GWRRA is organized by Region, District (State), and Chapter.
The Virginia District is part of Region "N" - The Appalachian Region -
(Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee) and has
some 22 Chapters in all areas of the state with over 1800 participants.
This year, the GWRRA national rally, "Wing Ding" as it is called,
will be held in Greenville, SC, and will draw some 13,000+ attendees. The
North Carolina Rally ("Wings Over the Smokies") at Fletcher will draw
in excess of 9,000 people, and the Virginia District Rally
("Rally in the Valley") in Salem, will have approximately
2,500 in attendance. Many Canadian Districts and Regions hold their
own rallies. An International Rally was held in Australia during
the summer of 1995, and other rallies are held around the world at
various times and locations.

Chapters are the GWRRA's basic unit of organization. They
hold monthly meetings throughout the year. Each Chapter has a
Director (president) and a staff of volunteer officers who must
adhere to fairly stringent national guidelines for operation of
the organization. Chapters provide the means for participants to
meet and plan activities to increase their enjoyment of riding,
and generally hold fund raising activities for local charities and
provide services for local events.

In recent years, GWRRA Chapters state wide have raised
thousands of dollars for Sgt. Santa and provided walk marshalling,
communications, and accounting services for the Multiple Sclerosis
Society's MS-Walk in Richmond, Emporia, and Fredericksburg. They
annually hold events for nursing homes, children's homes and other
community service organizations. In 1996, 1998, and 2000 the GWRRA
chapters throughout the state helped raise over $1.4 million
dollars to support the Pony Express Tours 96, 98 and 2000, the National
Womens' Relay Rides for Breast Cancer Research. Numerous other
activities have been held throughout the year by all of the
22 Virginia Chapters of GWRRA.

The GWRRA encourages rider safety by promoting the Motorcycle
Safety Foundation (MSF) Rider Education Programs. Each chapter
has an Educator whose job it is to oversee local participation in
the GWRRA Rider Safety Program, and provide safety instruction at
our Chapter get-togethers. Nationally in 1994, through 4,918
seminars and riding courses, the GWRRA reached 145,645
motorcyclists with its message of motorcycle safety. In six of
the last seven years, GWRRA has been recognized by the MSF, for its efforts.

Who is the GWRRA? We are your next door neighbor. Your
associate at work. Your doctor. Your child's teacher. People
from all walks of life have come together to make the GWRRA what
it is an organization that makes no social or political demands
on its participants, other than to allow them the opportunity to
have the time of their life, enjoying the most exciting means of
transportation ever invented.

All of this is encompassed by our GWRRA motto
"Friends for Fun, Safety, and Knowledge."