Blue Knights are a very generous organization.  It's 17000+ members have donated $4.063,150.53 in cash and $500,413.38 in man-hours, for a total of $7,486,173.91 in the past few years.   Indiana VII, in keeping with the generous tradition,  started having it's annual Fall Foliage Festival Ride in 1997, a fund raiser for the club and local charities.  This ride has grown from just 3 bikes to 132 bikes and over 180 people in 2003.  The club has since been asked to assist in 2 additional poker runs for the local Veterans Memorial dedication in November 2003 and Cancer Victims in May of 2004. 

 

The local Blue Knights have supported C.O.P.S. of Indiana, Martinsville Little League, and in the past two years, their designated charity has been the Morgan County Fallen Officers Memorial Garden Fund, which will honor the 3 Morgan County Officers which have made the ultimate sacrifice.  The local Blue Knights have donated $2375 in two years to this fund and are the single largest contributor to it.  Since the Federal Government is matching our donation, we are responsible for $4750 being contributed to the memorial.   They also assist other youth programs as the need arises and funds are available.