In an effort to help children lead happier, healthier lives, the RCR Racing Museum will unite to celebrate NASCAR Day on May 20 with the NASCAR Day Car Wash for Kids, a NASCAR Unites national fundraiser engaging motorsports racetracks, charities, sponsors and more to support children’s charities. The RCR Racing Museum will join more than 20 locations stretching from Concord, N.C., to Fontana, Calif., uniting for the NASCAR Day Car Wash for Kids.
“The RCR Racing Museum is proud to be a part of this group effort for children’s causes,” said Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing and co-founder of the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. “This event is a great way for fans and local residents to come out, see our museum and race shops and participate in a national fundraising effort.”
Funds raised through the NASCAR Day Car Wash for Kids event will benefit The NASCAR Foundation and CIPT. The NASCAR Foundation is committed to children’s causes and, through the NASCAR Unites campaign, has vowed to raise $1 million and generate 1 million volunteer hours in 2011. CIPT is working to save children’s lives and help them recover quickly through research, education and prevention.
The RCR Racing Museum Car Wash for Kids event will be open from 3 to 5 p.m. and will also include child safety seat checks by the Safe Kids organization. For a $5 donation, attendees will receive a car wash and a NASCAR Unites wristband. NASCAR Unites wristbands showcase supporter’s passion for children’s causes and encourage volunteerism in local communities.
The NASCAR Day Car Wash for Kids will mark the eighth annual charitable celebration of NASCAR Day. To date NASCAR Day has raised more than $8 million for The NASCAR Foundation, sent more than 500 kids to Victory Junction, treated more than 19,000 pediatric patients annually at Speediatrics units and granted more than 500 NASCAR-themed wishes.
Turtle Wax is an official RCR sponsor and is donating products for the RCR Racing Museum Car Wash for Kids location including car wash and waxes.
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