SPEARFISH - The international motorcycle group Hamsters USA raised $100,000 for Children's Care in Rapid City with a silent and live auction and other activities at their annual meeting and dinner this week.

Hamsters spokesman Grady Pfeiffer says the group is known for their big hearts when it comes to children. "Hamsters have always stepped up to the plate for kids needing a hand," he said. "This is a great cause, and every dollar we raised goes directly to the kids."

Funds raised will provide physical, occupational, and speech therapies, plus special educational and psychological services to children in Western South Dakota and parts of Wyoming and Nebraska through Children's Care of Rapid City.