From LubbockOnline:
Bike and Car Show
What: Blue Ribbon Rally Car and Bike Show.
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Depot District, between 16th and 19th streets.
Cost: Free.
Information: Call Ami Hill-Rendon, 747-5577 or visit http://www.blueribbonrally.com/.
Car enthusiasts looking for a new ride can head out to the Depot District on Saturday and try their luck at winning a new Harley Davidson while having fun with family and friends and raising awareness about child abuse.
The Family Guidance Outreach Center of Lubbock will hold the Blue Ribbon Rally Car and Bike Show from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. between the blocks of 16th and 19th streets.
Event coordinator Ami Hill-Rendon said the rally will have a street fair atmosphere and 30 vendors will be present, selling everything from jewelry to turkey legs.
More than 200 show cars will be featured in addition to several different classes and types of motorcycles.
Everything from antiques to low-riders will be featured, Hill-Rendon said. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded for the best cars and bikes.
Artist Carol C. Howell will be at the rally to sign commemorative posters of her painting “Take a Child’s Hand,” from 1 to 3 p.m.
If the weather permits, kids can have some fun in inflatable jumpers or have their faces painted in the Kids’ Corner. They can also win prizes in the ice cream scoop contest sponsored by Baskin-Robbins during Family Fun Hour.
“It’s just a safe environment where families can come and enjoy the day,” Hill-Rendon said.
Local artists Mojave Sol, Texas Brew, Owen Franklin, Sober by Sunday and Two Days Forever will provide live music throughout the day. While admission is free, tickets for a chance to win a 2011 Harley-Davidson Soft Tail Deluxe, which retails for $18,200, will be available for $30 each or four tickets for $100.
The rally to is the center’s marquee event and is held during National Child Abuse Prevention Month, to raise awareness about the center’s efforts in promote healthy families and prevent child abuse.
Executive director of the center, Lynnette Wilson, said all proceeds from the rally will go toward the educational programs the center provides for families.
In 2010, 242 children died as a result of child abuse, Wilson said. She and the center hopes to one day bring that number down to zero.
“Our belief is that it shouldn’t hurt to be a child,” Wilson said. “Our goal is to raise awareness, and let people know this is a real problem, and they should get behind it.”
Hill-Rendon said 2011 is the center’s sixth year hosting the Blue Ribbon Bike and Car Rally, and each year the program grows it sheds more light on the center and the issues it hopes to resolve. “I think people enjoy it because they can come, have fun with their family, and prevent child abuse,” she said. “They can come and find out how to direct others in getting help, and that’s our mission.”
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