Each and every year since 11 September 2001 Sun Enterprises has set aside a day they call "Celebrate America." No doubt to bring people into the dealership but also to remember that terrible day by looking beyond it and to "Celebrate" our America.

They close off the entire block on Pearl St., have a few select vendor booths, custom bikes and cars, free food and music. They also have their top sponsored riders showing off their skills for the crowd. It usually turns out to be a good time had by all.

They will have a color guard and drill team presenting the colors and usually they have a very strong presence from our Armed Forces.

This year's focus for "Celebrating America" will be to generate monetary support for the families of the 324th PsyOp Unit at Fitzsimmons. They will have a Hummer and other equipment on display. And currently they are working to obtain the necessary clearance to bring in a Blackhawk helicopter. How cool is that?

Some of the 324th PsyOp Unit are about to rotate back to Iraq and their Family Readiness Group (FRG) will also be at Sun to provide support for this unit. The FRG is a group of civilian volunteers dedicated to providing economic, emotional and social support for the troops as well as their families. They will be selling wrist bands, tees, etc. to help raise money.

The most significant piece of fund raising will be an auction from donations of all kinds, sports tickets, even parts and accessories from Sun's inventory. It's my understanding that all proceeds will go to the FRG for the support of the 324th PsyOp Unit.

This year Sun Enterprises will have their "Celebrate America" on September 9th. If you are able to attend, say thanks to a soldier and please be generous in your support!

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As most of you know, Sun has been a huge supporter and contributor of our Colorado VTX Ride in July since 2004. They have only asked one thing of us and that is "What do you want or need? Never once have they asked us what they would receive in return for their support. Of course we all know they want our business and many of us have found the best deal in town in their showroom but never once have they asked directly for anything. They have always gone the extra mile for the Colorado VTX Riders. If you should have the opportunity, please say thanks to Ron -"The Man", Mark Kite - "Sales Manager", Lenny - "Parts Manager", Dave Burke - "Sales Manager" and Dave Waggoner - "Nobody is sure what he does"

Typical of Sun and their support of our ride, once again they have come through. They have asked us if we would like to have a booth at their Celebrate America festivities and we have graciously excepted their offer.

We have no wares to hawk other than our Event and the people in our little group. We will probably hang a banner or two, show our map book with a collection of our rides and routes mapped out, after hour activities as well as a few pictures we can put together. Maybe even have our CD playing on a laptop. I was also thinking of displaying at least two maybe three of our bikes, a clean little custom and maybe even a Retro ridden for many miles. No "trailer queens" in this group.

I think it will be a great opportunity not only to support Sun but to get our Ride / Event a bit of local attention. Who knows, maybe we will meet a few VTX owners that aren't aware of us.

It would be great to see you involved with our booth so we can split up the time. It would be a shame to have one or two people chained to the booth all day. Remember Saturday, September 9th at Sun Honda.

If you have any ideas or interest in participating, contact Cliff at vtx2up@aol.com and we will add you to our list.