2025 03 Appalachian Chapter Calls In

Appalachian Chapter Calls In

We had a great podcast today with the Appalachian Chapter and welcomed our NK Brother Sig back to the podcast. Brother Sig is no stranger to our podcast and was one of our, if not the first regular call-in guests to join our Group-Casts way back in the day.

As a Career Officer and K9 handler, he reflects briefly on his 27 ½ year career and a chance meeting in Washington DC where he met the Nam Knights MC and bravely waded into the mayhem outside the Hilton Hotel in Crystal City.

He hasn't been the same since.

The Appalachian Chapter is celebrating its 27th Anniversary as the Seventh Chapter of the Nam Knights MC chartered on January 16, 1998. A worthy celebration to say the least!

On the weekend of April 10th to the 12th, they will be pulling out all the stops to mark the occasion.

Even though they've been around for almost three (3) decades, they certainly aren't taking their foot off the pedal. This week, March 22nd they'll be hosting their Bike Night at the Grumpy Old Men Brewery! Brother Sig says they try and host an event a month to keep both the Brotherhood and the Community engaged. "We will have something every month, except December"

The chapter enjoys amazing community support, but that doesn't come without hard work. There are a lot of prominent folks vacationing in the area and some local breweries that are "hugely supportive".

"We've gotten an infusion of new members", says Sig, and with that came a lot of new ideas and energy. "We've got some prospects in the pipeline too".

The Chapter hosts a "Bikes and Brews" event every September benefiting the Georgia Police K9 Foundation. Live Bands, Raffles, and it's a very big deal. The next one is scheduled for September 13th and will be their fourth time hosting the event. The Brewery that helps sponsor the event is moving to a much larger venue, offering the chapter a larger footprint to organize the event. Every year the chapter tries to make it bigger and better.

The chapter runs Trivia Nights, Chilli Cook-offs, the Angel Tree promotion, Toys for Tots, Feed Fannin, and anything the local area needs that we can jump in on. "We are very fortunate that everybody here has embraced the Nam Knights MC" and they're taking that ride as hard as they can because they want to help the community as much as possible.

https://feedfannin.org

Brother Sig says the area is a little out of the way but they still get great support from the local chapters, particularly from the Georgia Area.

He encourages any patch that's coming down their way to ride or for vacation, to please give one of them a call and check in. There are some fantastic riding to be had and they would like to point you in some right directions. "When people come to town, it's like Christmas for us".