Tag: Donating

I wanted to take a minute to talk about blessings and paying it ahead the foundation that Cew1775.org was built on. These are the blessings that will stop you in your tracks. They will remind you that you’re never walking this life alone.

About a year ago, @Beth King and I got a message that genuinely shook me. A Facebook friend reached out with an offer. This friend had simply watched the motorcycle events we attend. They saw the way we show up for our veteran community. This offer still brings me to my knees when I think about it.

He’s the owner of Outcast Cycle out in Colorado. Without hesitation, he told me he had a bike. It was a good, strong running bike. He wanted to gift it to me without asking for anything in return. Just so a veteran would feel that freedom again. Experiencing the wind and the road. Enjoying the peace we find when the world finally quiets down.

I can’t explain what that did to me. I was honored. Overwhelmed. Humbled. It felt like someone saw me. They truly saw me. They chose to pour kindness into a place I didn’t even realize needed it. It’s a debt of gratitude I’ll never be able to repay.

And then… the miracle grew legs.

While Beth and I tried to figure out shipping costs, another friend—another Marine—heard the story. And instead of asking what she could do, she simply did. She rallied an incredible group of veterans from multiple CVMA chapters. One by one, they volunteered to carry this bike across state lines. They moved it like a relay of love and loyalty. Veteran to veteran, mile after mile. Finally, it rolled into my driveway in North Carolina.

I’ll be honest… watching that unfold felt like watching the very best of humanity. It felt like God reminding me that brotherhood doesn’t fade. Not with distance, not with time, and not with life’s battles.

It doesn’t end there a friend of mine, Allen Chesser a fellow veteran and NC State Representative. Heard the story and it moved him so much that he donated his bike he wasn’t riding anymore. So Cew1775.org would fix it up and award it to another veteran who needs that same healing wind.

That’s when it hit me: This isn’t just about motorcycles. This is about heart. This is about community. This is about veterans showing up for one another the way only we can.

I’m beyond grateful. Beyond blessed. And beyond proud to be part of a community that still lives by I Got Your Six. Keep your head up. Keep your spirit open. Keep two wheels down, brothers and sisters. Blessings often show up right when your soul needs them most.

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