About 120 motorcyclists and a big party bus rolled out of downtown Perry Saturday morning on the seventh annual Josh Davis Memorial Poker Run.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josh Davis of Perry was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2010. Davis was a 2009 graduate of Perry High School. He was 19 when killed.
This year’s circuit made stops at watering holes in Grand Junction, Jefferson, Jamaica and Panora.The Perry Elks Lodge will be the venue for supper, followed by a live auction, a 50/50 drawing and a poker hand drawing.
All monies raised by the event enter the Josh Davis Memorial Fund. The fund’s activities include the Josh Davis Award at Perry High School and the upkeep and maintenance of the Josh Davis Plaza in downtown Perry.
Retrieving Freedom, an organization that trains service dogs for returning veterans, also receives a portion of the charity donations.
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