Sitting on the back of a Suzuki Boulevard in the parking lot of Walmart on West Kimberly Road, Dan Carney was getting ready for his first Toys for Tots Motorcycle Run.

Years ago, he’d seen the impact of the event. He’d been laid off, and his girlfriend at the time had two children.

“We didn’t have enough to give them anything,” Carney said, so the kids’ mother signed up for the Toys for Tots program and they got gifts that Christmas.

"Their faces lit up and their eyes lit up and it was just awesome,” Carney said.

So, on the back of Carney’s motorcycle Sunday was a new remote-controlled car. "Now that I’m a little better off I can give back.”

Carney was one of hundreds of people who turned out on a sunny Sunday afternoon for the 33rd annual Toys for Tots ride, sponsored by the ABATE of Iowa District 15 and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

Organizers say more than 600 motorcycles showed up Sunday, according to the organizers. The motorcyclists came with all manner of toys strapped to their two wheelers — Moana dolls, Wonder Woman dolls, robots, soccer balls and basketballs, board games and fire trucks. One motorcycle even had a Huffy bicycle strapped to the back.