The Mid-Columbia Chapter of Mopars Unlimited car club is again hosting a project designed to raise money for the Tri-Cities Food Bank. HAPO Community Credit Union; CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company; Northwest Technical Resources; Lithia; Washington River Protection Solutions, LLC among others, have already committed their support to this project.
The Tri-City Food Bank is a Not-for-Profit organization that provided food to over 100,000 people in our area in 2011. The number increases each year and is expected to exceed 115,000 in 2012. The organization´s ability to distribute food relies solely on contributions from individual citizens, businesses, and other charitable organizations.
This project, managed by Chuck Wolfe, has three fund raising components; formal solicitation through the mail, fund raising lunches, and the final element, a car show titled 5th Annual Show & Shine for Hunger.
The car show is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 11th, at Columbia Park East in Kennewick, Washington from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The concept of using a car show to raise money for a worthy cause is not a new idea, but with the strong community support received at the fourth annual event, we were able to write a $46,000 check to the food bank.
Last year, many of you helped us continue to pave the way to success. Now we need your support again to ensure that this event will continue to grow. We expect to draw automotive enthusiasts from throughout the Tri-Cities, as well as Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington, with as many as 300 vehicles on display. Some vehicles may date back to the 1920´s while others will be this year´s models. To accommodate this many vehicles, we have rented 27 acres of Columbia Park East.
We are seeking people with nice iron from the community who have a desire to display their rides to the general public. We are especially interested in gaining the support of all of the local clubs as we share common goals in promoting our hobby, showing our machines, meeting new people, and serving our community.
The show is scheduled from 11am - 4pm with trophies presented at 3pm. We expect setup and staging to take place from 8am - 11am, so early registration is requested.
All costs needed to host the event (park rental and required services, insurance, advertisement, dash plaques, drawing prizes, etc) are paid by Mid Columbia Mopar with support from several local car clubs and Sun River Electric.
Since this show is for charity, we are minimizing our costs, and intend to have only 3 "Best of Show" trophies. One trophy, in each category of: bike, car, and truck will be awarded.
Registration fee $15/$25
Base vehicle registration fee is $15 which includes 1 drawing ticket. Participants who elect to pay a registration fee of $25 or more are provided with two drawing tickets.
We will have gifts and services (totaling approximately $2,500) included in the drawings. Drawings will be held every half hour starting in the early afternoon.
Drawing tickets will only be made available to vehicle registrants. Since the event hosts are covering all expenses, all registration fees are also donated to the food bank!
A 50/50 drawing will be available to all participants and spectators.
3 ways to register: (Click here for registration forms)
By mail: You will need to complete the form and send it and a check made out to Chuck Wolfe to the mailing address on the form. Once received, you will be notified of your vehicle number via email, if an email address was provided. If email address is not provided, notification will be via phone, or lastly through the mail. At the park entrance on Saturday, give our workers your assigned number and they will hand you your vehicle information card, a copy of the souvenir poster, modified to indicate that the vehicle owner contributed to the event, a dash plaque, a trophy voting ballet, drawing ticket(s), and be granted access to the park show area.
NOTE: Be specific on the name(s) shown on the registration form. We will make every effort to have your information card prepared upon your arrival so we would like to have the owners name(s) correct. One may prefer John Doe or others may want John & Jane Doe.
Pre-Registration: We will be set up at Wendy´s off of Canal Drive in Kennewick on the dates and times listed on the form. Once you register your ride, you will receive your vehicle information card, a copy of the souvenir poster, modified to indicate that the vehicle owner contributed to the event, a dash plaque, a trophy voting ballet, drawing ticket(s), and you will be able to avoid the registration area and be directed into the park show area Saturday morning.
Final Registration: We will be set up at Columbia Park East, Saturday, August 11th, from 8am-12pm to accommodate final registrants. Once registered, you will receive the same items as above.
Saturday morning, we intend to have an express lane into the park, to expedite those who have pre-registered either by mail or at Wendy´s.
For the general public admission, a minimum donation of one dollar will be requested.
As more detail related to general admission, concessions, etc., is developed, this web page will be updated.
