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We are the
oldest car club in Kingsport, TN. In 2009 we are celebrating
our 35th Anniversary. We are a non-profit organization.
Our membership generally averages around 70 members. Club
members' cars include antiques, street rods, 50's and
60's mild customs and classics. You do not have to actually
own a car to be a member, although most are expecting
to own or build a rod, custom, etc. We meet once a month,
on the second Thursday, at Golden Corral Restaurant on
Eastman Rd. Most members eat at around 6:30 p.m., and
the meeting starts as soon as the meal is finished. After
the meeting we move to the parking lot for lengthy bs'ing,
and bench rod building.
Our major
activity each year is our annual Wal Mart Cruise In, located at Wal-Mart
Super Center on Fort Henry Drive, in Kingsport followed on Saturday with
The Wilderness Trail Rod Run Show, held on Main Street in Kingsport, TN
at the Historic Train Station. These activities are held during Memorial
Day weekend in May of each year. All donations at the Wal Mart Cruise In,
are donated to charity. Those have been going to the Ronald McDonald
House in Johnson City, TN. Wal Mart matches our donations, up to a
specific dollar figure.
As a club,
we try to hold one or two picnics each year, and usually
a cruise to an interesting location.
The
clubs major charity is Ronald McDonald House in Johnson
City, TN but at
the December 2008 meeting of the KARC the members voted
to also donate $250 each to five other charitiable organizations.
Those organizations were the local Salvation Army, The
Times News Rescue Fund, The Second Harvest Food Bank,
The Shriners Assoc.(transportation fund) and the American
Cancer Society
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