bringing toys and food is one of those ways, but you can also deliver toys and food to locations that are collecting them. There are several locations with donation boxes for us, including stores, bars, and politicians. We’ve been posting these locations on our Facebook page, so feel free to check our page to see where you can donate your toys and food.

And speaking of donations, you can also donate to the Toy Run financially. Using this link, you can go to our Square site and choose the amount of money you would like to donate to help us fund our run:

Donate to the Toy & Food Run

We also need volunteers to handle the Toy Run, including setup, teardown, traffic, and other responsibilities. If you can help us out, check out our volunteer page below and make sure to contact us about how you want to help!

Volunteer for the Toy & Food Run

We hope that you’ll make it to our run and give back to our local communities!

Upcoming event: DuKane ABATE Candidate Forum

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DuKane ABATE is hosting a 2024 Election Forum for Local and State Candidates. All questions and topics will be motorcycle related as we’ll cover all issues, rights, and freedoms of motorcyclists/off-roaders/ATV riders in DuPage and Kane Counties.

Candidates will have a timed period to answer questions. Wednesday August 21 will feature Candidates for Illinois State Representative. Thursday August 22 will feature candidates for Illinois State Senate and local offices.

Time

August 21-22 at 7 PM each night

Location

West Chicago American Legion Post #300
123 Main Street
West Chicago, IL 60185

Death Notification: Robb “Thunder” Zander

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With great sorrow we advise you that we lost Robb “Thunder” Zander on the morning of Wednesday June 26th, to a heart attack. Even though Robb and Kathy are new DuKane members, they have been in our circle for a long time. Having lost their son John to fentanyl poisoning, Robb and Kathy have been dedicated to making their community safer from the fentanyl crisis with their annual Ride for John and their organization My Child’s Life Matters.

How can we help?

There will be celebration of life for Thunder on July 14th. We hope to see you there to honor our fallen brother. The details are as follows:

Source: My Child’s Life Matters

A Go Fund Me has been started to assist Kathy at this time. You can reach it with the link below to help Kathy with funeral expenses and other financial concerns.

GoFundMe for Kathy Zander >>

In addition, This Saturday, July 6, at Warehouse Church in Aurora at 7:00pm is a concert to raise money for our fallen brother Thunder. Come out to hear some great music by Nick Olson and to help our sister Kathy through this difficult time.

Upcoming Event: Axe Throwing w/ Open Roads

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This spring, DuKane ABATE is adding something new to the event schedule: axe thowing! DuKane will be collaborating with Open Roads ABATE in this event, and members of both chapters will vie for the title of Axe Throwing Champs.

We’ll be coming together at Bull & Bear Axe Throwing in Montgomery at 12:45 pm on March 23. Axe throwing will cost $29.99 per person. We’ll also be having a late lunch afterwards at Poor Boy’s Pub.

Please call Kevin on (815) 545-6114 before March 18 to reserve a spot. We must have a number of participants by this date.

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Call to Action: Oppose IL Helmet Mandates!

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Illinois is facing the first mandatory helmet bill in over a decade! The bill, created by State Representative Daniel Didech, is HB5620. Below is an excerpt (the language added by the bill is underlined):

“The operator of a motorcycle, motor driven cycle, or
moped and every passenger thereon shall be protected by a motorcycle helmet and glasses, goggles, or a transparent shield.”

If Representative Didech gets his way, riders will lose the freedom to decide when it comes to safety gear. If you oppose riders losing this freedom, please head over to abate-il.org/helmet to learn about filing slips to oppose this bill.

You can also help us with our efforts to preserve motorcycle rights by becoming an ABATE member.

Join the DuKane ABATE Toy Run Task Force

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We are forming a new task force to help us plan, fund, and promote the Toy Run during the course of the year. Please use the form below or call Chris Hansen at 630-618-7551 or Chris Newman at 630-302-4445 to volunteer!

Marketing Coordinator

Work with your DuKane ABATE BOD to advertise our Toy Run on social media, print, posters, hand out cards, and ads of all nature.  Spread the word!

Public Relations Coordinator

Work with your DuKane ABATE BOD and Volunteers to speak with various other groups and organizations about participating with our Toy Run and sharing our promotional material.

Volunteer Coordinator

Work with Events Coordinator Chris Newman to contact, confirm, communicate with all volunteers to assure everyone has guidance of where to be, when to be there, and what to do. Requires working with an Excel spreadsheet as well as communicating by phone, email, text.

Charities Coordinator

Work with our revered President Emeritus Judy Kaenal to contact, recruit, and coordinate various Toy Run charities.

Vendor Coordinator

Work with our esteemed President Emeritus Judy Kaenal to contact, recruit, and coordinate various Toy Run vendors.

Donations Assistant

Work with our BOD Member Amy Nelson to collect donations and sponsorships from local people and businesses.

Products Coordinator

Work with your DuKane ABATE BOD to procure and sell ABATE products on-line and at the Toy Run.

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DuKane ABATE 2020 Election Positions & Nominees

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DuKane ABATE is having an election for six of our board positions at our next meeting, which is on December 15th at 7:30 PM. Although there are nominees for a couple of these positions, members can still be nominated or voted for as write-ins at the meeting. The following is a list of positions and nominees for each position:

  • Vice President
  • Treasurer – Tina Hejnar
  • Legislative Coordinator – Randy Ramey
  • PR Coordinator
  • Membership Coordinator
  • Independent Representative #2

Joe and Linda Barnes are retiring from their positions as Vice President and PR and Membership Coordinators, and we appreciate their contributions to our chapter. In addition, we will also appreciate members who are willing to carry on their work and run in their positions.