Charitable Events
The Gear Grinders are a
"Not For Profit" organization.
Several times a year the club sponsors a program to help our communities in one way or another.
A portion of the proceeds from our annual AutoRama Car Show held at the Alamo Dome each year are put back in to our communities in a number of different ways.
In the past we have held huge Toy Drives at Christmas time for underprivileged children. We have also donated toys to the Children's Hospital in San Antonio.
When we have a function that is catered, we try and use organizations that are also Not For Profit so that we benefit two organizations at the same time, by helping them and helping ourselves.
The Gear Grinders believe that we should not only enjoy life but should also contribute back to our communities so that others can also enjoy.
Daily Bread Ministries Car B Que 2012
Tammy Baird, Event Coordinator
Photo by Charles Fennen
Tammy and Wayne Malone
Photo by Charles Fennen
Wayne Smith
Photo by Charles Fennen
David Essenprise & Tammy
Photo by Charles Fennen
David Essenprise & Kit Carlisle
Photo by Charles Fennen
Father Chip Harper & Tammy
Photo by Charles Fennen
Group getting ready to watch movie
Photo by Charles Fennen
Photo by Charles Fennen
Hughleen & Wayne Malone
Photo by Charles Fennen
Photo by Charles Fennen
Photo by Charles Fennen
Photo by Charles Fennen
Charles Fennen & his hotrod
Photo by Charles Fennen
Photo by Charles Fennen
Rick McDonnell's cool racecar
Photo by Charles Fennen
Wayne Malone
Photo by Charles Fennen
Doug Seiler working at the registration table
Photo by Charles Fennen
Rick McDonnell's latest t-shirt
Photo by Charles Fennen
Photo by Charles Fennen
Blue Santa 2009
Thanks to Tammy Baird for the following pics.
Butch was having as much if not more fun than the kids.
Thanks to Pat Sullivan for the following pictures and captions.
The following eight pictures are the Blue Knights and the caravan to deliver the toys.
Check out all the people that turned out for this great event!
This young man came up to me and asked where we all got our pins we were wearing. I told him it was from the VFW hall that promoted this ride and he asked if he could have it, so naturally I took it off and pinned it on his jacket.
CCPAL (Cowboy Capital Pet Assistance League)
See flyer below for the 1927 Chevrolet Roadster that will be auctioned in March. All proceedes will benefit CCPAL (Cowboy Capital Pet Assistance League) helping to build a No-Kill Animal Shelter for Cats & Dogs in Bandera County.
A customer of ours from here @ American RV donated the car when they heard about the contract cancellation.
The car can be seen @ American RV if you will just call ahead of time to arrange a time to come see it. Please pass the word around.
Thanks,
Pat Sullivan
830-816-1234
Blue Santa Visit 2008
The Gear Grinders were privileged to be able to participate in the annual Blue Santa Visit and donate a big bunch of toys to under privileged kiddos. Thanks to the New Braunfels ROTC group which collected and wrapped the presents under the direction of Gear Grinder John Medrano, we were able to help make Christmas time a lot happier for those children.
Santa arriving by helicopter
Butch Baird and one of the happy little ones.
A trio of Santas on their awesome parade ride!
This past year, 2007, we sponsored an absolutely awesome group of young men from Pearland in the Special Olympic Basketball State Tournament. With the help of the Gear Grinders and O'Reilly's they were able to make the trip to the state tournament and take first place! Congratulations to a great group of guys! We're very proud of all of you!
Our 2007 Olympic Champs!
Carl - Josh - Trevor - Miles - Victor - Travis - Mohammed - John
Victor - Miles - Trevor - Josh - John
Access Transmission
Brighton School Benefit
Thanks to Delton & Hazel Scholwinski
for the great pictures.
2006 Toy Drive at Hanging Tree in Bracken
Sunny, Eddie, David & Raul at the toy drive at the Hanging Tree in Bracken Christmas 2006
We purchased a large screen TV for the Ronald McDonald house in San Antonio.
The funds raised from our Pinstripers Auction at the AutoRama are donated to the local Salvation Army to be used as they see fit and where they are most needed.
This last year at our Community Appreciation Party, we donated over 200 plates of absolutely wonderful bar-b-que with all the fixins to the local Salvation Army center. These meals were prepared by a local VFW group, and they did a fantastic job, the food was great!
Benefit for Joe Carriselez
Dan, Kit & Larry - big winners at benefit for Joe Carriselez.
A pilot fixin to "fly low"!
Larry's cool truck
Dan's awesome ride!
Dan with his award
Daily Bread Ministry Function
Butch cooking up some yummy stuff at one of the Daily Bread Ministry functions.
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Secretary - Web Administrator & Club Historian:Sunny Castille-Zipp
E-mail: scastille@austin.rr.com
The Gear Grinders are a Not For Profit organization
