....A
GREAT SUCCESS....
514 vehicles, four thousand spectators
Perfect Weather, Perfect Surroundings
Blood Sweat and
Gears "Back To The Sixties"
7th Annual Bobby Fisher Jr. ($ winners)
Memorial Car Show (Sept
8th,2002)
benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation & local charities.
The 2002 judged show; $1500 in cash awards presented.
Plus 133 trophies in 40 classes and we gave $8455 to the
Illinois Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In 2004 we gave another $1160 of the
2002 car show money to Illinois Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
We started an IVCC
scholarship fund with a $1000 contribution,
and gave money to six local service organizations listed below.
Large 50/50 drawing (the
2002 winner got $3670.00)
Show held at Illinois Valley
Community College, Oglesby, IL
Net profits from the 2002 car show were donated to:
Northern Illinois Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation
Auto Dept. scholarship; Illinois
Valley Community College
Police car Defibrillator
fund; Spring Valley, Illinois
Catholic Services
Organization; Peru, Illinois
Volunteer Ambulance
Service; Utica,
Illinois
Ambulance & Fire Dept; Oglesby,
Illinois
IL Valley Food Pantry; LaSalle,
Illinois
assorted orgs.; Princeton,
Illinois
Directions: at the intersection of Interstates
I-80 and I-39
in North Central Illinois, go South two exits (I-39 exit 54);
conducted by Blood Sweat and Gears car club.