A FOLLOW UP ABOUT THE DOGS FOR OUR BRAVE CHARITY MOTORCYCLE BY JOHNNY MAC’S CHOPPER HOUSE, OVER $110,000 WAS RAISED WITHIN ONE HOUR AFTER OUR FOX BROADCAST.

Post & Images by Jack McIntyre

I originally posted this in September of 2023, but it was such as successful build & charity, I thought that it should be re-posted. I’ll begin with a video from the night the motorcycle was auctioned and following that, was our visit to FOX NYC before the bike was auctioned off. As stated below, only 30 minutes after the broadcast, all of the tickets sold out and when people were trying to purchase more & couldn’t, they just left donations instead. In the end, over $150,000.00 was raised for the give away motorcycle with ticket sales & donations.

Every now & again you have one of those days that is simply “special” in life. Well, this was one of those days. September 16th, 2023, we were invited to FOX News in Manhattan to unveil the motorcycle that our shop, Johnny Mac’s Chopper House in Philadelphia, created for Dogs for our Brave to raise money so that wounded service personnel could receive a trained service dog for life (read more here DFOB.ORG). We took the ride up from Philadelphia at about 3am and we met up with Brigdgette McAuley, Director of Training, and Bryan Pieschel, Director of Veteran Services.

Two extremely committed people to the master plan of DFOB. Check out the broadcast below, courtesy of FOX News.

Motorcycle Safety Lawyers sent in a HUGE donation towards the building of this motorcycle. Please visit their website & see what they are all about.

Dennis Kirk supplied $5K in parts towards this build, please support them as well for all of your motorcycle part needs.

The star of the show was obviously Jay, the next dog in training and he was spectacular. Jay is just about ready to be placed with a veteran and will be invaluable. We watched Jay all day long as Bridgette showed us all how Jay will keep his eyes on his master, pickup things that have fallen to the floor, retrieve a water bottle from the refrigerator, simple things that are so difficult for wounded veteran’s.

The crew at FOX News couldn’t have been more friendly to us all. Pete Hegseth, Will Cain, and Rachel Campus-Duffy were simply terrific along with all of the support cast. What can I say about Emily Compagno, she was the glue that brought us all together. With us from day one of the build, Emily came to Philly with her crew to our shop, helped weld the bike, then assisted airbrushing the DFOB logo on the gas tank. Total hands on with the eventual invite to NYC for again, what was an amazing day. From the news I received yesterday not 30 minutes after the broadcast, 1000 tickets were sold at $100.00 each… unheard of. That is the power of the FOX News family.

The DFOB “gala” in coming up this November where the winning ticket will be chosen for this custom motorcycle. Best of luck for all that purchased a ticket, and don’t forget to donate as you can, every penny is important. Enjoy the images.