NJ Bikers Drop Off Toys At Children's Hospital In Long Branch

LONG BRANCH, NJ — This Sunday, more than 200 motorcycle riders from the Blue Knights NJ XV and Jersey Shore HOGs will ride their bikes to Monmouth Medical Center. There, they will deliver hundreds of toys to brighten the beginning of the holiday season for pediatric patients at Unterberg Children's Hospital.

The ride will begin at the Shore Casino in Atlantic Highlands. This is the 13th year they have done the toy drive and the ride.

When the motorcyclists arrive at the hospital at approximately 10:30 a.m. Sunday, they will gather in the parking lot and unload a trailer full of toys that have been collected over the last month. They will be met by Dr. Jonathan Teitelbaum, chair of pediatrics at Monmouth Medical Center.

Toys have been collected at:

• Simply Southern restaurant in Belmar
• Sissy’s at the Harbor restaurant in Atlantic Highlands
• Shoreline Harley-Davidson in West Long Branch
• Creative Performance motorcycle repair shop in Wall

Each biker will also make a $10 donation to the Comprehensive Cystic Fibrosis Center at Unterberg Children’s Hospital. Monmouth Medical Center is one of the leading — if not the leading — hospitals in the nation when it comes to treating cystic fibrosis.

The disease used to be a death sentence for children in their teens, but now, thanks in great part to places like Monmouth Medical Center, children with cystic fibrosis are leading longer, stronger and healthier lives than ever before.