Motorcycle ride to benefit Childs, Metzler charities
, Staff Writer
10-30-2009
Three Virginia law enforcement agencies are joining with several other sponsors to hold a motorcycle ride Saturday, Nov. 7 to benefit a charity foundation named in honor of two Virginia Tech students murdered in August.
Proceeds from the ride and associated raffles and silent auction will go to the Metzler and Childs Foundation and then be divided between Campus Crusade for Christ and Operation Smile.
A spokeswoman for the event said Heidi Lynn Childs and David Lee Metzler were members of Campus Crusade. Operation Smile is a children’s charity that provides doctors to treat facial deformities, such as cleft palates, around the world.
The ride, which will be held rain or shine, begins with breakfast at 8 a.m. at Heritage Baptist Church, 219 Breezewood Drive in Lynchburg. It ends with lunch and a silent auction at Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in Christiansburg at 1 p.m.
The bike ride starts at 10 a.m. Riders will take Route 460 West to the Blue Ridge Parkway, then take Route 8 into Christiansburg. Raffles will be held throughout the day.
Cost is $20 per person.
The event is sponsored by Lynchburg Police Helping hands Foundation, Southern States PBA Blue Ridge Chapter, Virginia State Police and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
To register before the Nov. 4 deadline, call 434-455-6070. Checks should be made payable and mailed to Lynchburg Police Helping Hands, c/o LPD, Attn.: Cindy Kozerow, 805 Court St., Lynchburg, VA 24504.
A man walking a dog discovered the bodies of 19-year-old Metzler of Lynchburg and 18-year-old Childs of Forest at Caldwell Fields off Craig Creek Road just after 8 a.m. Aug. 27. Metzler’s body was found inside his car and Childs’ body was lying outside the car. Both had been shot and were dead when police arrived on the scene.
Police have yet to find the killer. An award fund for information pertaining to the case is now up to between $60,000 and $70,000.
Besides Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, other agencies that have joined a task force to investigate the case include the police departments from Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Virginia Tech; Virginia State Police; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF); the U.S. Marshall’s Office; and the U.S. Forest Service.
Anyone with information in the case or who was in the area of Caldwell Fields or the Jefferson National Forest Shooting Range on Craig Creek Road between 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26 and 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27 should call 540-382-2951.
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