LONG BRANCH – Motorcycle riders from the Jersey Shore Harley Owner Group and Blue Knights NJ XV traveled to Monmouth Medical Center April 22 to donate medical sup- plies and meals for the hospital’s frontline staff. The riders delivered 12,000 gloves and were accompanied by former New York Giant Rasheed Simmons, owner of the Belmar restaurant Simply Southern, who donated 100 meals to hospital staff. Jersey Shore Harley Owner Group and Blue Knights NJ XV have a long history of support of Monmouth Medical Center. Since 2010, the group has been conducting a holiday toy drive that each year nets hundreds of toys for Unterberg Children’s Hospital patients. In 2017, they expanded the toy run to a biannual event with the edition of their Christmas in June toy drop, and they also have raised thousands of dollars for the hospital’s Cystic Fibrosis Center. Community members who wish to make donations or leave messages of thanks can visit rwjbh.org/heroes
The article originally appeared in the May 7th – May 13th, 2020 print edition of The Two River Times.
