11th Annual Motor4toys Charity Car Show and Toy Drive

The 11th Annual Motor4toys Charity Car Show & Toy Drive

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Motor4toys Charitable Foundation was started with one goal in mind: To help the children.

All of our efforts are 100% donated. There are no salaries and every last cent is utilized to help needy children.

Dustin Troyan, Founder of Motor4toys along with volunteers and the car community have used their relationships in the car world to quickly make Motor4toys the largest car show of its type in the world. Motor4toys has collected Millions of dollars worth of toys since the inception.

Motor4toys is very proud to partner with law enforcement with all of our events. We appreciate the role that law enforcement plays in our community and believe that if we can help to facilitate positive relationships with law enforcement and children, we can help change the future. The beneficiaries of our events always include law enforcement.

They then help Motor4toys by distributing toys to needy children throughout our community. We have worked closely with: Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles Fire Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation Los Angeles Office, LAPD SWAT, FBI SWAT, LASD SWAT and other agencies as well.

Motor4toys is one of the most exciting events because we do not stop with just the show. We partner with other businesses and schools to place toy collection boxes all over California. Long after our event is over, we are still out there collecting and distributing toys. We leverage all of our relationships to help create a win-win situation for all of our sponsors and supporters. By doing this, our sponsors get maximum exposure and we are able to collect thousands of toys. This event is successful for everyone involved.

Motor4toys partnering with schools is another great way to not only collect toys and spread the holiday cheer, but also expose children to the amazing car community and their vehicles. It is truly a win-win. Can we do a toy drive at your children’s school? Let’s do it!

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How does Motor4toys collect toys?

Every holiday season, Motor4toys hosts a car show and toy drive.

The only cost to attend is to bring toys for needy children. It is truly that simple.

At the event, representatives of every car group in California are in attendance. From the Ferrari Clubs to 4x4 Clubs, the Petersen Museum Checkered Flag Club, import car clubs, Corvette Clubs, Chapters of the Porsche Club of America and so many more.

At Motor4toys, you will see the car community coming together to help children in a magical way.

Help us help the children! www.motor4toys.com

Motor4toys and the Community Motor4toys believes in the community. Often the beneficiaries of our toy drives are law enforcement and service organizations.

This year, The Los Angeles Police Department will be the beneficiary of the toys collected at the car show toy drive.

It is our goal to collect 20,000 toys in just four hours. That is a huge endeavor, however with the help of the car community and other relationships we have, this could goal can be realized.

The Los Angeles Police Department will then distribute those toys to

needy children within the state of California.

Static Displays to include: LAPD S.W.A.T., LAPD Bomb Squad, LAPD Air Ships, LAFD Fire Truck and Air Ship, LAPD & LASD Race Teams and hopefully our friends at the FBI S.W.A.T. and Bomb Squad.

Who comes to this show?

What truly makes Motor4toys Charity Car Show unique is that we get just about everyone! From the rarest and

Some of the clubs attending include: - The Petersen Museum Checkered Flag Club - Ferrari Club of America - Ferrari Owners Club - Lamborghini Club Los Angeles - Santa Barbara Porsche Club - Tri- County Cobra Club - Classic Chevy Club - Redline Corvette Club - Simi Valley Corvettes - Valencia Corvette Club - BMW M3 Club - Socal Hot Rod Club - Rod Fathers - Socal 3s - Modified Intentions Mustang Club - Valley Mustang Club - Stangepede Mustang Club - LS1- Gto- G8- Camaro Club - Rolls Royce Club - British Car Club - Classic Camaro Club - Socal Audi Club - Santa Barbara EuroClub - Cars and Coffee Santa Barbara - VW R32 Club - Mini Maniacs - Ventura County Axle Snappers - Ventura County Jeeps - Chapter 11 - Socal4G - Socal3G - CaliLancers -Vinate Corvettes -Tesla Club -Los Angeles Porsche Club of America

most exotic of cars, to project cars, rat rods, 4x4s, classic and vintage, SEMA show cars, to museum and collector

cars...Classics and Pro-touring cars!

You name it, we get them all.

And, everybody brings toys for

needychildren!

It is truly an awesome sight, the

diversity of all the vheicles and the mountain of toys we collect! All to help the children.

Oak Hills Elementary & Motor4Toys

Toy Drive

Story by: Dustin Troyan Photos: Greg Grudt

It was such exciting news—Oak Hills Elementary School in Oak Park was interested in teaming up with the Motor4Toys Charitable Foundation to hold a toy drive at their school.

This all started a few years ago when I had a wacky idea of bringing together kids, cars, and toy drives at schools. Before this, our toy drives had always been very successful but I wanted a better way to connect with the local community throughout the year. So we started doing toy drives at local schools with kids helping other kids. It was the element that was missing from Motor4Toys and it was a magical addition.

