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A Ride For Hope

A Ride For Hope

Summer 2027 — Date Coming Soon
Ride for a reason.

A Ride For Hope event artwork

A Summer Ride With a Purpose

A Ride For Hope brings riders, families, businesses, and the community together to help local children start the school year with what they need. Through our partnership with Hope for Nevada County, the ride supports back-to-school outreach.

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Riders and motorcycles at A Ride For Hope.

What the Ride Supports

In 2026, Nevada County Toy Run directly contributed:

600+

Pairs of shoes

100+

Backpacks

School supplies

For local children

A new pair of shoes, a backpack, and first-day supplies can make a real difference for a family stretching every dollar. These are NCTR’s direct contributions, distinct from the overall partner event totals.

Children and adults looking through backpacks at a Hope for Nevada County event.
From the Hope for Nevada County event gallery
Volunteers helping children choose school supplies at a Hope for Nevada County event.
From the Hope for Nevada County event gallery

The Ride

Clubs, independent riders, longtime supporters, and first-time participants are welcome.

Summer 2027 — Date Coming Soon

Start and staging location, KSU time, route, finish location, and activities will be published once confirmed.

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Working Together With Hope for Nevada County

At its 2026 back-to-school event, Hope for Nevada County reported:

1,200

Backpacks filled with school supplies

1,300

Pairs of shoes

2,500

Bags of groceries

3,000+

Attendees, with free haircuts and other community resources

NCTR’s 600+ pairs of shoes, 100+ backpacks, and school supplies were part of that larger effort. The partner totals are not quantities supplied solely by NCTR.

Be Part of A Ride For Hope

Ride, volunteer, sponsor, or donate. Help turn a summer day on two wheels into practical support for local kids.

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Ride for a Reason

Summer 2027 — Date Coming Soon

Motorcycles bring us together. Helping local kids is why we ride.

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Thank You to Our Sponsors

Premier

  • Evolution Hardwood Flooring
  • Cultivated Landscape Management
  • The Mike & Evelyn Walsh Foundation

Platinum

  • Rogue House Rockers
  • The Master Technicians, Inc.
  • Boozefighters MC Chapter 6
  • Corries Complete Cleaning
  • Gary's Place
  • Hand Plumbing
  • Jensens Tree Care
  • Lake Wildwood Association
  • Law Tigers
  • Les Schwab
  • Maria's
  • MEC
  • Miwall
  • Nevada County Plumbing
  • Nevada County Woods Riders
  • Rotary Club - GV South
  • Sierra Custom Ink
  • SPD Markets
  • Walter Adams Plumbing

Gold

  • Freedom Print Co
  • Peters’ Drilling & Pump Service
  • 6040 Group
  • Advantage Garage Door Co.
  • Brewhaus Nevada City
  • Bright Electric
  • David's Plumbing
  • Douglas Automotive
  • Dr. Micah Berry/Sierra Nevada Orthopedic Institute
  • Foothill Car Care
  • Fort Sutter AMCA
  • Gold Country Automotive
  • Green Bee Construction
  • Hills Flat Lumber Co.
  • Homes With Kela
  • Hooper and Weaver
  • Ingenuity Construction
  • Iron Works Gym
  • J530 Concrete
  • Jernigan's Tap House & Grill
  • Kirkman's Custom Framing
  • KM Flooring
  • Mike Bratton State Farm
  • Mountain Valley Property Management
  • Platt Electrical Supply
  • Pro Glass
  • Ridge Logging
  • River Valley Bank
  • Schaut Construction
  • Sierra Auto Body
  • Tomcat Collision
  • Tripps Auto Body
  • Trucksmart
  • Williams Heating & Air
  • Young's Carpet One

Silver

  • Bozarth Construction
  • A Finer Detail
  • Auburn Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram
  • B&C Home and Garden Center
  • Chuck Hemmert State Farm
  • Colfax Thrift
  • Crazy Horse Saloon & Grill
  • Fletchers Autoglass
  • Four Seasons Landscape Materials
  • Friar Tuck's / Friar Society
  • Humpty Dumpty
  • In Memory of Calee Jo Johnson
  • Judith Davis
  • SRC Event Rentals
  • Vertex Business Systems