By Kath Gannaway
The Wandin Custom Car and Bike Show has once again punched above its weight, donating $20,000 to the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
The Rotary Club of Wandin has run the show for the past couple of years, putting on six car shows at the Wandin East Recreation Reserve from October through to March.
A highlight of this year’s series was the visit of motoring legends Dick Johnson and his son Steve Johnson, along with local V8 Supercars driver Dale Wood.
Wandin Rotary Club’s chair of the car show committee, Mark Southall said the show had attracted around 30,000 visits with some 4000 vehicles on display.
The show is very much a community event with strong support from 18 sponsors whose contribution offsets the overheads of running the event, allowing Rotary to make such a significant donation to the Good Friday Appeal.
Local community groups also benefit with Wandin CFA, St Mary’s School from Mt Evelyn, Wandin Yallock and Wandin North primary schools providing a great choice of food and beverages at each show towards their fund-raising efforts.
“It was a very special feeling to ring the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal donations line with the exciting news that we were donating $20,000,” Mr Southall said.
“We would like to sincerely thank all the exhibitors and spectators who made this possible.”
