Toy Run®

Cape Town South Africa

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SUNDAY 27th November 2011

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE IMOC CAPE TOWN CHARITY TOY RUN™ TRUST

Departure times :

...approximately 10:30am from both venues but please allow for 15 min each way...

The 2011 IMOC CT Charity Toy Run® will take place on Sunday 27 November from the a NEW starting point at Cape Town Market, Gunners Circle Epping and the original start at Ottery Hypermarket to end at Maynardville.

MEDIA RELEASE: DATE OF RELEASE 19 NOVEMBER 2011

START VENUE Toy Run® Cape Town 27^th November 2011

The Toy Run® Cape Town would like to inform all prospective attendees that as a result of the local traffic authorities concerns over the use of the M5 from the Northern Suburbs due to roadworks, the start from Ysterplaat Airforce Base has been cancelled and a new start venue, from Cape Town Market at Gunners Circle, Epping has been confirmed.

All normal road rules apply from both start venues at Ottery Hypermarket and Cape Town Market at Gunners Circle, and we welcome all licensed riders to attend the Toy Run®. We look forward to seeing all who would like to donate toys at the end venue Maynardville Park from 12 to 4pm Sunday 27^th November 2011.

Please pass this information on to ensure all Toy Run® participants from the Northern Suburbs are informed of the change of venue. For more info please email info@toyrun.co.za

Many thanks & kind regards

Glynis Coetzee
Trustee

IMOC Cape Town Charity Toy Run® Trust

Download the Stallholder Application Form HERE (.pdf file 200kb)

Download the Toy Run Media document HERE (1Mb)

Join our Facebook Group to receive updated info or email us info@toyrun.co.za.

IMPORTANT INFO: No alcohol or private food is allowed to be brought into the Toy Run end venue. No private cooking of food is permitted. Toy Run reserves the right to deny access or to confiscate unauthorised alcohol or food at the venue.

ONLY LICENSED RIDERS ON LICENSED VEHICLES are allowed on the run. Pillions need not be licensed motorcyclists, however, as the run takes place on public roads and all normal road rules apply and WILL be enforced by the Traffic Department. Please support the run by obeying the rules and making it fun and for everyone by not doing anything dangerous.

OVERVIEW

Launched in 1982 simultaneously in Cape Town and Johannesburg by the Italian Motorcycle Owners Club (IMOC), the Toy Run™ is now the largest motorcycling-related charity event in Southern Africa and arguably the world. A Toy Run™ is held in over nineteen centres in the Southern African region, hosted by local motorcycle clubs and other organisations, with the invaluable assistance of the commercial sector.

More than an estimated 65,000 motorcyclists turned out across the region with toys of all descriptions adorning their bikes, to make the holidays a little brighter for disadvantaged children of all races in orphanages, shelters, homes and hospitals throughout the country’s communities. The aims of the Toy Run are to improve and enhance the image of motorcyclists and to collect and distribute toys and gifts to less privileged children up to 18 years.

2009 saw the Cape Town event grow yet again with more than 27000 toys being collected by Cape Town alone, and distributed to children via more than 225 organisations throughout the Cape and South Africa. See the Report Back

The Cape Town Toy Run® attracts upwards of 15000 motorcycle enthusiasts and approximately another 5000 general public visitors over the duration of the 6-hour event, held the last Sunday of November annually. It is also aligned to the Toy Run® National Forum and has access to a national network, distributing relevant information region-wide.

The Cape Town event has achieved iconic status with the City of Cape Town and enjoys extensive media coverage prior to and during the event. Email info@toyrun.co.za for information or sponsorship opportunities

2011 EVENT

The Toy Run™ is open to any licensed motorcyclist on any roadworthy, licensed motorcycle providing that he or she donates at least ONE TOY each, collected at the Maynardville site at the conclusion of the ride. Access will not be granted to Maynardville without a toy.

TOYS

As the teddy bear insignia is so closely identified with the Toy Run® , every year we receive a vast majority of soft toys suitable for very young children but there is a desperate need for older children (teenage girls and boys) toys, • Any sports equipment ~ cricket sets, basketball hoops, balls of any type ~ soccer, tennis, rugby etc • Costume jewellery & craft kits, toiletries & make-up for older girls • Puzzles & board games • Fun stationery, drawing & art equipment • (Please no toy guns of any sort – these will not be distributed)

IMPORTANT NOTES

1.  NO unlicensed riders or vehicles are permitted. (NO children under 16) Pillions need not be licensed to rider a motorcycle but all normal road rules apply.

2. Anyone attending the event does so entirely at their own risk and by participating indemnifies the organisers, their agents and representatives of any liability, howsoever arising.

3. The trademark Toy Run™ may not be used by anyone else whatsoever without the written permission of the Toy Run™ trademark holders.

4. Please be aware that no private person has been given permission by the Toy Run™ to collect toys or funds in the name of the Toy Run™ or on its behalf. Should you wish to donate toys but are unable to attend on the day, please contact the organisers directly.

