Bud Run Annual Event Helps Families

This year's Bud Run Charity Auction and Poker Run will benefit three local families instead of one.

The Bud Run is a non-profit organization that was formed to help local children in need. It is an all-volunteer organization principally sponsored by Pepin Distributing Company.

The Bud Run has been benefiting children in need in the Tampa Bay area for the past 10 years and has donated over $160,000 to local children. The Bud Run Auction and Poker Run brings together the motorcycle community and many others who have a passion for children.

This year the event will benefit Deputy Dan Witt's four young children; Harrison and Maddie Boyd; and Cody Williams, who has the rare congenital disorder Arthrogryposis.

Deputy Dan Witt recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. And Harrison and Maddie Boyd recently lost their father to an illness, and have a mother who is battling an ongoing illness. Both their parents were educators in Tampa Bay.

Registration for the Poker Run is from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30am on Saturday, May 18. The Poker Run ends back at the TPepin Hospitality Centre at 4121 N. 50th Street, with the culminating event being the Charity Auction and lunch. Doors open for the Charity Auction at 1:00pm.

Tickets are  $30.00 per person. For more information, please visit www.budrun.org