PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Dream Machines car club expects more than 100 cars at a fundraiser in September for the Shane Park playground, said a club organizer.
It will help the Shane Park Playground Committee raise money for a state-of-the-art play area at the west Port Angeles park.
The latest fundraiser, which began Saturday and continues today, is at Swain’s General Store at 602 E. First St., Port Angeles.
Members of the playground committee are stationed at Swain’s for a bicycle raffle and fundraiser for the playground campaign.
The committee is working with the city of Port Angeles to come up with the $130,000 needed for playground equipment.
The city has set aside $60,000 for the project.
Before this weekend’s fundraiser, the committee had raised another $21,000 through a series of community fundraisers over the past year.
The new playground will be 111 feet by 57 feet and feature several slides, climbing areas, swings and a safety surface.
Volunteers are raffling off a Baja mini bike and Mongoose trick bike at Swain’s.
The committee also will have a booth at the Clallam County Fair from Aug. 18-21.
The car club’s event, planned from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at the park in the 1300 block of West Sixth Street, will be more than a car show, said Ed Upton, Peninsula Dream Machine car club past president and organizer of the event.
He said the Shane Park Playground Committee will offer games for children.
There will be a raffle and live music, he said, and KONP Radio will broadcast live from 9 a.m. to noon.
Vendors will sell items related to cars, and he expects speedboats to be on display.
“It’ll be fun,” Upton said.
“Everybody’s welcome, and it’s free to attend.”
Upton expects some 110 to 150 vintage cars at the show, among them cars from Oregon and from the I Cruisers car club from Parkersville, B.C.
Registration is $15 per car.
All proceeds will go to the playground fundraising effort.
A full breakfast is planned for each of the car drivers who also are invited to participate in a poker run the day before, Upton said.
The car club with the most cars present will win $100.
Trophies will be given in several categories, he said.
The car club always has its annual show in September.
For more information about participating in the September event, phone Upton at 360-452-4837.
Donations for the playground equipment, with checks made out to the Kiwanis Club, can be mailed to Shane Park Playground, P.O. Box 1064, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
