 on annual toy run to well to benefits riders hospitals for children. Thank you so much for coming. Good turnout. I'd say yep. It's always a great turnout. We appreciate every single one of you to begin. As always, we always take a moment of silence to remember those who have served their country and not returned. We also need to honor and remember the following seven in New Hampshire. And we also need to remember and honor our friend Montes Springer, who we lost last year. So a moment of silence, please. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. So, you know, motorcycle rise of this ride of this size cannot happen without the combined efforts of a lot of people. And I've a lot of people who helped us today. So I have a lot of people to thank. First of all, law enforcement comes together. Washington County, Sam Hill share Sam Hill in his apartment. Sam even jumped out of his vehicle to block for us on 63 and had his admin assist to help us. She drove the pace vehicle. So we thank them very much. Orleans County Sheriff Kirk Martin and his officers. Caledonia County Sheriff Dean Shatney in his department. Montpelier Police Chief Tony Faco's and his officers. Barry Town chief Bill Dodge his department. Barry City director of Public Safety Tim Bombardier and his officers. And I had special thanks to Sergeant Miller, who had a lot of phone conversations with me. Berlin Police Chief William Wolf and his officers and an additional shout out to Montpelier Police Chief Tony Faco's. If you're a Montpelier resident, you might have heard about the little mix up we had when we tried to get our street closure that we've gotten for 33 years and there's a little farmers market going on that kind of wanted the same space on the same day. It was just an oversight. All took was a couple meetings with the city council. The city of Montpelier does support us. They do want us here. But I also thank all the positive support we had on Facebook when that was going on. It was pretty cool to have a lot of support for for you and me. And here we are. So it happened. Tony Faco's. You came to a lot of extra meetings at the city council and he's always on our side. So thanks very much to him. Now I want to thank others. Blue Cross shield, you know, let's us gather up at their their facility ever since we couldn't be at the airport. We're indebted to them. The Red Nights MC for parking. Guys, you save us every single year. You take full responsibly for the parking and we love you for it. We have a new alliance, the Vermont chapters of V twins MC. They step forward to volunteer road dogging and blocking. They are good at it and they added an additional huge safety measure. I'm sure you saw them. I mean, any any sites for you came up. It was blocked for you guys. We're indebted to you. Thank you so much. Yeah, I also want to thank the Vermont agency of transportation. The day that the V twins were doing their pre ride supervision to see the route. They noticed a lot of bad holes by the hollow and bury the AOT actually hustled and got those patched. They weren't completely filled, but they worked hard to get those done. So a big shout out to the agency of transportation. Okay, I would like to introduce this year's Shriners potentate Michael parent parent. Close enough. Good afternoon, everybody. On behalf of the Mount Sinai Shriners, I want to thank all you folks for all you're doing for us. The motorcycle groups did all the work and we're going to make sure that the toys that you brought for the ride in get to the kids that need them. We'll make sure they're all packaged up and hopefully out of the wet real quick. But if it wasn't for you. This wouldn't be happening. You people are the greatest. And there are two and a reminder that the toys are every single toy goes to a child that needs it. But also those cash and checks go to the Shriners towards research, which is they've made wonderful discoveries in the past couple years and all that research takes money. So thank you all who came with cash and checkbooks also. Next, it's my pleasure to announce Miss Vermont's outstanding team Miss Danielle trachea who wrote in that convertible. Here we go. All right, I have to be written down. I forgot to put up for joining us today to celebrate and raise awareness of motorcycle safety and the Shriners Children's Hospitals. And I want to start off by thanking the United Motorcyclists of Vermont for inviting me to join them for such an amazing and incredible event. I was really thankful to be here today. And when I think of service and giving back to our community, I think of us all gathering here together and making a difference for others. It is truly amazing to be here and see everyone who's making such a big difference. And today isn't just about riding motorcycles and it's about making a difference in the lives of these sick children. Each toy collected today is helping hundreds of children in 17 different Shriners hospitals across the country. And I want to thank the hundreds of motorcyclists for joining us today again, help collect all these toys that were able to make a kid's day just a little bit brighter. So congratulations on 33 wonderful years of amazing service. And thank you for having me today. Daniel, can I ask you do you have any personal issues? So you will be pursuing Miss Vermont eventually, right? Besides saying dry? Do you have any other person, you know, issues to yourself that you would like to work on? Maybe once you become Miss Vermont? Very sure. I haven't really thought about it very yet. My year as Miss Vermont's outstanding teen just started in June. And so I'm still getting into it and I'm still getting used to everything that I've transitioned into. But if I were to become Miss Vermont, I would love to attend this wonderful event again. And I hope that I can convince all the other teens that will be crowned after me that they should become part of this event. And even though I'm the first one, I don't want to be the last. Thank you. That was very eloquent for me putting you on the spot like that. My wife reminded me something I needed to explain. This year's ride pin, if you look at it, is a camel riding on a motorcycle. For those of you that have seen the parades, I'm the camel guy in the costume. And my wife will let me have a ride yet. So that's my ride is the camel. So you've got a camel riding in, at least I could get on the pin. Very good, Michael. Thank you. Next. So we have an honored member with us always, Senator Joe Benning. We always ask Senator, oh, here he is right. He's ready to go. Our own Senator Joe Benning who represents the Caledonia Orange District in the Vermont Senate. Thanks, Holly. So back in the Blue Cross parking lot, I had this theory that if I left my rain gear on it wouldn't rain. That worked well. This is my 32nd toy run. And I want to tell you that in my life as a state senator and as a lawyer, I'm sometimes asked the question, what do you prefer to be in a room full of lawyers, a room full of politicians or a room full of bikers? You guys know the answer to that question. I am very pleased to welcome you as the highest standing legislator on the grounds today to the state of Vermont, especially those of you who may be from away. I'm going to keep it short because I know Wilkins is offering a free lunch and I intend to get there before most of you. I want you to ride safe and remember the reason that you go home today with your jaw muscles hurting is because of all these kids getting the benefit of all the efforts that we have been doing for the past 33 years. So Holly, thank you very much. All of you guys for continuing. It has been a pleasure for me and I hope it is a wonderful ride home for all of you. Stay dry. Stay safe. Thank you, Joe. All right, we just handed the clicker 344 motorcycles made today. Thank you very much. That is awesome, isn't it? Yeah.