Cruising for a cause

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A youngster plays in the trunk of a silver Porsche. (Photo by Theresa Skutt)
A youngster plays in the trunk of a silver Porsche.
(Photo by Theresa Skutt)

Porsche cars to line Main Street for CruZionsville

By Heather Lusk

For the fifth straight year, Porsche owners will cruise into Zionsville on June 13 to display their vehicles and simultaneously raise funds for Alzheimer’s disease during CruZionsville.

“I wanted to do something to bring people to our community,” Steve Tarr, event organizer, said. “We wanted to create something that was more than just a car show.”

Tarr emphasized the community involvement and the opportunity for families to enjoy the event together. The day will include vehicle-related booths – such as auto detailing and windshield protection – a fashion show, a food-eating contest and a parade led by the Eagles marching band to kick-off the day. Local cub scouts will serve as color guard and Miss Fall Festival will sing the national anthem. Roughly 125 Porsche cars are expected to be on display along with Ducati motorcycles.

Many Main Street businesses are offering special items to their customers, with Hopwood Cellars selling specially numbered CruZionsville bottles of wine and Inga’s packaging its Sweet ’N Cheesy mix in a special Porsche mug.

“We want people to see our beautiful community and meet our merchants,” Tarr said. “It’s all about promoting our community.”

After the vehicle parade, the cars will be on display on Main Street and will be judged in a variety of categories based on class, model and year plus two special awards from celebrity and youth judges. Celebrity judges are expected to include Miss Indiana, WISH-TV anchor Lauren Lowrey and ZPD Chief of Police Robert Knox. The youth trophy will be presented by children who first interview selected car owners and then decide to whom the trophy should go.

Tarr hopes that children will appreciate the beauty of these cars as more than just utilitarian.

“We want to help kids understand that art is in different kinds of things,” he said. “It’s not only a painting. Lots of things can make up what art is.”

The food competition will pit four teams of three people against each other. A different member from each team will have two minutes to consume as many of their food item as possible: Bub’s burgers, Greek’s pizza or hot wings from The Friendly. The food contest is scheduled twice during the day, with both winning teams receiving $450 to donate in their name to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Ballerinas and Bruisers is sponsoring a KidsZone in a garden across the street from their Main Street store where kids will be able to paint outside with help from the SullivanMunce Cultural Center.

“We feel strongly about supporting our local organizations, especially those targeted at educating our community’s youth,” said Steve Schwartz, owner of Ballerinas and Bruisers.

While the event is free to the public, money is raised through sponsorships, car restorations and other activities. All proceeds will go to the Alzheimer’s Association.

The connection to the Alzheimer’s Association is something Tarr feels resonates with a lot of people.

“Almost every family in some way or another has a connection to Alzheimer’s or dementia,” Tarr said. “This money goes to help fund research to help solve this.”

Every 67 seconds someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s, and it’s the sixth leading cause of death according to the Alzheimer’s Association. One in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.

Tarr estimates that by the end of this year CruZionsville will have donated $50,000 in total over the past five years.

PLAN TO GO

What: CruZionsville

When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 13

Where: Main Street in Zionsville

Cost: Free to attend

More info: www.CruZionsville.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

10 – 10:30 a.m.: Porsche Parade into Zionsville with Police Escort

10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: Cub Scout Color Guard Singing of the National Anthem and Balloon release*

10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Porsche cars parked on Main Street

10:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Kids program

11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Celebrity, Youth and Porsche Club Judging

1 – 1:20 p.m.: Style Show on Main Street

2 p.m.:  People’s Choice Judging ends

2:45 – 3 p.m.: CruZionsville Porsche Awards

3 p.m.: CruZionsville ends on Main Street

*Source: www.cruzionsville.com. Times are subject to change.


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