This Saturday.

There's a great family fun event for a really great cause that's happening in Goshen.

And I'm here with Terry to tell me a little bit more about it.

Terry, tell me what's happening this Saturday at Bashar Children's Home.

Well, we're having the fourth annual Cars and Motorcycles for a cause auto show on the campus of basher, and we're very excited about it.

Once again, fourth year.

So it's going to be a great, great day to come out with the family.

Got some food trucks coming out.

We have some of the most beautiful automobiles you're going to see in the area coming out to compete for prizes as well as motorcycles.

So and so the big reason for this was I'm telling me about the group that you're president of and why you got together to actually do this.

Because yes, it is an auto show, but it's for your children's home because you're very passionate about helping kids who have been abused in the glass.

Yeah, well, I'm fortunate enough to be the president of the Elkhart Indian Motorcycle Riders Group.

And at the heart of every motorcycle rider is a passion for children.

And we partnered, as you remember, with with basher because we wanted to sink our teeth into something that really, really helped the community was a community wide effort and also was a solid foundation for kids.

And when we discovered the trafficking annex there, we couldn't back away.

We could not back away.

So four years ago, we started this and it mainly to draw attention to basher, to get folks out there, to experience the campus and to see what's cooking out there, and also enjoy some of these beautiful automobiles and motorcycles.

And as you talk about like basher, it's an absolutely beautiful campus.

The organization has been around for 102 years now.

And as you talked about, human trafficking is something that they built a unit for a couple of years ago.

And when you talk about something like human trafficking, a lot of people think that doesn't happen in this area.

But actually the majority of the children who are in there who are being helped are all from this area, a hub.

This area is a hub.

It is because of all the roads going to Detroit, Chicago, Indianapolis.

So, so it's a real problem.

You guys really wanted to help.

So tell me a little bit about the auto show.

How is it grown over the last four years?

What's the atmosphere like for people that maybe have never been to an auto show?

Well, it's pretty exciting.

At 7:00, we start taking in cars.

9:00, the show opens up and we have judges coming in from CRS custom automobiles over here in Mishawaka to do that.

We have folks coming from all over the place with these beautiful automobiles and motorcycles.

We start planning this very first, like the very first month of March.

And this is a work and effort we put up.

We've got food trucks there.

We've got some pizza, we got ribs, we got soft drinks, all kinds of good, good stuff around.

But everybody there for four years has just enjoyed it.

And they can't believe it's only $10 a piece to compete.

Yeah.

Which is crazy.

Yeah.

That's for what these trophies here.

We're we're going first, second and third place for both categories motorcycles and cars.

We're also going best of show and people's choice for both.

Both.

And we're also giving away a plaque for the top ten in each category.

Oh wow.

So we're looking for a big crowd to come out and just experience the campus with us.

And of course it is beautiful.

They've got a lovely pond there.

It's a really great campus.

There's plenty of trees as well if it's a hot, sunny days.

It has been sometimes, but as you mentioned, it's $10 for people with cars or motorcycles to enter.

But then for the general public who just wants to totally bring your family, bring your family out?

Yep.

And you know, I want to get back to some of the success stories that I've, I've, I've experienced.

I have friends that have actually had children in there for different reasons.

And it's amazing.

Some people have testified, give me a testimony that I didn't know my son was even going to wake up in the next morning.

He ended up at basher and he was a complete turnaround, a complete success.

As a matter of fact, he had his airplane license before he was old enough to drive a car.

So it's an amazing story that I personally know about.

So Batchelor does an amazing job and we want to help them.

They really do.

And you know I was talking to Bashar recently and there's an average that kids go to an average of seven placements before they end up at Bashar, which often it's the last resort for a lot of kids.

Depending now, some of them may end up going into the juvenile justice system or even into jail.

And so often, you know, not every kid that goes there, by the way, you know, has been on that path.

I'm just saying they're able to be that high quality therapy and care that the kids need in order to make sure that they can just even live a life where they can just have a job, have an apartment, just live a normal life.

That and that's a great success for a lot of these kids, you know?

And last year I did come to the show and there was actually a couple that were there who they actually ended up.

They both went to Bashar, and now they're successful parents.

And just even seeing that.

Right.

We we think about success stories.

Everyone's got that Hollywood dream of a success story, but just people being able to have a job and an apartment, a family, that's all the success.

So it's wonderful.

And so again, it opens at 9:00, it opens at 9:00 to show starts, and we'll go to about two and we'll give all the awards out.

Yeah.

I never realized this area just has so many car.

Oh my.

Like a lot.

There's a lot of car shows, a lot of car shows.

So it must have been hard to start a new one four years ago because there's so many already.

In fact, this year, even more so, we had to move it to August 22nd because the date we usually run it, there was four shows in the area.

So a lot of people have these cars hidden away in their garages.

And and today we're here at Rock solid, which is on County Road 19 and Elkhart.

And they just let us in to see some of the cars that you might be able to expect to see at the show.

So yeah, and we're grateful for their we're grateful that they let us use their space.

Oh yeah.

So some of the cars are out of sports.

Come on down and check them out you guys.

I mean just to even walk around and see some of the hardware in this place is pretty amazing.

Oh it is.

It's absolutely beautiful.

I know what the car show especially I look.

I love the aspects.

I've been to a couple of car shows, but not a lot of them have motorcycles, so I love that you have that too, because obviously your Indian motorcycles, you know, so that's a part of it too, that I think is very important because there's some cool bikes out there.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

So again, this Saturday, August 22nd, it's $10.

Just just show up and pay at the at the gate.

Absolutely.

We'll get you signed up and we're going to put you in line to win these awards and win one of these.

Yeah, absolutely.

And it's nice again for people, you know, because it's like their car enthusiasts, maybe they go to these shows they never think about, but to have a trophy at hand.

That's a big deal.

Yeah.

Absolutely amazing.

I want to I want to speak to we've also I'm fortunate enough to work for Zalman Tire.

So they are a sponsor.

Monty's best one as a partner.

Right in there with us.

Okay.

One of our business partners.

And this year we put Pro Fleet Transport on.

They believe in helping children as well.

So we're excited to have Zach and his team over at Pro Fleet helping us out this year.

So it's great.

You know, a lot of businesses are like, you know, I don't want to say struggling, but like the economy is tough on a lot of businesses.

And for them to still turn around and still give to these local events like it means a lot that that's where their hearts at.

And I know for Zones and Monty's, that's a big thing.

Yeah.

Best one.

They're all about the community there's no doubt.

Awesome.

So yeah.

People's choice.

Yeah.

You got the best in show and all the other parks and everything.

So make sure you head out to bash your children's home this Saturday, August 22nd.

I'll probably be there.

I'll bring my daughter, you know.

Sounds good.

Yeah.

All right.