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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
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