Until Jason and I get our website up and running we are going to use the blog to keep you all informed.
Dub and Rub began with a desire to raise money for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. (A walk held every October by the American Cancer Society to raise awareness.) http://www.makingstrides.acsevents.org/ And became a VW show and shine held at Twin Grove Parks in Pine Grove, PA
Jason, my husband, has been involved with Volkswagen's since he was 17. His first Volkswagen was a MKII Jetta, and his pride and joy. Since I've known him he has owned a 1987 Scirocco 16v, a Jetta 2slow and a GTI VR6. I will admit that right now, I am not driving a VW...but they have grown on me, and I have my heart set on a new Rabbit.
The day of the show, we had 90 VW's register and approximately 100 spectators. The money raised (after paying the bills) went toward the walk. We were able to donate $1333 from the show. Registration was a $10 donation and spectators donated $1. We had t-shirts made up by Brian Yohn, from ShedPress and sold them for $15 each. Throughout the year, I held a few other smaller fundraisers and raised about $2000 total for the walk.
Advertisement was low key at first, but word of mouth was remarkable! Flyers were handed out at Volksfest in Campbelltown, PA and DripFest in Spring Mountain, PA. The show was advertised on the Internet through http://www.readingdubs.com/, http://www.vwvortex.com/, http://www.vwforum.com/, http://www.thesamba.com/,http://www.cepavw.org/
Slowly other sites picked up on it, and it spread throughout PA, NJ and MD. We got donations from many different companies to make up goodie bags and have raffle prizes. The companies that donated were:
A&A Auto Store- Penbrook
S&P
HE Performance ---http://www.heperformance.com/
HA Boyd ----www.haboydvw.com
(HA Boyd is one of our sponsers for the 2009 show!)
NGP Racing ----www.ngpracing.com
O'Brien Audio
Next Level
H2Oi
Universal Vintage Tire
AACA Museum
AP Tuning
ShedPress ---www.shedpress.com
America on Wheels Museum
thesamba.com
vwforum.com
The 8 categories were Perkiest, Best Topless, Junk in the Trunk, Saggy, All Natural, Best Cleavage, Best Implants and Most Supportive. Each class had one winner, and drove home with a plaque.
We were pleased with the outcome of the show, and decided that we would have it again in 2009 with a few tweaks...
For 2009 we are inviting both VW and Audi's to show. We are looking for sponsors for next year in order to cover our overhead. So far, HA Boyd out of Lebanon, PA has offered to sponsor part of the show. We are still looking for a few more companies!
We're going to work on the categories too, but nothing concrete just yet!
We'll be posting pictures from the show soon.
Keep an eye on us!
Sharon & Jason
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