Saddle Bags Still Needed for Veteran Health Outreach Mission

If anybody in the Sacramento/San Francisco area has a set of saddle bags for the trip we can use them.

1998 Suzuki Bandit 1200 for Operation Red Dragonfly

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - I'm going on the road for the next two months + to spread the word about contaminated military bases. This is a solo motorcycle trip throughout this nation where I will talk to groups and local media about the chemicals Veterans are exposed to.

Millions of Americans served under toxic conditions and they are not aware of the potential impacts to their health. They are not provided adequate warnings that in turn allow them to seek early diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Those who believe that the Veterans Administration or any other government agency is going to do this important work, are sadly mistaken.

The fundraising for Operation Red Dragonfly has been underway for several weeks and many people have stepped forward to help because they recognize the importance of what is taking place.

Jon Daggett with Sacramento Motorcycle Rentals
Oregon Confederation of Clubs
Joshua Reiwitch with Joshua Reiwitch with Sacramento Metro Detailing
Chaplain Mike Friend with Bikers For Christ
Squire Smith of Squier Smith Commercial Real Estate
Kevin Saunders,
Leonard Lawrence,
Dennis Paterka,
Karin Rougeau,
Charlie Smith,
Jean James,
Bob and Donna Collinsworth,
Robert and Grace O'Dowd,
Al Hayward,
James Frederickson,
Michael Rawlings,
Gary Bennett,
Veterans United for Truth,
EnyaDreamz Productions,
the King family,
Salem-News.com

This is an important undertaking, it isn't simple or easy and I am fully committed, if you can help with gas money or if you have saddle bags in Northern California that I could connect with in the next day I would greatly appreciate it. I will also be looking for a better seat if anyone I am passing has one, and a replacement shift lever, again if anyone happens to have one, I can likely ride by and pick it up. My email address, tim@salem-news.com, is also listed below. Please donate through PayPal, it is safe and easy and small donations help greatly just like the larger ones.

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You can also donate directly into Tim King's Chase Bank account, just write to Tim at tim@salem-news.com for the account number.

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More background:

Red Dragonfly 'Veteran Awareness Mission' Set to Land at Camp Lejeune (VIDEO)

Tim King's Cross Country Ride for Veterans Health

Operation Red Dragonfly Brings Hardcore Veteran Health Outreach to America

Operation Red Dragonfly - Former Marine Will Cross Country for Veteran's Health

Road Warrior Crossroads: Taking Veteran's Issues to the Street

Tim King: Salem-News.com Editor and Writer

You can write to Tim at this address: tim@salem-news.com.

Visit Tim's Facebook page (facebook.com/TimKing.Reporter)

With almost 25 years of experience on the west coast and worldwide as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor, Tim King is Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor. His background includes covering the war in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007, and reporting from the Iraq war in 2008. Tim is a former U.S. Marine who follows stories of Marines and Marine Veterans; he's covered British Royal Marines and in Iraq, Tim embedded with the same unit he served with in the 1980's.

Tim holds awards for reporting, photography, writing and editing from traditional mainstream news agencies like The Associated Press and Electronic Media Association; he also holds awards from the National Coalition of Motorcyclists, the Oregon Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs; and was presented with a 'Good Neighbor Award' for his reporting, by the The Red Cross.

Tim King reporting from the war in Iraq

Tim's years as a Human Rights reporter have taken on many dimensions; he has rallied for a long list of cultures and populations and continues to every day, with a strong and direct concentration on the 2009 Genocide of Tamil Hindus and Christians in Sri Lanka. As a result of his long list of reports exposing war crimes against Tamil people, Tim was invited to be the keynote speaker at the FeTNA (Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America) Conference in Baltimore, in July 2012. This is the largest annual gathering of North American Tamils; Tim addressed more than 3000 people and was presented with a traditional Sri Lanka ‘blessed garland’ and a shawl as per the tradition and custom of Tamil Nadu

In a personal capacity, Tim has written 2,026 articles as of March 2012 for Salem-News.com since the new format designed by Matt Lintz was launched in December, 2005. Serving readers with news from all over the globe, Tim's life is literally encircled by the endless news flow published by Salem-News.com, where more than 100 writers contribute stories from 23+ countries and regions.

Tim specializes in writing about political and military developments worldwide; and maintains that the label 'terrorist' is ill placed in many cases; specifically with the LTTE Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, where it was used as an excuse to slaughter people by the tens of thousands; and in Gaza, where a trapped population lives at the mercy of Israel's destructive military war crime grinder. At the center of all of this, Tim pays extremely close attention to the safety and welfare of journalists worldwide.