Our 94th annual Cherry Blossom Poker Drive was held on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The weather was great and we had a great turnout. The Poker Run began at Walery's Pizza in West Salem and concluded at the Antique Powerland Museum in Brook. There were several stops through the scenic Willamette Valley for people to drive to and enjoy along the way.
Thanks to all who participated in the 93rd annual Cherry Blossom Drive & Poker Run hosted by the Salem Auto Club Council. It was a great day! We sold 186 poker cards, collected $361, and 257 pounds of food for Marion Polk Food Share. Thank you to Salem Electric for once again being a sponsor of this fun event.
We had a great turnout and good weather for most of the day. to thank the following car clubs for manning the poker stops - Capitol City Corvettes, Willamette Valley Street Rods, Rollin Oldies, Silverton Flywheels, Road Lords and the Willamette Valley Corvette Association. Congratulations to Jim Wollenweber, 1st place winner($100), Judy Jacobsen, 2nd place winner ($75) and Greg Peters ($50) 3rd place winner, they all won with a full house. Jim Walz was the lucky winner of the batter tender junior that was generously donated by Travis and Teresa Sowers at Batteries Northwest.
Thanks for being a part of the Poker Drive this year. Hope to see you in 2023 at our 94th annual Cherry Blossom Poker Drive.......
Thank you to everyone that participated in our 92nd Annual Poker Drive/Run on April 17th. It was such a fun day with over 250 cars there. This is the first year we've had dash plaques to give to all that participated. It took awhile to go through all 415 scorecards and judge the poker hands but we did it.. We didn't want to announce the winners until we were able to notify all of them. The winners are: Theresa Segerson, Neotsu, OR. with four of a kind, 1st place($100), 2nd place, Judi Herschbach, with a full house, Salem, ($75) and 3rd place David Willard, Dallas, with a full house ($50). Roy Petzel won the Battery Tender Jr.
We collected 303 lbs. of food for Marion Polk Food Share and $330 in cash. With the sale of the poker hands we are able to make a generous donation to the Salem Boys and Girls Club.
A big thank you to the businesses and organizations that hosted the poker stops for us. Thank you, Deepwood Museum and Gardens, Willamette Valley Fruit Co., Benedictine Sisters (Monastery), Scenic Valley Farms Winery, Egan Nurseries & Gardens and the NW Vintage Car/Motorcycle Museum. Thank you to Walery's Pizza for the coffee in the morning and Batteries Northwest (Travis and Teresa Sowers) for donating the battery tender Jr. door prize.
The Salem Auto Club Council voted to donate all of the proceeds this year to two charities. We are able to give each group $1,050. Our charities for 2021 are: Boys and Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties and Northwest Vintage Car and Motorcycle Museum, Speedster Program.
We were so pleased to be able to make a donation this year after not being able to have our Cherry Blossom Poker Drive/Run in 2020.
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