The Rydell Car & Bike Show returns for its 15th year at the Rydell Auto Group in Grand Forks! We’re proud to put on the premier community auto show in Grand Forks that has raised over $800,000 for charity since its inception. The show is an opportunity for families and members of the community to show off their prized automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, and yes, even tricycles. We welcome participants of all ages, all types of transportation, and we also welcome just about any donation for the charity auction. All proceeds raised at the 2021 Rydell Car and Bike Show Charity Event will go towards the Grand Forks Police Department IMPACT Academy.
From our “Family” at Rydell to Yours
The reason why we put on the car show is to give back to the community in the best way that we can: With a car show! This is one of the most popular annual events in Grand Forks, and our “family” of employees who work for Rydell prepare to make the show an unforgettable event every year. At Rydell, we appreciate the community of Grand Forks and the surrounding area. The community helps make us successful, and we want to give back in the form of an auto show that’s open to all no matter how young or old they are.
Each year, our employees vote on a local charity to be the beneficiary of our auto show in Grand Forks. The Rydell Group provides a matching benefit of up to $40,000 as well as paying for the cost of putting on the show. We never take money out of the donations for any reason, ever. The benefiting charity gets all of the funds that were raised by the event.
2021’s Selected Charity: IMPACT Academy
The police department of Grand Forks, North Dakota, has a summer program for middle school students known as the GFPD IMPACT Academy. IMPACT is an acronym for:
- Integrity
- Maturity
- Partnership
- Accountability
- Community
- Tenacity
In 2019, Cpl. Jessica Thorlacius and Officer Jay Farmer created the program for middle school students to help them stay active and occupied during the summer months. The focus of the program is to create future role models and leaders in the community through the building of skills that help kids become successful adults. Participants learn these skills by partaking in activities that include volunteering, bike riding, swimming, lessons in safety, and a trip to the Character Challenge Course in Park Rapids, Minnesota, at the end of the program.
Cities Area Transit provides all students with a bus pass that they can use all summer. The program also has a selection of bicycles and helmets provided by Safe Kids for students who don’t have one or the other. Students get a program-related shirt provided by Gemini Custom Brands to help complete their look.
The program is open to all kids of middle-school age. Parents of interested students can connect with the program through their student’s School Resource Officer, or contact Officer Farmer and Cpl. Thorlacius by phone or email.
We Welcome All Participants and Vehicles
At Rydell Auto Group, when we say we’re here for the community, we mean it. The auto show isn’t only for cars of all eras, it’s also about motorcycles, SUVs, trucks, and even bicycles and tricycles. Bring your restomod, your true-to-the-original rebuild, monster trucks, and vehicles that shouldn’t be running, but do. We encourage everyone to bring their favorite vehicle or bike to show it off and have a grand old time doing so. You’re never too young or too old to participate with your transportation of choice at the Rydell Car Show.
Bring Your Donations for the Charity Auction
Do you have stuff hanging around the house, shed, garage, or barn that you don’t want anymore? Does it still have use or value? Instead of throwing it away, bring it to our dealership for donation. We’ll take anything that you don’t want and put it in the auction to raise money for the IMPACT charity no matter what it is, how big or small, useful or not. All money raised from items sold in the auction goes directly to the charity. We are thankful and appreciative for what you bring to us for the auction.
Make Sure to Register in Advance
In order to guarantee your inclusion at the car show, you need to register your vehicle before the show in September. You can find our registration form on our website for printing out and submitting. Fill in the required information, let us know if you would like a car show t-shirt, and enclose a check for the registration fee of $40. Mail your check and completed registration form to the address on the form. If you would like to make an in-kind donation, please send the donation to the address listed on the form.
Volunteers and Business Sponsorships are Welcome
We encourage you to volunteer, and welcome support from local businesses. Our employees can use all the help they can get when it comes to running the events of the day! All volunteers are welcome. If you want to volunteer and have a skill or talent that can help us with portions of our event, please let us know, and we’ll put you to work.
Are you a local business who would like to help out with sponsorship? Get in touch with us at Rydell Auto Group to find out how you can help us raise money for charity. Local businesses who want to sponsor the event will get their logo on the event website and inclusion in our displays. We make it a point to recognize local businesses who want to help us help the community.
We at Rydell Auto Group want to thank everyone who comes to help, gives a donation, volunteers, and supports our annual auto event in Grand Forks. We appreciate our community and the Rydell Car Show is our way of saying thanks to you.
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