5th Annual Midnight Ridazz All-City Toy Ride

It’s that time of year again. One of my favorite holiday events continue in its fifth year, the Midnight Ridazz All City Toy Ride. This Friday, Los Angeles bicyclers bearing unwrapped toys worth $5-$25 will meet up in locations across the city and join mini-rides that will all converge on the Olvera St. Gazebo in downtown for one giant mass o’ giving that then rides to an after-party. All toys will be donated to The Alliance for Children’s Rights, a local non-profit that provides free legal services and advocacy to protect the rights of impoverished and abused children and youth.

There’s currently twelve locations being organized (maybe even more). Check the Midnight Ridazz event page for a ride location near you, and RSVP on Facebook.

I’ll be there for my fourth year (missed one while I was living in Japan), joining the Hollywood ride that’s going to meet up at HelMel. Last year I loaded the Big Dummy down with gifts and decorated it with Christmas lights. This year, if I have time to throw it together by Friday, I’m thinking a cardboard sleigh on the back of the long bike is in order.

Here’s a few photos from last year:

And because I get a kick out of it every year, here’s a little PSA from the event’s first year in 2006.

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