Fulminant conclusion of the Harley-Davidson® Charity Tour year 2023
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VIENNA (13.12.2023) - „Loud for the quiet and strong for the weak“ is the motto of the Harley-Davidson® Charity Fund e.V. Every year, it organizes the Harley-Davidson® Charity Tour (HDCT) with hundreds of motorcycles throughout Austria and collects donations that primarily benefit children suffering from muscular dystrophy, etc. The bikers travel from province to province through Austria, where they are awaited in numerous cities by interested visitors, a festive atmosphere and large donations.
This year, the association raised over 307,000 euros, as announced at the big charity gala in Vienna on November 18, 2023. 307,000 euros that will go towards valuable projects to make the lives of people with muscle diseases a little easier. In 2023, 10 projects of the LICHT INS DUNKEL emergency aid fund were also supported with 60,000 euros, and a total of 50 applications with almost 200,000 euros have already been processed this year. HDCT's help begins where state aid ends. This is because public support is also limited and does not cover all the necessary assistance that people with muscle diseases need. From power wheelchairs to car conversions: HDCT is ready and waiting to make it possible.
5 million so far
The spirit of the fund has been unbroken since 1996: the members have organized 26 charity tours with around 500 tour events in Austria to date. A total of around 50,000 H-D bikers have covered a distance equivalent to a trip around the world. Incidentally, the bikers are volunteers and cover their own costs. This allows the net proceeds to flow 1:1 into the HDCT's goal and reach those in need and their families. And the total proceeds in recent years are impressive: around 5 million euros have been raised by the increasingly popular tour since 1996.
Gala night, film premiere and prominent supporters
Friends and companions celebrated the success of this year's tour at the brilliant closing gala on November 18 in Vienna. Among the guests were Albert Fortell, Harry Prünster, Manfred Ainedter, Niddl, Sabine Petzl, Tony Rei, WKO chairman Alfred Harl and ERGO board member Christian Noisternig, Regional Vice President H-D Company Kolja Rebstock and HDCT founder Ferdinand Fischer. The barbecue by world barbecue champion Adi Bittermann and wine from Domäne Baumgartner spoiled the palate. The top band The Blues Bros. Corporation and Klagenfurt superstars Matakustix provided the atmosphere.
Tour founder Ferdinand O. Fischer went one better on November 26 and presented his film „Loud for the quiet and strong for the weak - The Harley-Davidson® Charity Tour and its mission“ at the sold-out Cineplexx Wienerberg. With exciting impressions from the shooting years 2022 and 2023, the film takes the audience into the versatile, strong, loud and helpful world of the HDCT. The many visitors, including Barbara Wussow, Albert Fortell, Christian Stani and Max Bieger from „Alle Achtung“, Andrea Kdolsky, Marcus Strahl and Oliver Stamm, were deeply impressed by the film. You can find all the information here HERE.
„It was a charity year with record participation by Harley bikers from Germany and abroad, who, supported by hundreds of Vespa riders in the best weather at our numerous events, made this great donation possible. We look forward to the 27th tour from August 14-18, 2024 and thank our great team for their unwavering commitment!“ says Dieter Baier, President of the Harley-Davidson® Charity Fund, looking back on 2023.
Donation account for people with muscular dystrophy in Austria - Harley-Davidson® Charity Fund:
Erste Bank and Sparkasse - IBAN: AT 2320 1118 2514 0731 00
Further information on the Harley-Davidson Charity Tour can be found at: www.harley-charity-tour.at.
Text & photo credits: H-D Charity Tour
