The 20th annual Cpl. Brandon M. Hardy Memorial Scholarship Ride will be held on Saturday, July 19. The motorcycle ride will start at Gap Community Church, 835 Houston Run Drive, Gap. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 8:45 a.m. Doughnuts will be provided. The ride will depart promptly at 9 a.m.

The ride will travel through portions of Lancaster and Chester counties and return to Gap Community Church for a barbecue chicken lunch at noon. There will be a fee per person payable at registration. Non-riders may also attend the luncheon for a donation.

Proceeds of the ride will benefit the Cpl. Brandon M. Hardy Memorial Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to graduating seniors who are entering the military. Brandon was a resident of Cochranville and was killed in action in Al Anbar, Iraq, on April 28, 2006. To date, $167,000 in scholarship funds have been given in his memory.

For more information, call Jill Hardy at 610-416-3057 or Chad and Doris Miller at 717-314-9554. More information is also available on the "Cpl. Brandon M. Hardy Memorial Scholarship Motorcycle Ride" event page on Facebook.