Registration now open for Drive for the Kids IV -- Sunday May 1, 2011

All,

As I have mentioned in my previous "Save the Date" post, my 17 year-old daughter Samantha is once again organizing a charity drive very similar to the 3 successful ones she has done the past couple of years. Like previous events, we will be taking a leisurely drive
through the back roads of the Somerset Hills area (this is not a high speed race on interstate highways). As many of you know, Samantha's first Drive for the Kids in June 2009 was the genesis of Cars & Croissants.

The Charity: The beneficiary will be the Somerset Hills Learning Institute, a school for children with autism. My son, J.P., is a student there, and the school has made an incredible positive impact on his life as well as that of our whole family.

Who should come: The event is open to all sports, exotic and collector cars.

Here are the details:

Date: Sunday, May 1 (Samantha's 18th birthday!)
Raindate: Saturday May 7
Pre-registration is required -- no day of event registration
Registration deadline is April 25 (details on registering at bottom of this post)
The number of participants will be limited, so I would encourage registering sooner rather than later. This is a fun event and will fill up.

Starting Location:

Somerset Hills Learning Institute
1810 Burnt Mills Road
Bedminster, NJ

Time:

9:30am - 10:30 am -- check-in
10:30 -- drivers' meeting
10:45 -- Drive starts
1:00 -- Drive ends and lunch begins

Lunch: Starts at 1 pm

This time, the lunch will be at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, NJ which is one of the most prestigious private golf clubs in the world. Here's a link

http://www.hamiltonfarmgolfclub.com

Dress code: Hamilton Farm does not allow jeans.

Cost: $100 per person (Note -- not per car)(includes lunch so if you have a passenger/navigator who will be attending lunch, please indicate and pay for 2 people when you register). A portion of the registration fee will be tax deductible.

How you can participate : Be a driver, a navigator, a sponsor, place an ad in our event program or provide goody bag items. Maserati of North America will be providing the goody bags.

How to Register: Go to www.somerset-hills.org. On the left side of the home page, click on "Drive for the Kids". It is self-explanatory from there. You will see the opportunities to place ads in the event program, to be a sponsor of the Drive and to be a driver.

If you have questions, please feel free to PM or email me. I'll be at C&C on Saturday as well, so feel free to talk to me there.

Regards,

Kirk

 

Thanks, Andrew. Much appreciated. We also added several other drivers and sponsors this weekend. Going to be fun event -- my daughter's last community service project before she heads off to college!

 

Many have signed up but we stiil have room for more cars (and sponsors, if you like). May 1 is not that far away...

 

We have a good core group of drivers and sponsors but still need more drivers to make this event a big success. Sign up now!

Kirk

 

Wanted to remind all those interested to sign up in the next few days. We have a good mix of cars coming -- F40, Daytona, Dino, a custom 308 GTB race car, a number of Porsches including 3 race cars, vintage Alfas, Lotus, among many others. Join us.

 

We will need to give Hamilton Farm our lunch count by then. Thanks.

 

That's why we have lower taxes in Far Hills. People from out of town contribute to the cause.

 

Thanks, Chris. See you on Sunday. What car are you bringing?

 

Awesome, Chris. That car is beautiful -- I love the color. See you on Sunday.