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After several attempts to reschedule the 2021 Dr. George Charity Car Show, the Board of the Palm Springs Cruisin’ Association has decided to cancel the 2021 Show and focus its attention on making the 2022 Show the best ever. As should be no surprise to anyone, the uncertainties caused by the pandemic have prevented any firm planning for the rest of 2021. Though we are very disappointed to have to make this decision, we are committed to helping the Desert Cancer Foundation, the benefactor of our show, any way we can.

For those who have already registered, your decision to donate or get a refund will be honored and processed Eventbrite in the next few weeks. We encourage donations to Desert Cancer Foundation where at all possible. Their work supporting cancer victims has not diminished. Last year the show provided a contribution of $120,000 which secured about $1,200,000 in cancer treatments for victims who would otherwise not been able to afford those procedures.

We are now focusing on the Shelby Mustang Sweepstakes to provide additional funding for DCF. If you have not purchased your ticket to potentially win Allen Grant’s personal GT 350R, please do so. This is a unique vehicle that is no longer in production and is sure to become a collector’s item.

Thank you for your support of the Dr. George Charity Car Show. We look forward to seeing you at the February 12, 2022 Show.

Numerous club members met in the Ralph’s Parking lot in Indian Wells to collect toy, food and monetary donations for the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission. A caravan of twenty vehicles cruised to the CVRM facility in Indio to drop off the donations.

As anyone who has worked in the Club trailer would know, it has been many years since it was cleaned out and rearranged. Thanks to Diana and Bill Finnegan, Angel Hernandez, George Dray, Erik & Belva Baltzar, Ross McMullin and Craig Korthase, that job was finally accomplished in the air conditioned comfort of Dave and Sunny Hancock’s shop at GarageTown. All of the boxes were removed and the inside was completely vacuumed. After a thorough inspection and inventory, necessary supplies and equipment were reloaded and labeled. Several broken and/or unnecessary items were chucked or set out for donation to a charity. We now have lots of space and clean equipment. Some new tables will be purchased before the season begins to replace the broken ones. We think it will be much easier to find what you are looking for and know that it is much cleaner and better organized now. Thanks to the team that worked hard to accomplish all of this. Great Job!!

On Father’s Day some of our club members arranged a drive-by car show for the residents of Atria Assisted Living in Palm Desert.

The Annual Dr. George Charity Car Show took place on February 8, 2020 under sunny skies, our biggest and best attended show ever. Over 1000 vehicles were on display and several thousand spectators showed up to check out the cool rides.

As a result of the show, we were very happy to present the Desert Cancer Foundation with a gift of $120,000! This means there will be over $1 million dollars in new cancer care available to our neighbors and friends in the Desert!

2020 Trophy Winners

Show photos courtesy of Dave Parker Photography. Check out many more Dr. George show photos here and photos of the Dr. George Cruise Night on El Paseo here.