For the 4th year in a row we gathered out at Cal Poly Pomona for a great cause. Each year Yosh and I put on a event where various off road enthusiasts meet up to bring a toy and show their support for the Marines Toys 4 Tots Foundation. Most show up with a toy or two, or five and gawk at the other off road rigs that show up. Think of it like a car show with a cause. There's food, a raffle and trophies given out to special folks that went above and beyond to help.
The vehicles lined up further down the parking lot than any other year, it was a great turn out. And this year, no rain!
There were all kinds of rigs that showed up.. everything from Four Wheel Campers
To a fleet of FJ Cruisers
And everything inbetween..
JK's showing their holiday spirit
JP magazine with their Jeep MJ
Random cool Jeeps showing up for the cause
The Flip Pac's were out in full force
Along with a Sportsmobile van for good measure
There were even some vendors on display that supported the raffle.
Overland XT
Dirty Parts
HeiserOil
Sierra Expeditions & Trasharoo
Tembo Tusk
Even, editors for JP Magazine and Petersons 4Wheel were on site, Pete Trasborg and Kevin McNulty showing their support and helping anyway they could. They even donated some prizes for the raffle.
The Marines were on site to collect the toys.
We had food for everyone and with the cold weather it was warm welcomed.
Then Raffle started and the crowd was in full force
After the raffle, we awarded trophies for our 3 categories.
-Most Decorated rig-
-Furthest Driven to the event-
-Most Toys Donated-
Matthew claiming his trophy for furthest driven.
A shot of me walking the parking lot trying to find the most decorated.
At the end of the day, we nearly raised $2,000 dollars worth of toys. We filled the Marines van without trouble.
I want to take a moment to thank all the vendors for donating raffle prizes and supporting our event, you brought smiles to many peoples faces. These are great companies that didn't even flinch when i asked them if they wanted to get involved. Please support them as they did us..
YotaMasters
Overland Journal
Adventure Trailers
JP Magazine
Trasharoo
The Solder Joint/PCI Race Radios
Alpha Expedition
Badlands 4x4 Training
HeiserOil Motorsports
CruiserOutfitters
Max-bilt Center Consoles
American Four Wheeler
OverlandXT
Dirty Parts
Action Trophy
Safari Limited
Tembo Tusk
Trailhead Deflators
TNT Customs
Sierra Expeditions
Also, i want to thank a good friend of ours Mike Hiscox for sponsoring the food and the bathrooms.
Lastly, i want to thank all the off roaders that came out and supported a great cause and took the time out of their busy holiday schedules to show up and donate. We hope to see all you next year!!!
Photos by Pete Trasborg, Dave Druck & Linda Jones