MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW)- Before enjoying the Memorial Day Weekend Bikefest activities, members of the Ruff Ryders motorcycle club stopped by the Boys and Girls Club of the Grand Strand to spend time with the teen members.
Ruff Ryder to the Rescue Foundation was established in January 2000 by the Dean Family to assist community based organizations by providing necessary resources to adequately address the educational, health and social needs of ethnically diverse, urban communities.
It was the third year the members came to the club to share testimonials of their background, have lunch with the kids and bring them donated school supplies.
After seeing News13’s Positively Carolina feature on a graduating teen member headed to Coastal Carolina University, the members wanted to do something special for him.
“I don’t think that we give enough attention to the students that are actually graduating from high school. To graduate from high school and then to go on to college and then to be the first of your family to go to college that’s very touching. So we wanted to do everything we could to make his college experience the best,” Sharice Livingston Watford said.
The group presented Shyquain McCray with a plaque, certificate and new laptop.