Ride for Good surprises children at Brugg nursery with a Sunday ride: “We make children smile”

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Sandro* (10) was very excited: “Wow, a Lamborghini! And here’s a Nissan GT-R!” It was a dream come true for the young car fan when around 130 vehicles (heavy motorcycles, trailers, tricycles as well as many modern sports cars and some vintage cars) drove towards the kindergarten at Olsberg AG with a loud noise around 11 o’clock. Today he will drive a black Lamborghini Huracán.

This is made possible thanks to the Ride for Good association, which aims to bring joy to people in difficult living conditions through joint trips. Brugg Children’s Home Foundation president Rolf von Moos (64), together with Ride for Good board members Richi Landert (61) and Carola Bünzli (50), are organizing a joint trip to the foundation for more than 60 children on this beautiful day. Autumn Market Institutions of Brugg Children’s Home. Carola Bünzli: “We want to make children smile.”

180 kilometers long route

Like Sandro, road captain Richi Landert, who is responsible for the orderly and safe running of the event, barely slept on Sunday night. “Although I had covered the entire 180-kilometer route twice as a reconnaissance and noted the most dangerous sections, ‘I was very nervous,'” he admits openly during his lunch break. Never before has the club been this big, with so many vehicles for so many little passengers. There was so much to think about, from securing the train’s route across three vehicle bays to important little things like helmets or child seats and booster seats for passengers aged eight to twelve.

Carola Bünzli and Richi Landert were also surprised by the great response to the Ride for Good association’s call on social media to take more than 60 registered children from the Brugg Children’s Home Foundation on a ride. Instead of the expected 80 vehicles, around 130 motorcycles, tricycles and cars from all over Switzerland arrive at the starting point at Olsberg AG on Sunday morning. Like the vehicles, their pilots are also very diverse.

Colored area of ​​participants

This Sunday, many Harley and tricycle riders wearing black leather outfits and tattoos show off their big hearts beneath their tough shells. For example, it is touching when the slightly older, gnarled-looking biker replies to his young passenger – after his frank confession: “You know, I don’t have mom and dad anymore” -: “Then you’re like me. I recently lost my wife. That’s why I’m young Man, I’m here now to please people like you and me.” This broke the ice between the eleven-year-old homeboy and his driver.

Logistician and Kawasaki trailer driver Thomas Golser (51) from Winterthur ZH is also busy chatting with his young co-pilot Ramon*. Golser tells us this is his 17th charity trip this year. When asked why he does this, he answers with a shrug: “For the joy of life. I give very little; just a little time. And a lot of things are coming back.” By this he means the children’s shining eyes and the knowledge with which he gave them an unforgettable day. A cyclist from Münchenbuchsee BE, standing nearby with his young passenger waiting to continue his journey, adds: “Here I am giving someone pleasure with something that I also enjoy “I give it to you. This is the best thing.”

It is surprising that among the colorful vehicles there are so many young drivers, as well as experienced cyclists and cyclists. For example, this young lady in her old MG points across the square during her lunch break on Dietisberg near Laufenlfingen BL and says: “What greater motivation to go here than the eyes of all these happy children?” And yet she speaks from the hearts of many participants.

There is also the young lady from the canton of Schwyz who, despite having a big teddy bear in the back of her powerful US pickup, could not find a little co-pilot and eventually joined the long team on her own with her vehicle. cockpit “Since I was the one driving last, the kids have probably already decided on a different car,” he suspects. “But that doesn’t matter at all,” he says with a smile. “The important thing is that every child today has found his place.”

Everything went smoothly

At the end of the trip, having a joint dinner in the courtyard of the Olsberg children’s home, the organizers came to a positive conclusion. Road captain Richi Landert and house manager Rolf von Moos are happy that everything went without incident. Carola Bünzli, founder of Ride for Good, is happy to see the smiling faces of many children and gives everyone a gift. Sandro sums up his Lamborghini journey succinctly: “Huere geil gsi!”

He doesn’t have time for a longer explanation. Despite the long journey of 180 kilometers, Sandro is almost exhausted and rushes with his colleagues to the waiting foosball court to relieve some more stress. Afterwards he probably slept well and dreamed that he was driving the gorgeous Lambo.

* Names have been changed

Source: Blick