About Descendants of 51 Riding club
Descendants of 51 began as the 51st chapter of a national riding club in early 2000. As it's nickname quickly became "Area 51" it naturally adopted the alien as its mascot. As a riding club, Area 51 grew and became very active in events with other chapters within the organization and other riding clubs and M/Cs.
In 2003, due to actions and events well beyond the control of a single chapter, the national club was told they are no longer allowed to wear their black and white patches in Washington, Oregon, and several other states back east.
While many of the Washington State and national chapters decided to fold or continue to ride as a group without wearing a patch that clearly showed an identity, the Olympia chapter decided to become an independent club, not ruled by a national or state officer that does not understand or interact with other organizations in the local area.
The name "Descendants of 51 Riding club" is a reference that we simply evolved from the 51st chapter. We continue to have the alien as our mascot. The patch with the alien riding the chopper was designed with the Washington State Capitol building in it to signify that DOA-51 is a local club, not interested in becoming a multi-chapter organization. The Capitol building is a reference to where we are from and in no way is meant to imply that the club is claiming territory. Descendants of 51 is a non-territorial, non-denominational, local, mom and pop riding club much like we were as part of the National organization it evolved from.
In 2004 and 2005 , Descendants of 51 Riding club continued to grow. The club rode to all events sponsored by clubs of all kinds, national events, local events, and parties. We wore a a small circular patch on the front of our vests that said "Descendants of 51 Riding Club" with a depiction of an alien in the center and a 4" crescent shaped rocker over it with the abbreviation "DOA 51" on the left chest and our name on our right chest for two years while we spoke with all the clubs in the area to let them know who we were and what we were about and to make sure that the colors green-on-black did not conflict with any other club's colors.
In 2006, DOA 51 became members of the Olympia Toy run Coalition, http://www.olytoyrun.com/ which plans and puts on the annual Olympia Toy Run on the first Saturday in December to provide much needed toys and funds to the Olympia Salvation Army "Toys and Joy program. In 2006 and 2007 there were over 5,000 participants in the toy run.
In 2007, after two and a half years, Descendants of 51 finally put on a back patch. It was important to wait that long to secure the approval of all the local M/C's and riding organizations and show that DOA 51 is an independent club, wanting to ride for any reason, with any club and not a support club to any of the larger, more dominant clubs. At the same time, DOA 51 was invited to be the guests of "Washington Coalition of Clubs", an organization based on communication between all member clubs and assistance with legal and legislative issues concerning motorcyclist's rights.
In 2008, DOA 51 was voted into the "Coalition of Clubs" as full members, and in doing so, became the only independent mom and pop riding club to do so. We are proud of the friendships we have made with other clubs and the acceptance we have received. We look forward to much more riding in the future.
What"s in the future? who knows! We just want to ride. We will continue to be local, mom and pop. We do not desire to start new chapters in other areas.
Descendants of 51 began as the 51st chapter of a national riding club in early 2000. As it's nickname quickly became "Area 51" it naturally adopted the alien as its mascot. As a riding club, Area 51 grew and became very active in events with other chapters within the organization and other riding clubs and M/Cs.
In 2003, due to actions and events well beyond the control of a single chapter, the national club was told they are no longer allowed to wear their black and white patches in Washington, Oregon, and several other states back east.
While many of the Washington State and national chapters decided to fold or continue to ride as a group without wearing a patch that clearly showed an identity, the Olympia chapter decided to become an independent club, not ruled by a national or state officer that does not understand or interact with other organizations in the local area.
The name "Descendants of 51 Riding club" is a reference that we simply evolved from the 51st chapter. We continue to have the alien as our mascot. The patch with the alien riding the chopper was designed with the Washington State Capitol building in it to signify that DOA-51 is a local club, not interested in becoming a multi-chapter organization. The Capitol building is a reference to where we are from and in no way is meant to imply that the club is claiming territory. Descendants of 51 is a non-territorial, non-denominational, local, mom and pop riding club much like we were as part of the National organization it evolved from.
In 2004 and 2005 , Descendants of 51 Riding club continued to grow. The club rode to all events sponsored by clubs of all kinds, national events, local events, and parties. We wore a a small circular patch on the front of our vests that said "Descendants of 51 Riding Club" with a depiction of an alien in the center and a 4" crescent shaped rocker over it with the abbreviation "DOA 51" on the left chest and our name on our right chest for two years while we spoke with all the clubs in the area to let them know who we were and what we were about and to make sure that the colors green-on-black did not conflict with any other club's colors.
In 2006, DOA 51 became members of the Olympia Toy run Coalition, http://www.olytoyrun.com/ which plans and puts on the annual Olympia Toy Run on the first Saturday in December to provide much needed toys and funds to the Olympia Salvation Army "Toys and Joy program. In 2006 and 2007 there were over 5,000 participants in the toy run.
In 2007, after two and a half years, Descendants of 51 finally put on a back patch. It was important to wait that long to secure the approval of all the local M/C's and riding organizations and show that DOA 51 is an independent club, wanting to ride for any reason, with any club and not a support club to any of the larger, more dominant clubs. At the same time, DOA 51 was invited to be the guests of "Washington Coalition of Clubs", an organization based on communication between all member clubs and assistance with legal and legislative issues concerning motorcyclist's rights.
In 2008, DOA 51 was voted into the "Coalition of Clubs" as full members, and in doing so, became the only independent mom and pop riding club to do so. We are proud of the friendships we have made with other clubs and the acceptance we have received. We look forward to much more riding in the future.
What"s in the future? who knows! We just want to ride. We will continue to be local, mom and pop. We do not desire to start new chapters in other areas.