Let's look on the bright side with Mike Waters on 105.7 KOKZ.
Sponsored by Cedar Valley Hospice.
So I love this.
These are kids who put together this event to raise money for a local organization.
And it teaches these kids so much stuff.
It's a second annual rolling for a reason car and truck show.
Yes.
At Hawkeye Downs this weekend.
Yes, and it's put on by Iowa Big and Iowa Big is a program operated by the Cedar Rapids Community School District and Prairie, our college community district.
And what this program is is Iowa Big is a program where the students learn credits in English, so-sized business, and they get to learn it through like the 21st century skills hands-on learning.
And so this year, the group that I mentor is doing the truck show out at Hawkeye Downs, and it is from 10 to 1.
There's going to be
there's gonna be a beverage truck, we have raffles, we have some amazing prizes to give away for raffles.
Like what?
Oh my gosh, we have Milwaukee tools.
We have some Chevy, different light up things.
We have a stool.
I'm
so excited about stuff we have to give away.
T-shirts, different things.
Right.
And the raffle is affordable.
It's going to be $5 ticket or, you know, five for 20.
So it's super reasonable.
Even a DJ can afford that.
Yes.
We want it to
be
affordable for everybody.
Yeah.
The main goal to this whole event is to raise money for families, helping families of Eastern Iowa.
The students pick that organization, stays here in Cedar Rapids for
children that are taken out of their home or displaced from their home, whether it may be foster care or whatever the situation is, they can go to families, help them families and get resources.
Right.
And this is a local local organization and all the money stays here, right?
Yes.
Yes.
Awesome.
And one of the places that they lag supported is for those high school age students.
And
that's why these kids really picked this event.
God, and those kids, you really have to feel for those
kids
who could really use this.
So
Great local organization money stays here.
Yep.
Just need the community to show up
We do is only $5 to come in and the cars that are entered in are $10 so any kind of car truck
Motorcycle, whatever you want to bring out, park it on the track, you get to park on the track.
Can you just drive it out there and park it?
Yes,
yeah, bring your farm truck out.
No sign up, no, you have to sign up.
No, just
show up and line up.
You'll enter and we'll get you onto the track and let people come see your truck.
So if you have a modified vehicle, bring it out.
We have trophies.
for the truck groups, for the cars this year.
Mylex will be there, and Mlesson Grant owners will be there.
The Iowa Big Kids are going to be there.
They're family supporting them.
It is just an amazing event.
Please, please, please come out and support these kids.
They
put a
lot of hard work into going out and talking to sponsors and stuff.
Yeah.
Well, that's great.
So again, second annual Rolling for a Reason.
It's got a couple of great parts to it.
It's got the kids who go to the Iowa Big School, and they pick this organization.
they put it all together themselves.
I mean, it is totally these kids doing it and getting out and then selling it to people and telling people about it and just getting it all organized.
And oh my God, I couldn't do that.
But here the kids are
doing it last year with them too in the
first
one.
So this is great to see the second.
It's amazing.
I think I get as much out of it as they do.
Yeah, that's great.
And then, of course, they picked a great organization, Families Helping Families, and it's all going to that.
All of it's going to this local organization.
Cedar Rapids is where the money is staying.
And again, Hawkeye Downs.
Tomorrow, 10 to 1.
Tomorrow, 10 to 1.
Saturday, 10 to 1.
Come hungry.
There's a food truck, a beverage truck, food, drinks, raffles.
It's just gonna be a good time
and the
weather's supposed to be gorgeous.
Be outside, look at the cool cars and the trucks and help the kids and help families helping families.
Why wouldn't you do that?
So again, Hawkeye Downs, tomorrow, 10 to 1, be there.
And boy, that is such a bright side.
And as always, sponsored by Cedar Valley Hospice, they are there when you need that extra layer of support.
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