Thursday, May 27, 2010

3rd Annual Roll Like Marcus Memorial Harley Davidson Ride



The 3rd Annual Roll like Marcus Hendricks Memorial Harley Davidson Ride will be held on Sunday May 30th. More than 200 motorcycle enthusiasts are expected to rev up their engines in Chicago Sunday morning May 30th and travel down South Halsted Street from 115th Street north to Union Park on Randolph and Ashland Avenue in honor of Marcus Hendricks and fallen police officer Thomas Wortham, IV, both killed by senseless gun violence. This event is sponsored by the Marcus Hendricks Memorial Foundation. The participants will ride for peace and unity in the community as well as to promote mentoring as a solution to the violence in the community. The first Roll like Marcus event was held on May 4, 2008, two weeks after Marcus Hendricks was fatally shot while in the office of his plumbing business in the Sheldon Heights neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. An avid Harley-Davidson enthusiast, Marcus’ friends from the biker community joined together for a ride to commemorate Marcus – a father, a husband, a business man and a community supporter on what would have been his 35th birthday. Since Marcus’ death his family has created the Marcus Hendricks Memorial Foundation to promote the tenets of his life: hard-work, family and commitment to community. As a plumber Marcus created his own success in the plumbing and sewer business. He supported the community by employing individuals whom he felt deserved a second chance providing an opportunity to become self-sufficient and provide for their families. Chicago Police Officer Thomas Wortham IV was murdered on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, and the ride this year will pay special tribute to Officer Wortham.