On Sunday, The roar of motorbikes could be heard across the County as the Cumbria Chapter of the Widow's Son’s Masonic Bikers Association made it an Easter to remember.
This was for pupils with additional needs, children who are in hospital and children who are in the hospice during Easter.
Many motorcyclists turned out, who were all members of Cumbria Freemasons delivered over 400 eggs and had donations of over £1800. The funds and eggs were all raised and donated by the Freemasons of Cumbria and friends.
The convoy of motorbikes made its way to The Cumberland Infirmary first and met with all the children in the Children’s ward.
The children’s faces lit up as they got a chance to sit on the bikes, rev them up, and also get a chocolate egg.
They then proceeded on to the Jig Saw Hospice to deliver more eggs, and finally to West Cumberland Hospital, where they invited us in to deliver the eggs.
Neil Dixon, spokesperson for Cumbria Freemasons said: “It was a wonderful gesture and we are very proud to be able to deliver these eggs, as well as donations to the children throughout Cumbria this week on motorbikes.
"We must thank all the members of Cumbria Freemasons and friends who donated both funds and eggs to help with this wonderful cause and most importantly to help the children less fortunate than ourselves.
"The Widows Sons is a motorcycling group and is open to all who enjoy the sport of motorcycling, and together they help raise awareness of the good work that we do as freemasons in the community, as well are raising money for local charities.
"To see the joy it brought to the children when we arrived on motorbikes made every minute worthwhile and it's a great example of local freemasons supporting local charities, and the community.”
Due to the Easter holidays, the masonic motorbikes went to James Rennie School in Carlisle on Monday, to which they got an amazing reception from the staff and pupils. Each destination got a wonderful donation to their charity as well as chocolate eggs, teddies, and warm blankets.
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