Back By Popular Demand - MDA Car Show for 2009
With the help on the Central Virginia Office of MDA, volunteers from other car clubs and individuals, this show was presented in 2009 with the help of Ashley Mauck, coordinator for MDA,
Wayne Balch, Sr., and all the "Friends of MDA and Jerry's Kids." They all worked with Ashley to present the best show to date. If you have any questions about MDA, contact Ashley Mauck 804-285-2961. See all the info & Event 2008 Photos Here !
This show gets bigger and better every year and is the biggest local charity show around Virginia. It raises more money for "Jerry's Kids" than any other and that is the main thing. As of August 2009, this show has raised over $220,000 since it's beginning in 1999. Check out the MDA Telethon on WRIC Channel 8 TV, where this years
money was turned over. Just click on and see what you made possible. Enjoy .... 2009 MDA Telethon
and more info here on the 2009 event.
Check for complete up-to-date show info here: 10th Annual MDA Car Show Celebration Information
We certainly appreciate our sponsors! Our List of Sponsors:
Here
MDA Car Show History
Wayne Balch has been show
coordinator for the MDA Car Show in Central Virginia since it's begining. It's held on the 2nd Saturday in August so
that all proceeds be turned over during the WRIC Channel 8 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon over Labor Day weekend. The total
raised for MDA to date totals over $220,000. Special Thanks goes to the many sponsors, good friends, and
the more than 28 car clubs that participated at the events each year and the many volunteers that have helped with all the work.
Wayne, Jr. has been the main sponsor every year. He has supported the event as the Owner of Balch Automotive and Collision, Inc.,
Auto Parts, Inc. and Balch Graphic's LTD of Chester, VA. Under his corporate policy of giving back to the community through his
"Care Enough to Share" program, he paid all expenses for the first five years, including awards, advertising, t-shirts, etc., while
allowing all the decisions regarding the show planning be made by the volunteers. Wayne received a letter from Jerry Lewis
thanking him for his support, along with a nice Plaque a couple years ago. All the volunteers and many families with relatives
affected by MD have written Wayne and thanked him over the past years. As several of the volunteers have
said several times, "Many thanks goes to Wayne; We couldn't do it without him!" This years show was presented on August 8, 2009,
at Richard Bland College located in Prince George County just outside of Petersburg, VA.
This show has become the Premier Show for the Richmond Metro/Tri-Cities Area.
The show was invited to Richard Bland College located in Beautuful Prince George, VA. By partnering with several large
Corporations, it continues to be one of the Best Shows on the East Coast, at the same time helping Muscular Dystrophy
Patients in Virginia that need a helping hand. The Local MDA Office depends on help each year to raise the money necessary to
help the more than 2500 patients living in Virginia. They send the kids with MD to summer camp, where they are able to meet other
kids coping with this dreaded disease. They help patients with the cost of purchasing leg braces, wheelchairs, wheelchair repairs,
and more. The funds are used in cases where the patients don't have insurance or where the insurance doesn't pay for all the cost.
MDA is there to help in so many ways! For a complete list or, to receive any other infomation you may wish, you may call their
Richmond Office at 804-285-2961.. You may also call your local MDA Office should you be located in a state other than Virginia. or
check their website at: www.mdausa.org
Remember, without all the help they are given through donations, the funds wouldn't be available is able to do so.
Ashley Mauck, Event Coordinator, of the MDA Office has worked this show for 4 years now. Ashley said, "I was sure tired after working this show, but
wouldn't have missed working it for nothing. All the car club members, volunteers, and the sponsors of the show are the reason it is such a large success each year."
The Employees of Balch Automotive and Collision have continued to support the Southern Knights Cruisers each year by contacted local businesses and collected items
donated for the live auction, door prizes, selling raffle tickets and more. Some even helped work the show. Balch Automotive and Collision has also donated items each year.
One year a Miller Mig Welder was raffled off. This is a photo taken of the Winner, Mr. George Rowe of Chester, with Jenni Johnson, Service Writer, when he
picked up the welder.
"Boy, Was He Happy"
If you haven't made it to one of the shows, you don't know what you have missed!
Only in AMERICA
do you get this kind of support from all the businesses and citizens in the area. May God Bless all the Businesses and many
individuals that support all the charities in this great country of ours each year.
We wish all a great year and remember
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