Southern California Gears Up for the 15th Annual Los Angeles Ride For Kids Benefiting the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, Sunday, May 6, 2007 Motorcyclists may love to polish their pampered machines, but when it comes to the 15th Annual Los Angeles Ride for Kids, hundreds of riders will shine their love on children stricken by the nation’s deadliest childhood cancer: brain tumors. Benefiting the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF), the Los Angeles Ride for Kids is expected to draw 1000 riders on virtually every brand of bike to the corporate campus of American Honda in Torrance on Sunday, May 6. Many will arrive at the crack of dawn and empty their pockets of the funds they have been collecting for the past year, including people like Robert and Michael Morales of Highland who brought $26,721 in 2006. Once assembled they’ll motor off on a leisurely, police-escorted ride through the South Bay area, then return an hour later and gather under a “big-top tent” for the PBTF’s Celebration of Life program. After a sack lunch, the riders will hear from family members, research scientists and more than a dozen brain tumor survivors, including children like eight-year old Alexa of Simi Valley, who gathered $25,165 to help the cause in 2006. Some of the young people present last year had gone on to college, supported in part by PBTF scholarships. Scott, 18-years old at the time, told the assembled motorcyclists that he was studying psychology so he “can help kids like me get through what I’ve gone through.” According to the PBTF, the Los Angeles Ride for Kids has raised over $1.7M since its inception and that more than 88 percent of these funds underwrite the foundation’s research and family support programs. To participate in this year’s event on Sunday, May 6, registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 9:45 a.m. The minimum donation is $35. For more information, visit www.rideforkids.org. About the PBTF Ride for Kids Since 1984, the national Ride for Kids® program and the PBTF have promoted childhood brain tumor research and provided family support through free literature about brain tumors, educational newsletters, online conferences and college scholarships. With the help of America’s motorcyclists and motorcycle dealers, PBTF has become the world’s largest non-governmental source of funding for childhood brain tumor research. For more information, go to www.rideforkids.org or call 800-253-6530.