AlwaysWave

Frankfort, IL at 6 pm.

Give a little cancer victim a ride in your Vette.

rstackjd

roughly where is Frankfort?

AlwaysWave

far south side of Chicago. South of I-80 at the intersection of US30 and US45.

Big Fish

I'm glad you posted this up again this year. I went last year, and I believe it was probably one of the most memorable events I have ever attended. I would have to be dead to not attend this year. Keep us posted, okay?

Big Fish

I thought it might be appropriate to post a little story I did about this event last year. The story follows:

On August 10th I had the pleasure of attending a "Kid Cruise" in Frankfort, Illinois. The program started out with all kinds of collector and special interest cars gathering in a downtown location called the Trolley Barn. There were about 70 cars of all kinds, quite a few Corvettes were there. At 6:30 we had a Police escort to the camp where the kids were all staying. As we were all pulling in to the staging and parking area, we could see the kids were all in a large group (62 of them) and were very excited we were there! Once we all registered with the camp people, the kids were given the signal to proceed to their favorite car. It was a scramble! These kids were all very excited, and my young passenger introduced himself as "Mason". Each kid also had a adult companion, but in my case the companion (Andy) found another ride. Once we were all loaded up, back to town we went with the Police escort again, this time it was a parade through the main streets before ending back at the Trolley Barn. Many of the town's residents were in their yards watching and waving as the parade went by! Everyone got free ice cream, anything they wanted! The kids all got a goody bag as well. After about an hour or so with a DJ and dancing in the parking lot, we loaded up again for the short trip back to the camp, again with a Police escort. My new 12-year-old friend Mason was really happy about the experience and excited to get a before and after photo of my car. This kid really likes Corvettes, but liked checking out the only Viper that was there as well.

Next year I will be back there, and will hopefully get to see my friend Mason again. Mason's cancer has been in remission for about 5 years and at this time he's pretty much like any other kid his age. The part that gets me is some of those kids won't be there next year, and thats the hard part of life we all have to deal with sooner or later. These kids (and many others all over the world) are way too young to have to go through problems like this. I hope someday there will be a cure. In the meantime I will continue to help in small ways like this and other ways if I can.

Camp Quality is a Nation-Wide organization, and has camps all over the country. I don't know if this same program is done at any of the other camps, but if any of you are Chicago area people, watch for a thread on this around the end of July next year.

Truck Guy

Rudy, Just got the flyer in the mail.

I'll be there again this year

onedog 00

I will be there too. Great cause and it will touch your heart.

SteelBlue90

This sounds like an awesome event. Wish I lived closer, or there was one my way. If you happen to see any info on other like events, please pass it along.

AlwaysWave

I'm in Detroit all week on business. I just heard the flyer came in the mail Monday. I'll post it Saturday.

Big Fish is very right about the night with the kids. This is something that they look forward to and every little bit of happiness we can bring them means a lot.

Blazer

Any updates? This sounds like a great cause and a few of us from Indiana would like to run over there.

Big Fish

I did a little "Googling", found this:

http://www.campqualityusa.org/

There is information about these kid's camps all over the country on this page. I mentioned in a previous post that I'm not sure if the other camps have similar "cruise nights" for the kids, but it might be worth looking into through the camp near you.

Edit: I would bet they would be very receptive to the idea if a local car club got involved. The one in Frankfort (Illinois) is run in this manner. The club gets donations to help with the evening's goodie bags and ice cream extravaganza.

AlwaysWave

flyer added to first post.

SteelBlue90

BigFish, Thanks for the link and info. I think I'm going to look into this to see if there is something closer to me.

War Machine

I won't be able to make it this year.

Big Fish

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Big Fish

Looks like there will be a few from the Chicago Corvette Club coming. I talked this up at our monthly meeting Wednesday and there seemed to be a lot of interest. We will be caravaning there from Geneva, leaving at 4:45 pm. Contact me for more details if anyone would like to caravan with us.

AlwaysWave

Wow, you guys are making a serious trek. Kudo's to y'all.

Stilcrazee

As of today the boss has given me permissioj to leave work early to participate. Looking forward to it.
DuPage area folks..caravan?

TOBASCO

Dang - I'll be on vacation that week. I was hoping to attend as it sounds like a perfect way to spend with your Vette. Maybe next year.