{"id":260,"date":"2020-02-26T21:53:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2025-06-12T02:34:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:34:57","slug":"chapter-xiii-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/chapter-xiii-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter XIII Events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THIS is what it’s all about! Our Chapter presented the proceeds from our Annual 2025 Beefsteak to our awesome recipient at her house in Stanhope, NJ tonight. Francesca Esposito, a 28 year old single mother, suffering from an aggressive form of stomach cancer, welcomed us to her home tonight and introduced us to her beautiful son, Giovani, and her mother Sara, after nine Chapter XIII Members rode to her home to present the donation. Giovani, a huge motorcycle fan, and even bigger Monster Truck fan, had a blast trying on each and every motorcycle that was there. Francesca, Sara and Giovani welcomed us into their home for some fantastic treats and snacks and shared their stories with our crew. Such a wonderful and deserving family. As we rode away, we could see Giovani “revving” his engines and smiling ear to ear. Thank you to the members of Chapter XIII who made the trip tonight to make the presentation. I believe that we have made a couple more lifelong friends. May God Bless Francesca as she endures her treatments and we pray for all the best for her in the future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Francesca and her son Giovani with Chapter XIII President Neil Hoogmoed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Francesca, Giovani and Sara with Chapter XIII Members <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Chapter XIII Past President Lee Smith and Chapter member Steve Stys at the New Jersey Special Olympics Torch Run being awarded a plaque for leading the Torch Run from Butler Police Department to the Lincoln Park ShopRite. Plaque being presented by Sherry Calabro, Torch Run Organizer and daughter of our beloved Road Captain Rich Lydecker (Heaven I).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2025 Special Olympics Torch Run. L-R Rob Condatore, Dan Hackes, Steve Stys and Carl Padula. Taking photo is Lee Smith.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2025 Special Olympics Torch Run led by Chapter XIII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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July 17, 2024 President Neil Hoogmoed presenting the Beefsteak proceeds check to the Benkovic family. Nine Chapter members participated in the event and rode their bikes to the residence for Jonathan and his brother Joseph to enjoy. Outstanding evening!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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2ND Annual Blue Knights Chapter XIII Beefsteak held on May 18th at the Bloomingdale Fire House. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2ND Annual Blue Knights Chapter XIII Beefsteak held on May 18th at the Bloomingdale Fire House. THANK YOU to THREE DAY WEEKEND for donating your time and providing outstanding entertainment for the event!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2ND Annual Blue Knights Chapter XIII Beefsteak held on May 18th at the Bloomingdale Fire House.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2ND Annual Blue Knights Chapter XIII Beefsteak held on May 18th at the Bloomingdale Fire House. Our Chapter ion attendance holding our CHARTER from June 2nd, 1982. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2ND Annual Blue Knights Chapter XIII Beefsteak held on May 18th at the Bloomingdale Fire House. Pictured are our Chapter members, along with members from the Blue Bloods, Blue Knights Chapter 17, Leathernecks, and Iron Horse Clubs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bknjxiii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}