The fifth annual Tucker’s Toy Run overwhelmed both organizers and St. Luke’s University Hospital pediatric staff as over 400 riders arrived on over 350 motorcycles Nov.7 to deliver donations of toys for pediatric patients.

The event is organized by the Lehigh Valley Community Benefit in remembrance of Tucker Stuart, who passed away in 2011 after a motorcycle-vehicle crash.

Gifts are donated for pediatric patients throughout the St. Luke’s Hospital system. Two of Stuart’s four sisters, Virginia and Anne Stuart, traveled from Boston to support the event. Riders were treated to refreshments by the St. Luke’s staff.

Patricia Gubich, RN, CPN, patient care manager of the St. Luke’s Bethlehem pediatric unit said, “This is the biggest group yet. To see them open their hearts like this ... is overwhelming. I can’t tell you how many smiles these gifts will bring to kids throughout the year.”