The Public Safety Charitable Foundation’s Poker Run will be held October 27th to benefit the Shop with a Hero program. Harley Davidson is providing a complimentary breakfast that will also be served during registration which begins at beginning at 8:00 a.m.
The run starts at 9 am when participants will embark on an 65 mile course. There are five stops along the way that are all public safety facilities, with the exception of one, which is a Veterans of Foreign War post.
The Poker Run should end before 12:30 at the Harley dealership on 7355 North frontage Road. Hooters will be cooking lunch on site for $10 per plate. There will be a beer garden and two live rock bands, Area 51, and Those Beatles Guys. The Hooters waitresses will be serving beer at the beer garden, and the “Harley Girls” will be doing a bikini bike wash.
Marana Police Department will provide officers for security for the Poker Run. Additionally, Northwest Fire will be running calls from the Harley Dealership. If they have to leave on a call, they will return for the duration of the Poker Run event.
Representatives from every branch of the U.S. military will be at Harley to support the Shop With a Hero program. There will also be prizes, raffles and vendor booths.
The Shop With a Hero program allows underprivileged children in the Tucson community to Christmas shop with the hero of their choice, a soldier, sailor, fighter pilot, Marine, firefighter or police officer.
The Public Safety Charitable Foundation (PSCF), a 501 (c) 3, was formed by three retired Tucson police officers, one of which is a Marine Corps veteran. “Our priority is to give back to the community. Our emphasis is to work with police and fire agencies, the US military, and EMS to unite our aspirations, hopes, dreams and goals.” They say they “want to bring special things into the lives of those less fortunate.” Besides the Poker Run, they held their inaugural golf tournament in April of this year, and contributed to the Diamond Children’s Medical Center to provide Play Stations in the patient rooms.
The group recently contributed to the 20 year old son of a medically retired Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy, recently enlisted in the US Army. When he returned home following basic training he was diagnosed with leukemia. They say that the “family is fighting the battles, and will win the war. Subsequently, the Foundation donated a monetary gift to his mother to help her with the financial burden of providing medical treatment for her son.”