If you are unfamiliar with the Motor4Toys Charitable Foundation (www.motor4toys. com), it is dedicated to helping children. Our biggest event is, of course, the Annual Motor4Toys Charitable Car Show held just before the holidays.

But all year long we collect toys and deliver them to appropriate organizations for distribution to disadvantaged children in the local area. The foundation was born of the car community and,

with their support, has collected millions of dollars worth of toys for kids in need. Motor4Toys is 100% volunteer; no one gets paid. All proceeds go to the cause.

When I met with the Oak Hills staff, I explained that, with their permission, we would love to bring over a handful of cars to share with the students. We wanted the staff to understand how the cars added an amazing element to the toy drive. The team at Oak Hills Elementary, a very supportive group of administrators, teachers, students, and parents, loved the idea. A date was set. Everyone was very excited.

Because this was our first time doing a toy drive with Oak Hills, we wanted to make a splash. We really wanted to show the students how appreciative of their generosity we all were.

So we decided to bring really cool cars!

I got on the phone to some folks I knew would assist us. For years, the Auto Gallery has proven to be one of the most generous and community-focused automotive groups in California.

When I asked if they would participate, they said without hesitation, “Yes!” The team from the Auto Gallery agreed to take time from their busy schedules to bring over some of the rarest and most exotic of cars to share with the school kids. The SoCal Chevy Club, a wonderful, giving group of enthusiasts also said they would support the event. Their classic 1955, 1956 & 1957 Chevrolets would be a delight to share. And you can’t impress kids without some noisy race cars so, happily, the Cobra Club agreed to participate.

Sometimes there is nothing better than a loud motor to make kids smile.

As is our signature, this eclectic group of vehicles and drivers arrived in a caravan or, rather, a rolling car show. As we pulled off the freeway at Kanan Dume Road, people pulled up next to us and asked, “Where are you going?” The answer was obviously, “We’re going to school!”

We arrived a little early to stage the cars. A couple million dollars worth of cars fanned out on a school playground is quite a

Thank you Oak Hills Elementary School!

sight. As the children arrived in the morning, toys in hands, they were in shock! They had no idea about the surprise on their playground. So many cool cars: Ferraris, McLarens, Porsches, Mercedes, a Corvette Zr1, Cobras, and Hot Rods. As more and more kids got to school, out popped the camera phones.

Interestingly, these kids knew everything about the cars from how fast they went to who made them. The kids of Oak Hills are a very smart group!

For the presentation we had permission to start all the cars one-by-one and for the drivers to rev their engines. This was something we had never done before but with so much horsepower on display, come on, ya gotta put on a show! One by one, the cars started and revved their engines. Then, on cue, all the cars revved their engines together and the students went crazy—laughing, screaming, smiling, covering their ears, jumping up and down. The kids loved it! It was a great morning and those kids deserved it!

The toy drive at Oak Hills Elementary was a huge success. Their efforts are even more notable when you consider that this is not a normal ‘giving’ month. The generosity of everyone at the school has ensured that hundreds of kids, who are in circumstances beyond their control, will now have something special for themselves and they will know that somewhere somebody cares. The fact that the person who cares is another child just makes it all the more special.

To everyone at Oak Hills Elementary—the students, teachers, staff, and parents—Motor4Toys considers all of you heroes. Thank you! And, to the Auto Gallery, the Chevy Club, and the Cobra Club, you have always been there when Motor4Toys has needed you. You are the essence of generosity and the heart of the motorsport community.

Thank you for your kindness.

If you would like us to set up a toy drive at your local school, please contact us at: www.motor4toys.com

Motor4toys Partners with Chaparral Elementary School By: Dustin Troyan

Good old Village Coffee Roaster… it was great for so many different reasons, one of which was networking. Back then I wanted so dearly to get involved with local schools to organize annual toy drives but, not having a kid in a local school, it was really difficult.

At Village Coffee Roaster we had regular customers who would become friends and were always more than willing to help. One of my regulars had two children in Chaparral Elementary School in Calabasas. I asked if she could find out if the school was interested in being a part of Motor4toys. A few weeks later she told me the answer was a solid, “Yes!” I was elated. It was such a natural way to grow Motor4toys. We could help so many more kids!

I was supposed to head over to the school for one of their weekly assemblies and give a “little speech” to 300 or so kids. No problem. A week later I was supposed to return with a law enforcement agency and the kids would help load the toys they had collected into the vehicles. It was a no-brainer. Speaking to kids is not a problem. For those of you who know me, I never seem to be short of words. (The license plate on my ‘68 Camaro is “FLAPJAQ” because I am always flapping.) Over the years, I have given a number of speeches. I don’t really worry about it and words always seem to come pretty easy to me. So, this would be a breeze—a speech to kids?

