Friday, April 03, 2026
48.0°F

Road Brother Motorcycle Club sponsors food drive

CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 years, 4 months AGO
by CHERYL SCHWEIZER
Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | November 11, 2018 8:42 PM

photo

Cheryl Schweizer/Columbia Basin Herald Members of the Road Brothers Motorcycle Club got together to collect food and money Saturday for the group’s annual charitable project.

MOSES LAKE — David Garza (Twinkie), organizer of the 2018 food drive sponsored by the Road Brother Motorcycle Club, was talking to a passerby when a car drove up and stopped.

“I don't have any cans, but I do have some money,” the woman said, handing over some cash. The Road Brothers were hanging out along the sidewalk on Stratford Road Saturday, collecting food and raising money for local people in need during the holiday season.

This is the sixth year Road Brother has held a food drive. “It all started with what can we do to help out,” Garza said.

“We didn't know what we were getting into, but we had so much fun, we just kept doing it.” The first year they collected enough food and money to help four families; the second year they doubled that, and it's grown over time, he said. In 2017 the club collected enough to provide Thanksgiving dinner to 17 families. “We got a ton of community support last year.”

And there's a target for 2018. “Our goal is to hit that 20 (family) mark,” he said.

“We strive every year to get bigger and better.” And it doesn't stop with raising money and food – the Road Brother members make a ride of it on delivery day. “We go door to door (of receiving families) and deliver our boxes,” Garza said.

Road Brother is a “family-oriented motorcycle club,” a bunch of guys and ladies who just like to ride motorbikes, he said. The club has set up a Facebook group page for its 2018 food drive, and will accept donations.

Cheryl Schweizer can be reached via email at [email protected].

ARTICLES BY CHERYL SCHWEIZER

Road closures, roundabout, mean construction season underway
April 3, 2026 3 a.m.

Road closures, roundabout, mean construction season underway

EPHRATA — The grass is starting to turn green, the trees are starting to leaf out, construction crews are starting to build roundabouts – hey, it’s spring. At least one roundabout project is in its final phase, held over from fall 2025. The intersection of State Route 282 and Nat Washington Way will be closed the week of April 6 to allow crews to install permanent lights. “This really is the final (closure),” wrote Grant County Administrator Tom Gaines in a media release. “The roundabout will close at 6 a.m. Monday, and we plan to reopen by Friday, possibly sooner if the work finishes early.”

Ybarra announces run for Washington Senate
April 2, 2026 1:48 p.m.

Ybarra announces run for Washington Senate

QUINCY — State Representative Alex Ybarra, R-Quincy, has announced his candidacy for the Washington Senate. If he’s elected, he would replace Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, who announced her retirement in March.

Othello Community Museum to open April 25
April 1, 2026 3:45 a.m.

Othello Community Museum to open April 25

OTHELLO — With a couple of new exhibits, a new heating-cooling system, rearranged displays and a thorough cleaning, the Othello Community Museum will open for the summer April 25. The goal, said Molly Popchock, museum board secretary, is to operate for a full season.