About 275 motorcyclists participated in the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office’s 13th annual Poker Run on Sunday.
The Poker Run raised nearly $24,000 for the Georgia Sheriff’s Association Youth Homes, said Cpl. Rhonda Bryant-Elleby, sheriff’s office spokeswoman. These homes provide longtime, sometimes permanent care to children who have been abandoned, abused or whose parents are unfit to raise them.
The riders began the event at Napa Auto Parts on Eisenhower Drive, then went on a two-hour ride throughout Chatham and Effingham counties and finished at the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office Training Facility off Ogeechee Road.
So far, the sheriff’s office has raised more than $300,000 for the children living in the Georgia Sheriff’s Youth Homes and provided them with back-to-school items, camping equipment, a summer vacation trip, Christmas gifts and much more, Bryant-Elleby said.