On Saturday, July 28, 2012, the Oregon and Pacific Northwest S2000
communities came together in Hillsboro, Oregon (just outside of
Portland) to raise money for a local charity, the Doernbecher Children’s
Hospital Foundation,
an advanced medical care facility located nearby in Portland, Oregon.
Over seventy cars were present, nearly fifty of those were S2000s! As a
result, and thanks to Oregon Community Organizers #172CR (Ira) and Sabre (Aaron), the event was a complete success.
The event was structured so that people
would be entertained with all the cars on display, a full barbecue
spread and a live DJ (djmike) providing upbeat music to enjoy.
On top of that, as it was hosted at a local Honda dealership, many
S2000-specific parts were heavily discounted. The center of the event
was comprised of the DJ tent, two show S2000s that were built by local
tuning shops, two NSXs and the donation tent. Each person attending
received a gift bag complete with several samples, coupons, information
on the charity, and most importantly, each vendor!
djmike
A fun twist that was added was having
two national models there to help with the donations and to drum up
interest for the event. They did a great job as they handled all of the
donations during the day. People that donated were awarded prize tickets
that were drawn at the end of the day. The prizes were vast and ranged
from manual transmission and oil change kits provided by the dealership
to gift certificates to local shops and headlight diffusers, keyhole
covers and all of the HCII prizes!
The money raised for the Doernbecher
Children’s Hospital Foundation totaled over four times the amount
anticipated! They had only expected to raise $250, but at the end of the
day, the donations added up to $1,100.
Great job, Ira and Aaron… and thanks to everyone who attended for representing the S2000 community in such a positive way!
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