- Toy Run 2023 in Erlangen – “The mood was great“
- Around 30,000 euros in donations in favor of sick children
- Several hundred motorcycles“wonderful music”, game parcours
- “Oldest continuously existing Toy Run of Europe“
On Saturday (May 6, 2023) took place in gain the 29. Toy Run instead of. Went with numerous gifts and monetary donations several hundred motorcycles, bikes and quads before the Erlangen children and youth clinic before. “The atmosphere was great,” says board member Marion Müller, who has been the first chairman of the association for 18 years.
Toy Run 2023 in Erlangen: 30,000 euros in donations for sick children
“We had a bomb weather“, says Müller. There was a lot going on: “The police counted almost 700, I personally agree 900 motorcycles, quads and bikes.” It got “wonderful Music” given by Hank Davison as well as one game course: “The course went through the entire clinic. There was, for example, a large car race track, a throwing game and a large guessing game – a total of ten games were contested.”
Many of the bikers presented on the stage gifts and donations and Mayor Florian Janik (SPD) was also a guest at the event and “spoke a few words”. The parade started on Saturday (May 6, 2023) at 12:30 p.m. in Dechsendorf, but it took quite a while until all motorcycles and other vehicles had arrived and the Clinic happened under the eyes of many spectators had. And counting the donations also took some time.
Müller was only able to reveal the exact number on Tuesday (May 9, 2023): “The monetary and material donations amount after deduction of all costs 30,000 euros“, the chairman of the Toy Run – Dreams for Sick Children Erlangen eV about the success of the event. The donations go in favor of the patients of the children and youth clinic in Erlangen as well as their families. Next year the Toy Run will take place for the 30th time – making the Toy Run the “oldest continuous toy run in all of Europe“, explains Mueller.
