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Flaming Knights Donate Food
Liz Toro, right, of the Flaming Knights Motorcycle
Club of New Haven, donates food to the
The
FLAMING KNIGHTS Motorcycle Club is hosting a food drive on November 22 & 23. All donations will be delivered by
motorcycles to the
Liz
Toro, president of the Flaming Knights of Southern Connecticut, said "the
reason we chose the
The
drive is being held in memory of the late Florence Waite, who worked at HHC for
35 years before her retirement this summer.
She held an honorary patch from day one with the
Toro said, "a
legend by the name of 'King Dragon' started
the FLAMING KNIGHTS 35 years ago. Beside the start of a motorcycle club,
he did many things for the children and families in the Hill and donated much
of his time and money to the community as a whole."
Since
then, the FLAMING KNIGHTS MC has grown to be an international club. Three years
ago a "sister" chapter of only females, calling itself the Flaming
Knights of Southern Connecticut, was organized
"This
is not for everyone," Toro said.
"We ride hard, travel far, rain or shine...where there is a road
we're on it! We've had some woman come and go, but currently we are eight women
of all walks of life; our goal is to have all of us be 'HARD RIDERS' ,"
she said. "Lady T, Vice President, Body Secretary and I just rode to and
from
"Last
year we worked really hard and hosted a food drive, made 12 'heaping baskets'
for Thanksgiving and helped out the Dixwell section of
The