HOUSTON — Catholic nuns are joining forces with motorcycle riders to help a group of needy youngsters.
The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and the Retreads Motorcycle Club have teamed up to sponsor The Nun Run, a motorcycle ride from Houston to Galveston.
The fund-raiser will help buy Christmas presents for 500 children as well as gift certificates for food for their families.
The run is scheduled for Saturday and will support the annual Children’s Christmas Party at Christus Southwest Community Health Center.
The center serves an indigent population in Southwest Houston.
For many of these children, the presents they get at the party are the only gifts they will receive, said Rosanne Popp, a nun who is a physician and the medical director at the clinic.
“We wanted to do something fun and different to raise money for the presents, and the idea of a motorcycle ride seemed like a lot of fun and very, very different,” she said.
“The sisters have really gotten behind the event and in fact, there may be some riding along with the bikers.”
The Nun Run will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at Villa de Matel, Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity in Houston.
After breakfast the bikers and nuns will travel with a police escort to Galveston.
They should arrive about 11 a.m. at Kathy’s Katerers on 21st Street by the courthouse.
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How to help
• Information and donations: Contact John Greer, St. Joseph Hospital Foundation, at (713) 756-5205.