END VENUE

The Toy Run® will end at Maynardville, where there will be facilities such as a beer garden, food stalls, motorcycle displays, accessories, bike-related jewellery and memorabilia, entertainment, comedians, we have FOUR bands this year, and space to just relax. Entertainer Kurt Schoonraad has confirmed his participation in this years Toy Run® for which we thank him. Throughout the afternoon there will be stage activities to keep you entertained. Spot prizes will also awarded for various categories – anyone can walk away with a prize. This is an event intended to thank the motorcyclists for DONATING TOYS. The event ends at 4pm.

Toy Run® "Teddy Bear" bear badges, year plates, cloth badges, caps, Toy Run® t-shirts and other regalia will be sold from the Priclo caravans and tents. For MOTORCYCLE CLUB pre-orders, please email info@toyrun.co.za

ADVERTISING & SPONSORSHIP

Toy Run™ provides significant sponsorship opportunities and should any corporate or organisation wish to become a sponsor, please email us for the sponsorship package opportunities. Pick 'n Pay has once again generously arranged for thousands of flyers and posters to be printed for distribution by motorcycle clubs, dealers, various shops and businesses catering to motorcyclists and interested individuals. If you know anyone who rides a bike - make sure he gets a flyer. Flyers and posters are available from any member of the Toy Run® Trust or IMOC.

Report Back 2009

Another Toy Run® has come and gone for the year, the 26th anniversary since a handful of bikers gathered in both Cape Town and Johannesburg all those years ago, to show their communities that motorcyclists have heart, as well as courage.

This goodwill “ride” has grown into an incredible motorcycling phenomenon that has to be seen and experienced to be believed. The event has become known, far beyond the motorcycling world, as one of Southern Africa's most significant charity initiatives. It's an awesome motorcycle procession and the biggest biker gathering of the year.

The organisation of the IMOC Cape Town Charity Toy Run Trust event is spearheaded by a group of eight Trustees, led by ex-traffic officer Rodney Ford, whose name has become synonymous, over his 17 years of chairmanship, with both the Cape Town Toy Run, and now the National Toy Run Forum. The Annual National Toy Run Forum, which was held in 2009 in Cape Town and in Limpopo Province in 2010, is an informal group of the Toy Run organisers nationwide (and Namibia), who have collectively agreed to follow the Code of Ethics established by the Toy Run trademark holders, to prevent any unscrupulous use of this amazing charity event and to be able to encourage countrywide corporate sponsorship.

The eight Trustees of the Cape Town event, along with a further group of more than 150 volunteers, ensure that this incredible event, which takes place over a mere 6-hour period on the last Sunday in November, runs smoothly. These tireless workers ensure that the 20 000-plus visitors, motorcyclists and public alike, that move through the end venue during the course of the day, are kept fed, ‘watered’ and entertained, as thanks and in return for their contribution of the toys.

In 2006, approximately 17000 toys were collected on the day and redistributed to the some 200 charity organisations, orphanages, shelters, homes and hospitals. The 2009 event saw an incredible growth to more than 27000 toys, some 60% increase in the number of toys redistributed to the children in need since 2006. The organisers hope to continue to break these records and already have begun brainstorming their ideas in order to make the 2010 event even more spectacular. The organisers would also like to thank the many wonderful sponsors (too many to name, but credited on our website) for their continued support. Special mention must be given, however, to the City of Cape Town Mayor’s Office and to Kurt Schoonraad who have been particularly supportive of this wonderful event.

Sadly, on a personal note, the writer also noticed that there were a number of people who arrived and entered the event grounds without ANY toys at all!! Perhaps in 2010 your fellow, more generous, motorcyclists will remind you that this is for the children and that the whole event at the end venue is a thank-you for your toy donation.

A few very important facts:

• No toys are RESOLD by the Toy Run – these are all GIVEN away.

• All toys are distributed in the year that they are collected (ie none are stored).

• None of the organisers, nor any of the volunteers are paid for their efforts.

DVD

In 2008 the Cape Town Toy made a DVD of the Cape Town event, with footage of the procession, stills, and all the action on the day. This DVD gives YOU the opportunity to be part of the experience, while donating to the Toy Run Charity too...and, if you were there, what better way to re-live the moment?!

Option 1 : DVD @ R120 (order ALSO includes 2 free holiday music CD's)

Option 2 : Toy Run DVD PLUS Joe Public (Toy Run band for 10 YEARS!!) music CD @ only R150 (order ALSO includes 2 free holiday music CD's).

To order a DVD please email info@toyrun.co.za

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A special thanks to Dean Foster, who kindly donated his time and skills to help us with last year's T-shirt design. (see it here)

Please visit www.dfoster.co.za to see his amazing work.

Dean Foster is a freelance cartoonist and caricaturist. He does adult and kiddies cartoons. He caricatures live at functions nation wide or from photos and basically goes the extra mile for his clients. Based in the beautiful KZN Midlands he works from his tranquil country cottage with modern ADSL technology making it possible to service clients all over the world.