On July 1, The Community Cupboard Food Pantry/Walnut Street Baptist Church will host the 2017 Crossroads of America Car, Truck, Motorcycle, Tractor, and Camper Show, “Celebrating Our Freedom” at McCorkle Park in Cameron.
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Funds raised go directly back into the pantry to help purchase food and for day-to-day operations of the pantry. The pantry provides service to several hundred people a year from predominately four counties: Daviess, Clinton, Caldwell, and DeKalb.
Registration is from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. No entries will be allowed after 12 noon. Entry fee is $15 per vehicle. Show starts at 1 p.m. with trophies, plaques and awards to start at approximately 3 p.m. This is a judge-sanctioned show with multiple divisions and over 180 trophies.
There will be a silent auction, a 50/50 raffle, and a pie auction at the show. Goodie bags and dash plaques will go to the first 100 entries. Over 20 vendors are expected.
This is a free event for the public.
“We have been working very hard on this show since last year,” says Larry L. Griffey, CEO/director of The Community Cupboard Food Pantry. “We have attended several city council meetings, and completed and complied with all the requirements set forth by the City of Cameron, which have been approved.”
Mayor Darlene Breckenridge and the Cameron Board of Alderman have been supportive of the fund-raising endeavor, added Mr. Giffey.
The Community Cupboard Food Pantry is a privately owned, 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, dedicated to helping those in need in Cameron and surrounding counties. It raises its own funding, and does not take government funding, which allows the pantry to help anyone in need, without the requirement of income or residential restrictions.
Mr. Griffey said: “This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and a giant economic boost for the City of Cameron. Last year’s show produced 107 entries and this year we anticipate 180 to 200 entries coming from right here in Cameron, as far north as Des Moines, Iowa, from Marceline to Hiawatha, Kansas, east and west, and as far south as Harrisville.”
The Walnut Street Baptist Church, an Independent Fundamental Baptist Church has made it a mission to support The Community Cupboard Food Pantry, making their mission work start right here at home, in their own backyard. Larry Griffey is the pastor of the church and his wife Sarah is the Sunday school teacher.
If you have any questions, please contact Larry or Sarah at 816.632.0233, email at [email protected], or find them on Facebook.