Maryland Firefighter Motorcyclists Ride For Charity

    April 15, 2004
    It seems appropriate for firefighters to raise money for child burn survivors, but that's not the only reason a particular Laurel-based group is fundraising this Saturday
    Bryan Haynes/The Gazette
    Jim Collins, founder of the Maryland chapter of the Red Knights, leads a group of fellow riders out of the
    Jim Collins, founder of the Maryland chapter of the Red Knights, leads a group of fellow riders out of the
    It seems appropriate for firefighters to raise money for child burn survivors, but that's not the only reason a particular Laurel-based group is fundraising this Saturday.

    Jim Collins, Laurel's city and police spokesman, is the founder of Maryland's first chapter of the Red Knights International Firefighters Motorcycle Club.

    The Red Knights heard about the Mid-Atlantic Burn Camp about two years ago, Collins said, and several members rode down to Harrisonburg, Va., to visit the camp last summer.

    "When you go there and you see these kids

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