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Phi Mu Delta Car Show Raises $640 for St. Jude's

Monday, September 25, 2017

Registrants paid $10 per vehicle to participate, with all proceeds going to charity. Penn College Police Officer Charles E. O'Brien showed off his restored labor of love: a 1929 Model A Ford that honors the very history of law enforcement.Car enthusiasts check out the vehicles on display, which vied for awards in varied categories, both antique and modern.Staffing the basket raffle are (from left) Phi Mu Delta brothers Matthew M. Hober, of Basking Ridge, N.J., majoring in residential construction and management: building construction technology concentration; Blake R Tyson, of Forest City, enrolled in information technology: network specialist concentration; and Daniel T. Craig, a nursing student from State College.Cool cars offset unseasonable heat on a campus parking lot.Saturday's second annual charity car show, sponsored by Penn College's Mu Xi Chapter of Phi Mu Delta fraternity, will result in a $640 contribution to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. "I am very pleased with this amount of money we raised as it goes to a great cause," said chapter President Paul M. Lasell, a plastics and polymer engineering technology student from Williamsport. "The money we collected from the car show will go to benefit many kids in need at the St. Jude Research Hospital. Our chapter worked very hard to put this event together and I couldn't be happier with the turnout. As this is only our second year putting on the show, I can only imagine the possibilities as the show continues to grow each year."
Photos by Rachel A. Eirmann, student photographer