{"id":11333,"date":"2015-07-15T22:12:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T02:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=11333"},"modified":"2015-07-22T16:18:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T20:18:34","slug":"annual-cruise-for-a-cure-car-show-arrives-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/annual-cruise-for-a-cure-car-show-arrives-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Cruise for a Cure car show arrives Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mark Pavilons<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Schmidt is one of a kind.<\/p>\n

And he likes to leave his impression on everything he touches. Call it Tim\u2019s distinctive style.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s leaving his mark with his automobile collection, and large-scale charity events.<\/p>\n

He just can\u2019t wait to present this year\u2019s Tim and Brenda\u2019s Cruise for a Cure, an annual car show fundraiser that draws thousands of visitors every July.<\/p>\n

This year it\u2019s personal. Tim\u2019s wife Brenda is holding her own after treatments for lung cancer. Doctors are saying the treatments have been working but they\u2019re taking their toll. Brenda, however, is one tough cookie.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s been receiving treatment at Sunnybrook\u2019s Odette Cancer Centre, one of the top comprehensive cancer centres in the world. And that\u2019s where this year\u2019s proceeds from the Cruise will go. The event has raised roughly $100,000 annually, split between several charities.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s event saw just under 10,000 visitors and some 700 vehicles took part in the day-long festival. Over the last four years, Tim and Brenda\u2019s Cruise for the Cure Show and Shine has welcomed over 24,000 visitors, 1,958 show cars and raised over $346,500 for registered charities close to the heart of Tim, Brenda and Helga Schmidt.<\/p>\n

The 5th annual event is scheduled for this Sunday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

On tap will be four bands \u2013 BamBoo, Freedom Train, Pop Cherry and Carpet Frogs.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a $30 show car registration fee and public parking is $20 per car load.<\/p>\n

They will have a midway, pony rides, zoo to you, Bubba the Clown and face painting. Check out the Q107 live remote with John Scholes, food festival, vendors, raffles and mega raffles, 50\/50 draws<\/p>\n

Several awards will be dished out \u2013\u2002People\u2019s Choice (Grand Champion), Top Domestic and Top Import. <\/p>\n

They will also be awarding 50 import and 50 domestic awards throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Tim is an uber-passionate car collector and he wouldn\u2019t part with any of them. They include vintage, classics, muscle cars and modern luxury vehicles. He radicalized a Jeep 4X4 and is in the process of fixing up another, complete with a tent trailer.<\/p>\n

Anything different catches his eye and if it\u2019s straight from the factory, Tim will always add his personal touch and tweak the vehicle to his own specifications. This could include unique body work, paint, wraps, interior and engine modifications. All of Tim\u2019s vehicles are one of a kind \u2013 just the way he likes it.
\nThe rural King property, dubbed \u201cHorsepower Haven\u201d\u2008has now taken on a bit of a European flavour.<\/p>\n

His newest addition is a 2015 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster, arguably the nicest supercar on the planet. It boasts a 700-hp V-12, all-wheel-drive and carbon fiber body. A speed-engaged rear spoiler and removable carbon fiber roof panels make this the ultimate dream car. It can reach 100 kph in under three seconds and can hit a top speed of \u201csomewhere\u201d\u2008in the neighbourhood of 350 kph (217 mph).<\/p>\n

Tim already swapped the rims and had it painted a unique pearl \u201cballoon\u201d\u2008white. He has plans to tweak it even further.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a piece of art and Tim says \u201cI\u2019m loving it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drop by the annual Cruise for the Cure and chat with Tim about his collection. You\u2019ll be helping a very worthy cause in the process.
\nFor more, visit www.timandbrendasplace.com.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tim Schmidt is one of a kind.<\/p>\n

And he likes to leave his impression on everything he touches. Call it Tim\u2019s distinctive style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-07-16-13.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-2WN","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 09:27:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}