The 26th Annual Toy Run in Cape Town

The largest motorcycling-related charity event in South Africa

Launched in 1982 simultaneously in Cape Town and Johannesburg by the Italian Motorcycle Owners Club (IMOC), the Toy Run™ is now an international event held throughout the world and is the largest motorcycling-related charity event in South Africa.

The Toy Run™ is held in over a dozen centres in South Africa, hosted by local motorcycle clubs and other organisations with the invaluable assistance of the commercial sector.

2007 saw the Cape Town event grow yet again with more than 24,000 toys being collected by Cape Town alone, and distributed to over 122 organisations throughout the Cape and South Africa.

The IMOC Cape Town Toy Run™ Trust Committee is assisted in the organisation by the Italian Motorcycle Owners Club of Cape Town.

This year is the 26th Annual Toy Run™ and we look forward to again building on the foundation of support and goodwill that makes this event so special.

Once again we invite all motorcyclists from the Cape Peninsula and surrounding towns to join their fellow riders on Sunday 30th November 2008, in a mass ride, the object being for each participant to donate a toy to make Christmas a little brighter for the underprivileged children of all races in orphanages, homes and hospitals in our communities.

The Toy Run™ is open to any motorcyclist on any motorcycle providing that he or she donates at least one toy each, which are collected at the Maynardville site at the conclusion of the ride.

Access will not be granted to Maynardville without a toy. These toys will be distributed to children's hospitals and various agencies addressing the needs of organisations, with limited access to more formal funding for items such as toys.

The 26th Annual Toy Run:

Date: 30 November 2008
Venue: Ottery Hyper and Rantanga Junction to Maynardville
Location: The Roads of Cape Town

For more information please e-mail: info@imoc.co.za

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