Done!

Oddly enough, around 7:55am on the day of the assembly I felt a little nervous. Then I arrived at the elementary school, an environment I haven’t been in for years, and I didn’t know anybody. I felt a little like the odd man out. Then the kids started pouring in: one… two…three…fifteen…twenty….two hundred…three hundred! My hands started to sweat. I told myself to relax and that I have been in some interesting situations in my life so I can do this. I can talk to some kids. But wait, why was my heart rate up? You have got to be kidding me! My mom was a teacher for almost 30 years in LAUSD, mainly second grade and kindergarten, so I figured if my mom did this for 30 years I could do it for three minutes! But why was I sweating so much?

The PTA President and the Principal were naturals, of course. They knew how to talk to the kids and keep their attention. We went through the morning routine, which included the National Anthem, and it brought me back to my childhood. The Principal went through the numerous topics and upcoming events and then she mentioned Motor4toys and my name. She handed the microphone over to me. I got ready to do my usual

routine about the Motor4toys Foundation but there was a problem, I drew a blank, started sweating more, and my heart rate went through the roof. It may not have been a spectacular performance but the kids and the Principal were nice about it. A week later, I headed back with a handful of law enforcement officers and the kids were so very excited. They had collected over nine full boxes of toys, which would help a couple hundred needy kids to have a better holiday. The school, the families, and the kids did such a fine job!

So that was the first year. I was hoping to make it an annual tradition and, happily, Chaparral Elementary was on board for the second and third years. So the fourth year rolled around and I had a new idea for the school. What if I brought some classic cars to share with the kids on the day we picked up the toys they collected?

The school loved the idea. But now I had a problem. Who was I going to get to share their classic cars?? Crazy Al Donath! Al plays a big role with the Classic Chevys of Southern California, which is the real deal. The members are all real car guys with huge hearts. I knew I could count on them. When I told Al my idea he hemmed and hawed but I knew he would be able to pull it off. He called a handful of guys and they were in!

On the day of the fourth annual toy collection, we arrived before the kids to stage the 1955, 1956, and 1957 Chevys. The kids loved them! Most of the kids

had never been that close to a classic car and they were so excited. The parents and staff at the school loved the cars, as well. It was a win all the way around.

The next year, as I was preparing for the Eighth Annual Motor4toys Charity Car Show and Toy

Drive, I reached out to Chaparral Elementary once again.

Hot Rods?” The kids erupted with a unanimous, “YES!”

Me and my big ideas and even bigger mouth.

I realized that I had, in natural “Dusty-style”, given myself just a week to find exotic car owners who would be willing to take a day off of work and help out with a toy drive event at an elementary school. This was not going to be easy.

I thought about it for a while and I figured all I really needed was two cars: one Ferrari and one Lamborghini. I already had the Classics and the LAPD lined up so I was sure two cars would be enough. But where would I get them? As I mentioned in this month’s letter from the editor, the Auto Gallery has offered tremendous support I asked if I could bring back the Classic Chevys along with LAPD and they loved the idea. But then there was another thought rattling around in my head, “What if I brought exotic cars to the school?” I decided to sleep on it.

This time when I went to Chaparral Elementary to give my speech at the “Toy Drive Kick Off Assembly” I was better with the kids and figured out that the key was to get them involved. During my speech I asked, “Do you like hot rods?” They let out a yell. Then I asked, “Do you like exotic cars?” They let out another yell. Then I asked, “Do you like Ferraris and Lamborghinis?” They screamed really loud. So I asked, “Do you want me to bring some Ferraris and Lamborghinis with the Classic

to Motor4toys, Supercar Sunday, and, the general car community over the years. I thought I might be able to borrow a car or two from them. It was worth a shot. So I put in a call to John Kerley, Director of Fixed Operations at the Auto Gallery. John is a car guy and all around good guy. I figured I would pull at his heart strings and bring up all those little kids who were so excited to see a Ferrari and a Lamborghini. Yeah, that was my plan!

When I spoke to John, I told him about the school and what we have done over the years and then I told him about the mess I got myself in promising the exotic cars. I spoke about the amazing kids, parents, and staff who for years have generously given to Motor4toys.

When I was done with my emotional pitch, John said, “We would love to help.” He mentioned that he actually went to Chaparral Elementary when he was a kid and loved the idea of sharing the cars with the kids. I told him I just needed two cars. He told me he would call me back to see what he could do. I crossed my fingers and

hoped for the best.

When John called back, he mentioned how much he loved Motor4toys and how he and the team at the Auto Gallery wanted to assist a great cause. John continued, “So, you asked for two cars. What if we bring ten?” I was speechless. Ten cars? John went on about how he asked his staff and they all wanted to participate. They too love the event and the reason we do it. We had full support from the Auto Gallery.

