The Mississippi & Mother Chapter of the PaceSetters Motorcycle Club and Motorcycle Clubs in no special order Down South Burners, Coast RedLiners, All Throttle, 6th Gear, Mobtown Riders & Christian Motorcyclists Association sponsored a charity ride on Saturday to help raise money for a 3-year-old D'Iberville child with a life-threatening disorder. Bikers from Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida converged at Buffalo Wild Wings in Pascagoula to donate funds to pay for medical bills and sign get-well cards for Lia N. Custodio.The long procession of bikes was escorted by the Pascagoula Police Department and the Jackson County Sheriff's Department through Jackson County.The charity ride ended at the Park and Ride on North Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs where the bikers presented money and cards to Lia's family. Lia is a toddler diagnosed with an immune deficiency disorder and a chromosome disorder.She recently underwent stem cell replacement surgery and the donor was her 7-month-old brother, Manny."The doctors told us that it was a one in a million chance that her brother would be a match," said Lia's mother, Kristy. "Without the match of her brother, Manny, and the surgery Lia would never have been able to go to public school but the surgery will replace what the disorder damaged," she said. The Pacesetters would like to give a special thanks to WLOX CH. 13 & Sun Herald Newspaper for covering this story !!!!
