The Great Teddy Bear Run for the CAC

The Great Teddy Bear Run for the CAC is a fun motorcycle event that takes place on the first Saturday of April every year.  The event promotes April’s Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month and raises community awareness, funds and resources to benefit the Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center.  Year after year, thousands of riders from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky and our neighboring states have joined together to ride in this exciting even.  It's quite a sight to see hundreds (some years more than a thousand!) shiny motorcycles, decked out with lots of blue ribbons and blue balloons.  Bowling Green Police Department’s finest lead the parade through the busiest streets of Bowling Green.  The parade stops traffic and reminds the community of the Center’s mission and services to victims of child sexual abuse, as well as collects teddy bears and contributions to support vital services to kids in our regional community.

The 11^th Annual Great Teddy Bear Run was held on Saturday, April 3^rd in Bowling Green. Rain early in the morning did not stop more than 500 riders from coming out to ride in our extended 16 mile parade from the Warren County Justice Center and at Harley Davidson Bowling Green (http://www.harley-davidsonbowlinggreen.com).  We are thrilled to report this year’s event raised more than $20,000.00 in sponsorships and contributions and collected 525 teddy bears to benefit the Center’s mission to raise awareness about the crime of child sexual abuse and availability of services to children and families living in our ten county region. 

 We cannot thank our Grand Marshall Sponsors Rivendell Behavioral Health Services (http://www.rivendellbehavioral.com) and Harley Davidson Bowling Green and all our sponsors enough for making our annual parade possible and our riders for coming out to help us stop traffic year after year.  (Click here for 2010 Event Poster)  We truly cannot do what we do without your support!

Click here to check out photos from this year’s event.

Ride safely,

Board and Staff
Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center

Ride with us again!

12th Annual Great Teddy Bear Run for the CAC

on Saturday, April 2, 2011.

Rain or Shine – we’ll be there ready to go again for kids in our community!

 For more information about how you or your business can become a sponsor, please contact Cathy Schutte, Office Manager at c.schutte@bracac.org or at (270) 783-4357.