Scooter Nation donates to Rehoboth firefighters
Dewey Beach Scooter Nation held its seventh annual End of Summer Charity Ride Sept. 30, raising $1,015.
The beneficiary of this year’s ride was the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company.
The group was formed to raise scooter awareness and promote safe riding around Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach.
The ride took this year’s 32 participants through Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach. The scooters began at The Big Chill Surf Cantina on Route 1, rode to the fire house to donate the money, made a quick stop at The Pond to eat and then ended the event at Hammerheads in Dewey Beach, where prizes were raffled off.
Hammerheads, Dewey Beach Surf Shop and Dew-Me Beach.com paid for the T-shirts worn during the ride. Local businesses made raffle donations, including Nicola Pizza, Grotto Pizza, Arena's, Bella Mia, Obie’s, Dewey Beach Surf Shop, Hammerheads and Dew-Me Beach.com. Nation member Michele Orzechowski paid for a handful the raffled-off gift cards on her own.
Every year the group donates to local charities. In the past, donations have gone to Epworth Skate Park and the Surfrider Foundation Delaware Chapter.
The group also does a smaller charity ride in the spring and participates in Rehoboth Beach Christmas Parade.
The Rev. Robert “Boots” DiGiacomo, Carla DiGiacomo, Orzechowski, Greg Plummer and Amy Pietlock are the key people responsible for organizing the rides, promoting the rides and getting most of the donations.
For more information on the group and to stay informed on its projects, go to its Facebook page at Dewey Beach Scooter Nation.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
