Saturday 'Cruisin’ for a Cause' an excellent event and great fundraiser for Special Olympics

 

[July 14, 2022] 

The United Riders Motorcycle Club hosted Cruisin’ for a Cause for Special Olympics on Saturday, July 9th at the Oasis Senior Center.

The event is a multi-faceted fundraiser with all the proceeds from the day going to the Lincoln Park District Special Olympics program.
 

Members of the Lincoln Park District Special
Olympics were on hand for the event.



The front parking lot at the Oasis was mostly filled with vehicles of all sizes and shapes from motorcycles to a vintage fire truck, classic cars, muscle cars, new cars, big trucks, little trucks and little trucks with big engines. There was also one junior dragster in the show.



On the side parking lot, tents were set up for visitors to sit in the shade while enjoying a meal and in the lawn area behind the Oasis, a pirate ship shaped bounce house provided extra entertainment for youngsters.

Inside the large dining area at the Oasis there was a huge selection of items that were being raffled. The gift baskets and miscellaneous items were all donated to the organization by local businesses and individuals.

Guests could buy a string of raffle tickets then go around to each item they were interested in and place a ticket in a box.

At the end of the day, winning tickets were drawn from each box, making for many happy winners.

There was also a bike raffle for children with a wide variety of bicycles on hand from very small ones for the tiny tots to larger models for teen or pre-teen youth.

At the end of the day, the bikers presented a check
for $1,800 to the Lincoln Park District Special
Olympics programs.  Jake Harms (left), Emily Whitham and Art Whitham (right) are pictured holding the check.

Outside on the patio, commemorative tee shirts were being sold, again with the profit from the shirts going to the Lincoln Park District Special Olympics program.

The event on Saturday was well attended. The weather was ideal, not too hot, nice a sunny, and most of the time a healthy breeze that kept guests comfortable as they strolled around checking out the many vehicles on display.

[Nila Smith]