The day of the assembly, all the cars and LAPD met at Woodlake Bowl in Woodland Hills. It is en route to Chaparral Elementary and, at that time of the morning, the lot was empty. The great guys from Classic Chevys of Southern California arrived first with a handful of 1955s, 1956s, and 1957s. Then a procession of the world’s newest and rarest exotic cars proceeded to pull into the lot. Shortly thereafter our friends from LAPD arrived and we were off to the school.

Once again, we arrived before the kids to stage the cars. I can’t imagine that there has ever in the history of the world been an assembly at an elementary school that included over $5million in cars. From the classics to the exotics, it was stunning.

I do not know who was more surprised, the parents, the teachers, or the kids. It was awesome to watch the kids come in to the yard and start screaming.

They were in awe of the cars. They went from car to car, pointing, giggling, and then something interesting happened. When I was in elementary school we did not

Motor4toys Partners with Chaparral Elementary School Continued have cell phones. But all the kids took out their phones and started taking picture after picture. Group pictures, individual pictures, pictures of just the cars. Most of the boys knew all the models. They pointed at parts, guessed about top speeds. But, it was also amazing because there were a number of girls who knew what every car was, down to the make and model. It was poetry.

The assembly was called and row-by-row the kids brought up their toys. Box after box was filled. It is truly heart-warming to see. Kids helping other kids— what could be better? After all the toys were collected, the older kids got to help load them into LAPD trucks and everyone got to take a big group photo.

Chaparral Elementary is truly a wonderful school and community whose students have done so much to help others. If you are involved in a local school and would like to start an annual toy drive, please let me know (Dustin@connectedmediagroup.com). If we start now, just imagine how many kids we could help over the next ten, twenty, thirty years to come. We can make such a difference! Please contact me if you can assist in setting up a toy drive at your school:

A big thank you from the Motor4toys Foundation to: Chaparral Elementary and the kind families and children who have done such an amazing job for Motor4toys year after year. Let’s carry on this tradition for years to come.

Imagine how many kids we can help!

The Auto Gallery Team. You continually go above and beyond to add value to our community—not just the car community but the community as a whole.

Classic Chevys of Southern California. You guys are too cool for school. Well, not too cool for Chaparral Elementary!

The LAPD and all the officers who are there for Motor4toys. We have many great years of teamwork ahead of us!

How can you help Motor4toys Motor4toys is dedicated to one simple idea: Helping children during the holiday season. We need your help now more than ever to help those who are less fortunate. How can you help?

First and foremost, please attend our car show on Sunday, December 1st. Invite all of your friends, family, associates, car lovers and community at large. Invite everyone! Ask each of them to bring a toy or toys to the event. Admission it free, just bring a toy! That simple.

Sponsor Motor4toys Your business or organization can sponsor the 10th Annual Motor4toys Charity Car Show and Toy Drive. There are many different sponsorships available , please contact us for more information.

Raffle and Auction Items Can you donate to our raffle and silent auction?

We are always in need of items. Sales of these items will be used to purchase more toys for children. We can use all sorts of items. You name it we will take it. Do you operate a Motorsports business? Send over some of your products to help the kids! We need them!

Toy Drives at your home, school, business, organization

Help us collect more toys! Can you do a toy drive at your business? We will supply the boxes. We will even arrange pick-up. Simply ask your coworkers or associates to bring a new-unwrapped toy. Are you on the PTA of PFA of your child’s school? If you are, can we do a toy drive at your school? All we ask is for toys! Again, we can supply everything you need! It is that easy. Perhaps you are having a holiday party, ask your guest to bring a toy for a needy child. Make it a tradition.

It is a great way to increase the holiday cheer!

If you would like to send products/items for our raffle/silent auctions you can send them here:

Can you donate money?

Let Motor4toys buy the toys for you. You can donate online at www.motor4toys.com. Again, all of the funds will go to buy more toys for kids.

For any additional information and sponsorship packages, please contact:

Can you donate gift cards or gift certificates for your business?

We can raffle these as well. If it is a $20.00 gift card or $10,000.00, no amount is too big or too small. We apprecaite every donation.

As Motor4toys is a 501(c)(30, donations are tax deductable. Every dontation is greatly apprecaited and will go to help thousands of kids all over the state.

Motor4toys Charitable Foundation C/O Dustin Troyan 23907 Ventura Blvd Calabasas, CA 91032 You may donate online at: www.motor4toys.com

Dustin Troyan Founder Motor4toys Charitable Foundation 818-516-5053 dustin@connectedmediagroup.com Kathleen Doran CEM Motor4toys Charitable Foundation 805-443-5363 Motor4toys@att.net