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Bikernet.com and Thunder Press Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to "Operation Gratitude"
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Wilmington, CA - Over the past seven years, Keith Ball of Bikernet.com has been an unswerving supporter of Operation Gratitude and has worked hand in hand with Jeff Krause, the Motorcycle Community Liaison for Operation Gratitude (www.operationgratitude.com), a 501(C) 3 military charity based in Van Nuys CA. Over the past 12 years, they have mailed over 1,200,000 care packages to our nation's service members deployed in hostile regions all over the world. Each package contains a handwritten 'thank-you-for-your-service' letter along with useful items (Emergen-C, foot powder, tooth brush kits, sun block, socks, music CD's, candy, etc.) donated by major corporations to give the men and women serving our country a taste of home and to let them know how grateful we are for their service and how much we love them. Additionally, for the milestone number packages, a Jeep from Chrysler was donated, 2 Harley Sportsters were donated by Sands Resorts and American Veterans Traveling Tributes (AVTT), an "8 Ball" was donated by Polaris Victory and an Orange County Chopper signed by Paul Senior was donated by Torque Sports -a well-known MMA clothing supplier and so on...

"Any time I sent Keith a PR on OPGrat he has always been lickety-split to agree to run the article on Bikernet's website - no questions asked", stated Krause. "To recognize Bill & Jennifer's and Keith's contributions publicizing Operation Gratitude to the biker community over the past seven years, I traveled to Bikernet headquarters this past Tuesday morning to present these motorcycle people with 'Thank-you' cards from Operation Gratitude's founder, Mrs. Carolyn Blashek (very busy lady!), and 3' X '5' Operation Gratitude flags" added Krause. On hand to document the presentation were Pete Alva, the director and producer of "The Biker Movie" and Henry "Photoshooter" Aparicio. (These talented men always appear when there's a significant event in the biker community that needs to be documented.) Also on hand for the presentation was Ray Wheeler of 5 Ball Racing. Along with his pal, Keith, Ray is a 'Nam vet and is also a supporter of Operation Gratitude

Bill Hayes and Jennifer Thomas of Thunder Press Magazine are close friends and when Jeff told them about Operation Gratitude's mission, Bill immediately asked if he could come out to cover a packaging day at OPGrat's headquarters at the Van Nuys National Guard Armory. Over the years, Bill and Jennifer have made several return trips to the Armory and they've published several articles on this fine organization's mission in Thunder Press.

To contact Keith Ball, info@bikernet.com, or go to www.bikernet.com For more information about Operation Gratitude, go to www.operationgratitude.com.

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