{"id":4184,"date":"2011-06-05T20:47:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T01:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=4184"},"modified":"2011-06-05T22:53:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T03:53:59","slug":"xtreme-riders-10th-annual-leukemia-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2011\/06\/05\/uncategorized\/xtreme-riders-10th-annual-leukemia-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> - Since the year 2001 the <strong>Xtreme Riders<\/strong> motorcycle club has held a fund-raising motorcycle run to benefit <strong> <\/strong>kids with Leukemia.<\/p>\n<p>This morning hundreds of gleaming motorcycles gathered in front of Robinson's Hardware in the Pinefield Shopping Center and lined up for the <strong>10th Annual Xtreme Riders Leukemia Run<\/strong>. At 10:15AM, the group left the Nicholas Rd. lot and headed up Pinewood Dr. for the start of the 53 mile run.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run - Framingham, MA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W_s41sxtTng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The police escorted motorcade of riders planned to roll into the Leominster Eagles Club at noon for a family friendly afternoon barbecue, three live bands and a juggler, bouncy-house, face   painting and temporary tattoos to keep the kids entertained!<\/p>\n<p>Each year the run attracts more and more riders.\u00a0 Last year, (2010), the   run raised more than $15,000 from $20-$25 rider fees, raffles and  other  donations.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the day's events go to <strong>\"Andrew's Helpful Hands\",<\/strong> a registered 501(c)3 non-profit which <strong>directly support families of children with leukemia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4184 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-001.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 1)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-002.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 2)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-003.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 3)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-006.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"149\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-006-149x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 6)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-007.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-007-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 7)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-008.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-008-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 8)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-009.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-009-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 9)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-010.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 10)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-011.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"134\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-011-134x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 11)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-012.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-012-130x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 12)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-013.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"103\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-013-103x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 13)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-014.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-014-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 14)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-015.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-015-105x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 15)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-018.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-018-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 18)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-019.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xtreme-leukemia-run-019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run (photo 19)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xrleukrunflyer.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/xrleukrunflyer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xtreme Riders 10th Annual Leukemia Run poster\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Members of the Xtreme Riders share more than their love of motorcycle riding and have formed a band known as \"XRB'.\u00a0 The band is scheduled to perform July 29th at Concerts on the Green,<em> (on the Framingham Centre Common).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>###<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8211; Since the year 2001 the Xtreme Riders motorcycle club has held a fund-raising motorcycle run to benefit kids with Leukemia. This morning hundreds of gleaming motorcycles gathered in front of Robinson&#8217;s Hardware in the Pinefield Shopping Center and lined up for the 10th Annual Xtreme Riders Leukemia Run. At 10:15AM, the group left the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2011\/06\/05\/uncategorized\/xtreme-riders-10th-annual-leukemia-run\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[283,1],"tags":[2070,2068,2069,2072,303,2073,1299,1983,1982,2071],"class_list":["post-4184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-town","category-uncategorized","tag-501c3","tag-andrews-helpful-hands","tag-leukemia","tag-leukemia-run","tag-non-profit","tag-pinefield-shopping-center","tag-robinsons-hardware","tag-xr-band","tag-xrb","tag-xtreme-riders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4184"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4223,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4184\/revisions\/4223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}