Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's "Blaze of Glory" Motorcycle Ride to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

SANTA ANA, CA, May 16 (MARKET WIRE) --
Robert Patrick (CBS's "The Unit," "Terminator 2") and NY Mike, Harley Davidson
San
Diego owner, will participate in Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's
inaugural "Blaze of Glory" Poker Run Motorcycle Ride on May 17, 2008. Once
completing the "Blaze of Glory" ride, they will join the "Run for the Wall" ride
to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

The motorcycle event will feature Robert Patrick as the Grand Marshal, and
will be a 60-mile Poker run with five stops where best hand wins $250.
Oneof the stops will be at the site where Habitat for Humanity of Orange County
will soon begin construction on the first eight homes in their 27-home
development in San Juan Capistrano. Three of the families that will soon live
at that site will be on hand for interviews, including two military families.

"I'm doing this to heighten awareness of veterans' issues," said Robert
Patrick.
"There are 150,000 troops that protect 350 million Americans and we need to
treat our veterans better when they return to our country. What Habitat for
Humanity of Orange County is doing is phenomenal."

More than 250 motorcycle riders have already registered for this event to
benefit Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's "Homes for Heroes and
Foundations for Families" neighborhood in San Juan Capistrano, where 14 of
the 27 homes to be built there are being marketed to combat-disabled veterans.

For more information, visit www.blazeofgloryoc.org.

About Habitat for Humanity of Orange County

Celebrating 20 years of changing lives and changing communities in Orange
County.

124 houses built in Orange County

Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, headquartered in Santa Ana, CA, is
dedicated to ending substandard housing and building strong communities in
Orange County. Habitat uses non-government donations of funding, materials,
professional services and volunteer labor to build simple, decent homes which
are
sold to qualified low-income families for a 1% down payment, closing costs,
and a zero-interest mortgage. Mortgage payments are recycled to build more
Habitat homes. Habitat families contribute 500 hours of "sweat equity" to
the program by building their own home, helping another Habitat family build a
home, or working in some other area of the Habitat organization. Habitat for
Humanity families and volunteers have built 124 homes in Orange County since
1988.

250,000 houses built worldwide

Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is an affiliate of Habitat for
Humanity
International. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat International has built more
than
250,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for
more than 1 million people. Habitat for Humanity International is currently the
16th largest homebuilder in the United States, according to Builder OnLine
magazine.

For more information about Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, please
call
(714) 434-6200 extension 229 or visit our Web site at habitatoc.org.

Contact:
Gladys Hernandez
Media Relations
714-434-6200 x229/ofc
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