Motorcycle club rides into Salvation Army with truckload of donations in tow

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The Bandidos Motorcycle Club in Spokane began a new holiday tradition Saturday as it unloaded hundreds of dollars in food, blankets, hygiene products and toys from a trailer and onto pallets for the Salvation Army.

"A lot of us belong to groups and we're constantly wondering how can I or my group impact a community," Salvation Army Maj. Ken Perine said. "It helps the group with their cohesiveness and it also helps people who they'll never meet but who will be forever thankful."

Bandidos club members said collecting donations for the Salvation Army was a spur-of-the-moment idea that grew into an organized effort.

As they unloaded the donations, a few men wore sequin Santa hats with their red and gold leather or denim jackets.

Club leaders asked members to bring "as much stuff as possible." They also set up about 15 holiday-wrapped bins outside local businesses in Spokane, Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene for shoppers to drop donations.

The Bandidos organized a food drive at a Grocery Outlet in Cheney. The club spent $400 on food and the store matched it, filling giant plastic bins with nonperishable goods.


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