The entire Screamin' Eagle Harley-Davidson Racing team spent two days in Milwaukee visiting area children,
promoting a free meals program and hanging out with Harley-Davidson employees.

All of the racers first went to Bethune Academy on Monday to help launch the start of another summer of the Fueling Young Minds program.

Spurred by a $125,000 grant from the Harley-Davidson Foundation, the award-winning Fueling Young Minds summer meals program will feed meals to low-income children at more than 200 Milwaukee locations this
summer, as well as provide dinner at 25 area schools. Harley-Davidson partners with the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools and other non-profits in the public-private collaborative. The entire Screamin' Eagle Harley-Davidson Racing team spent two days in Milwaukee visiting area children,
promoting a free meals program and hanging out with Harley-Davidson employees.

All of the racers first went to Bethune Academy on Monday to help launch the start of another summer of the Fueling Young Minds program.

Spurred by a $125,000 grant from the Harley-Davidson Foundation, the award-winning Fueling Young Minds summer meals program will feed meals to low-income children at more than 200 Milwaukee locations this
summer, as well as provide dinner at 25 area schools. Harley-Davidson partners with the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools and other non-profits in the public-private collaborative.

Screamin' Eagle drag racers Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec were joined by AMA Flat Track champion Kenny Coolbeth and his Wrecking Crew teammates, Jared Mees, Joe Kopp and Bryan Smith.

"The kids are so important and I feel lucky that our Screamin' Eagle team is in a position to help bring awareness to a great program," three-time NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Andrew Hines said. "We won the race on Sunday (in Joliet) and I brought the trophy to the school and let all of the kids pass it around. It was just cool hanging out with all the kids."

The Screamin' Eagle team went to Milwaukee Children's hospital once lunch at Bethune was finished. The racers signed autographs, handed out gift bags and just chatted with the kids who were well enough to come
to a visiting room.

Kopp, father of 11-year-old Garrett and 2-year-old Kody, said the visit to the Children's Hospital just made him want to spend even more time with his own kids.

"I really enjoyed the hospital visit because I have two sons of my own and it means a lot to be able to help kids," Kopp said. "It hurts a lot to see them because you don't want any child to be hurt, ill or suffer any pain. It hit home because I'm a parent and it just makes me want to get home and give my sons a hug. I'm so glad we got to visit the hospital and hopefully it brightened a few faces."

Harley-Davidson Racing Manager Anne Paluso said the Screamin' Eagle racers were the perfect spokesman to encourage kids to take part in the Fueling Young Minds program and put smiles on the faces of hospitalized
children.

"We are very fortunate in the way that we have not only some of the most talented riders in each series, but we have genuinely caring people who want to do what they can to help promote worthy causes," Paluso said. "When they walked into the room, all eyes were on the racers. Our guys are basically kids at heart, so the kids felt comfortable, there were lots of smiles and our team had a great time sitting down and chatting with all of the children."