TRAIN M.R.O.

Welcome

TRAIN in Drivers Education Class Welcome to TRAIN MRO, Inc. TRAIN stands for Training Rider Awareness Is Necessary. We are a Motorcycle Rights Organization (MRO) with a focus on Safety and Education. Our charter is to train drivers of vehicles and motorcyclists on how to operate their vehicles safely around each other. We believe that the single best course of action to survive an automobile accident, is to prevent the accident in the first place.

Next Event: It wont be long before we gather for our annual Chili Cook-Off. You can check out the Flyer Here.

Update: The Gallery has recently been updated with pictures from the 2011 Christmas Party.

As always, if you have pictures from one of our events, Contact Us. We would love to include them in our Gallery.

Presidents Column

Welcome to TRAINMRO'S website.

Well it looks like the years riding season is coming to a close and I hope everyone had a great one. I also hope everyone who has the winter blues will attend our Christmas Party on December 3 at Win ,Place or Show in Fairfield. Every event we do we have folks ask where our money goes and if you are curious come on down to the Christmas Party and see for yourself. We always donate to our Charities at the Christmas Party and will be handing checks out as usual this year.

Also this is the time we have our Toys for Toddlers auction where we auction donated items to raise money for next years toys.

Of coarse I saved the best till last! We always have our traditional Christmas dinner where our Members and Friends bring a dish and everyone eats till everything is gone for just $5.00. There will be turkey, ham and all the trimmings. All money raised goes to buy toys for needy children next year. Santa will also be there for the kiddies so bring the whole family. You can check out the flyer above or in RoadWheeler Magazine.

Our Toys for Toddlers Toy give away will be on December 10th 5 PM at Lebanon Metro on Monroe St in Lebanon. This my friends makes it all worthwhile. Most of these children would not have any toys under the tree Christmas morning if we did not help. The families are all screened by Metro, most have working parents that just make enough money to get by. To see the smiling faces of these children when they come into see Santa will tug on the heartstrings of the roughest biker.

Santa always has a treat for the kiddies while the parents pick out a few toys for them in another room to wrap and place under the tree. Also they enjoy seeing Santa's helper Elf Norwood. Believe me when I tell you its a great time.

I would also like to take this opportunity to say From Myself, and the Board of Directors of TRAINMRO Thank You to everyone that supported us this year. Without your support none of this would be possible. Thanks Everyone! We look forward to another riding season next year with all of you.

Also in Closing we wish all of you A Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

May God Bless our Troops and bring them home safe real soon!!

God Bless all of you and once again Thanks!!

Mike

Vice President's Column

Norwood

Hello Brothers and Sisters, WOW its Thanksgiving already. Another year has passed again and yet here all of us are, still together, riding ,partying, and fighting for our rights in the MRO world.

TRAINMRO had a pretty good year this year , with the help of other Organizations in the tri state. Thanx. to Abate of Ohio, the KMRO, KMA/KBA, Star Riders, the Lost Onez, and all the ones I forgot. We at TRAINMRO Thank You.

With out all of you supporting our events we would not be able to support our Charities at Christmas. THANX ALL!

I would also like to Thank all the TRAINMRO Directors for another great show of unity and dedication to the cause. On a personal note, Thanx to Tim and Chris for stepping up as Road Captians, taking on my duties (which I love) when I was hurt this summer and didnt feel I could fulfill my duties to the best of my abilities Safely.

This Thanksgiving will be a sad but happy one for myself.

I lost my oldest Brother Donnie on 11/17 when he lost his fight with throat cancer. I wish we had stayed closer over the years but time got away from us and I just didnt make it a point to stay in touch. Its my loss! Just wish it would have been different. (Its been a long strange trip) I will sure miss him!

The happy side to this is my next older Brother Duane and myself have and are reconnecting after 30 years. Duane has been in the Army all his life, been all over the world many times, and recently came home from 3 tours since 9/11 this time to stay, I hope , any ways I have found what I lost and I will not lose it again!

Brothers and Sisters, dont take your family for granted, keep them close and in your heart, cause when their gone all you will have left is YOU. I have a lot of memories, when we were young, but for me memories are not enough, KEEP the ones you love close!!

I truly have a lot to be thankful for this year, My wife,Sammie,Brandie, Angie, and the grandkids.

Ride Free and Safe

Protect whats yours,your rights and freedoms as an American

Dave/Norwood

Membership Director

alt What is TRAIN MRO?

While we are a Motorcycle Rights Organization, we aren’t as tuned to legislation as other MRO’s, but we ARE dedicated to the training of our future drivers/riders to be alert and aware of motorcyclists. Some of us teach in Bick’s driving schools. It is very satisfying. Besides that we are a charitable organization, hence the 501c3 status. In this respect, we can accept donations and these donations can be deducted on your income tax return. We can only make our donations to other 501c3 status holders also. Dues cannot be used as a deduction. We currently charge $10/single and $15/couple for membership dues.

What do I get from a TRAIN MRO membership?

You get to be a part of an organization that cares about you, the motorcyclist. We not only try to train future drivers, we also put on safe rides. We have our two regular covered bridge runs, one on July 9^th and one on Oct 8^th. We also do a Chili Cook-off, a family picnic, Halloween Party and our Christmas Party with Auction. In addition we will be doing a Bug Run on June11th and we also do other rides and events throughout the year.

All the monies collected from our runs are used to help run TRAIN and support our charities. Last year alone we were able to contribute $4000 to these charities: Warren County Rape & Crisis Center, Cincinnati Children’s Dental Foundation, the Haven House and Metropolitan housings Book Bag Fair and Toys for Toddlers. Monies used in the running of TRAIN are for insurance and expenses. We try to keep these to a minimum so we can give more to our charities.

Our directors do this all on a volunteer basis.

It’s amazing really, if you think about it, to be able to donate $4000 in one year just based on membership dues and our runs. Especially in today’s economic times and with memberships dwindling, to be able to say ‘Look what we did’. You should be patting yourself on the back for helping to make this happen.

What do I get from my membership? Need I say more!!!

Sue Ross - Membership Director