A local event aimed at raising awareness for suicide prevention is returning to eastern North Carolina this month.<\/p>\n
The fourth annual \u201cBe The One\u201d charity car show and motorcycle ride will take place April 11, with proceeds benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention\u2019s North Carolina chapter.<\/p>\n
The event is presented by the American Legion Riders Burton-Cowell Post 265 in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
Organizers said last year\u2019s event drew a large crowd of car enthusiasts and riders from across eastern North Carolina, and they expect even more participation this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, we\u2019re expecting even greater participation from car clubs, ensuring an even wider array of stunning vehicles on display and from bikers in the ride,\u201d said John Potter with the American Legion Riders.<\/p>\n
The motorcycle ride will begin in Fayetteville, with registration starting at 7 a.m. at Mac Williams Middle School on Clinton Road. Riders are scheduled to depart at 8:30 a.m. and will finish at the Onslow County Fairgrounds on Broadhurst Road in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
The car, truck, jeep and motorcycle show will run from noon to 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds.<\/p>\n
A $20 donation is requested for the motorcycle ride, while show participants are asked to donate $25 to enter a vehicle. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
Organizers said the goal of the event is to raise awareness and support suicide prevention efforts across North Carolina.<\/p>\n
Sponsors for the event include National Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram and Kartunez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A local event aimed at raising awareness for suicide prevention is returning to eastern North Carolina this month.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-222108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}