SLIDE SHOW: More than 500 motorcyclists join in BRACAC’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run
Published 2:15 pm Saturday, April 26, 2025

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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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John Pendley from Scottsville, a member of the Master Builders Masonic Riders Association and Ambassadors for Christ, straps a sloth stuffed animal to the back of his bike before riding alongside over 500 other motorcyclists from around the state and beyond in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run from the Warren County Justice Center to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Teddy bears and other stuffed animals are strapped to over 500 motorcycles as motorcyclists from around the state and beyond gather at the Warren County Justice Center to ride in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Mike McCoy gets help from his fellow riders with Crusaders for Children of Twin Lakes in strapping a teddy bear to his leather vest before riding alongside over 500 other motorcyclists from around the state and beyond in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run from the Warren County Justice Center to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s Teddy Bear mascot stands before over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond as they rev up to ride in BRACAC’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run from the Warren County Justice Center to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond start their engines to ride in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run from the Warren County Justice Center to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Teddy bears and other stuffed animals are strapped to over 500 motorcycles as motorcyclists from around the state and beyond gather at the Warren County Justice Center to ride in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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A group of motorcyclists with the Kentucky American Legion Riders Post 62 in Franklin stand together with the Teddy Bear mascot before riding in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run alongside over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond from the Warren County Justice Center to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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A miniature teddy bear sticks out of the pocket of Kyle “Hottest” Jeffery, a member of Crusaders for Children of Ann Arbor, Mich., as he and his friends get ready to ride alongside over 500 other motorcyclists from around the state and beyond in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run from the Warren County Justice Center to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Teddy bears and other stuffed animals are strapped to over 500 motorcycles as motorcyclists from around the state and beyond gather at the Warren County Justice Center to ride in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Teddy bears and other stuffed animals are strapped to over 500 motorcycles as motorcyclists from around the state and beyond gather at the Warren County Justice Center to ride in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Teddy bears and other stuffed animals are strapped to over 500 motorcycles as motorcyclists from around the state and beyond gather at the Warren County Justice Center to ride in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond take off from the Warren County Justice Center in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Over 500 motorcyclists from around the state and beyond rode in Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s 25th annual Great Teddy Bear Run from the Warren County Justice Center to the Bowling Green Harley Davidson to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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About Grace McDowell

Photojournalist for the Bowling Green Daily News since 2019. Any news or sports tips? Send them my way at grace.mcdowell@bgdailynews.com!
