05/27/04 - JIM KELLY TO LEAD MOTORCYCLISTS IN 24TH ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE FUN RUN

Buffalo, NY- Mike Skinner, Dennis Haskins, Chris MacDonald, and Neil Smith are among some of the celebrity names expected to join Jim Kelly at the 24th Annual Motorcycle Fun Run on June 6th, 2004. Riders, alongside Kelly and other celebrities, will take part in a scenic motorcycle tour throughout Western New York with a checkpoint at Akron Park. Participants will then gather at The Erie County Fairgrounds in Hamburg for an afternoon of entertainment.

Registration for riders is 10am - noon at the Transitown Plaza in Clarence (on the corner of Transit and Main). Participants are asked to contribute $10 per driver or $15 for driver and a passenger to help aid efforts in finding a cure for Krabbe Disease and other leukodystrophies.

At approximately 3pm, riders will have the opportunity to take part in a spectacular "Parade of Hope" through the township of Hamburg. Upon returning, drawings will take place for thousands of dollars in prizes donated by Don George's Sports Center and music by the band, Innocent By-Stander and Sensational Sound. Other sponsors include: Dunlop Tires and the Hamburg Fairgrounds. For more information call Hunter’s Hope at 667-1200 or Don Georges at 759-6837.

The Hunter’s Hope Foundation was established in 1997 by Pro Football Hall of Fame member and former Buffalo Bills Quarterback, Jim Kelly, and his wife, Jill, after their infant son, Hunter was diagnosed with Krabbe Leukodystrophy, an inherited, fatal, nervous system disease. The Foundation is the Kelly’s life long commitment to increase public awareness of leukodystrophies as well as to increase the likelihood of early detection and treatment. Their ultimate goal is to raise money to fund research efforts to identify new treatments, therapies, and a cure for Krabbe and other leukodystrophies. To date the Foundation has awarded over $3.8 million to leukodystrophy and related neurological disease research.

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