Grounded 4 Life Helps to Ground Out Bristol Senior Center

It was Grandma going Lowrider, Grandpa cruising Bath Rd in his 57 Chevy,  and the  Grounded 4 Life club getting together with the Bristol Senior Center  in what has to be one of the most unlikely pairings for a fundraising effort.

No matter, said Bristol Township Senior Center Director Bonnie Worth, commenting on the two sections of society that don’t  generally mix at Sundays “One Day Slam” Auto and Truck show.

Car enthusiast’s  cruised to the event which attracted  owners/collectors  from South Carolina all the way to New England and out to the Midwest  attracting approximately 360 entrants for 32 classes from street rods to  brand new cars.

Entrants were going to be  judged on a number of elements,  Tom Pollio Grounded 4 Life’s Club President said.

Additionally the  top three in each class are winners, with specialty awards  and trophies,  going to be the catch for the car show taking place at the Bristol Township Municipal Building.

“It started out as a small show and now it’s turned into this, scanning  the area  filled low riders, hot rods, and classic cars  of all types. But  its grown plenty since we started it 14 years ago while pairing  up with the senior center, Pollio said.

 

Clarence Sandy, from Brooklyn, New York, brought an entire crew of friends and family with him from New York  so he could show off his 1965 Chevy Malibu Chevelle.

“I heard this was a great show to come to so here we are!,” Sandy said.

Entrants fees went to the Grounded 4 Life Club for the event but as Worth put it, the car show has an immeasurable impact on and for the senior center.

We provide all the food for the event, she said, and those proceeds go towards a multiplicity of things needed for daily operations,  as she calmed the “We don’t have any hot dogs left  crisis of the moment.  Asking  a  volunteer to get “200” more  dogs because as we cook  them, they eat them, Worth said smiling.

Worth, who sees the big and small picture in terms of managing the center said the show has meaning on a number of different levels for her and members.

“Well you don’t see these two groups of people with each other normally. I think what happens is the stigmas associated with both groups in a social sense get challenged. You this real big bunch of guys with tattoos and all  and you if don’t know them it can be a bit scary for our members. But after every show we do with Grounded 4 Life one thing becomes clear to all involved. They see the group as active, willing to help and having a good time and members  see the car show staff  as bunch of people who simply love cars. It’s a neat thing to watch, she offered.

Worth said the money brought in by the proceeds of the car show, last year around $2500.00 helps to pay for daily maintenance items that the center uses plenty of.

“It really is a tremendous help to us having  Grounded 4 Life here in Bristol Township,” Worth said.

Pollio agreed, saying he was already looking forward to next year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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