Sweet Home Sweet Ride car show Saturday

The 15th annual Sweet Home Sweet Ride Charity Car Show for Kids returns to Sweet Home Saturday, June 24.

The event begins at 7 a.m. and runs through 3 p.m. on the athletic field off 22nd Avenue, between Husky Stadium and Sweet Home Junior High.

Director Kimi Nash said it’s hard to believe the show’s in its 15th year already.

“We’ve been doing it for a while,” she acknowledged. “We continue on.”

The show was founded in 2009 by Larry and Susan Angland, who came up with the idea to raise money to provide scholarships to enable needy children to join the Boys and Girls Club, and for the Shop With a Cop program, which provides Christmas shopping opportunities for foster children who are accompanied by local police officers, and the Kiwanis Club’s project to provide shoes for needy schoolchildren.

While the Kiwanis Club, of which Larry Angland was a member, is no longer existent in Sweet Home, and the recipients have changed slightly, the emphasis remains the same, Nash said. Proceeds go to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital patients, who get gas cards to help fund their trips for treatment, as well as clients of ABC House, which combats child abuse and neglect in Linn County. Proceeds also go to Sunshine Industries and the local Shop With a Cop program, Nash said.

“It’s pretty awesome,” she said. “I was talking to Susan (Angland) the other day and it blows her away that it’s continuing on. That’s pretty cool. I’m pretty honored that they trust me enough to keep it going.”

Nash said the show usually averages about 200 vehicles – cars from virtually every decade automobiles have been manufactured, pickups, heavy trucks, 4x4s, dirt bikes and motorcycles, UTVs and vintage trailers. One hundred trophies will be awarded, organizers say.

Cost to enter is $25 for four-wheeled vehicles, $20 for cycles if preregistered at sweethomesweetride.com. Day-of-show registration costs $5 extra. Additional vehicles are $15.

A wide variety of categories are available, including a Model A stand-alone category and specific categories for major makes and decades ranging from 1920s through the present.

An onsite poker walk begins at 9 a.m., following the presentation of colors, and car judging begins at 10 a.m. A burnout pit will open for an hour at noon. Cost is $10 for the first pass and $2 for each additional run. Veterans with insignia can use the burnout pit for free.

Volunteers are needed for parking, judging and other activities, director Kimi Nash said. Anyone interested in helping out is asked to contact her at (541) 401-9844.

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