Convoy Against Cancer - Big Truck Show set for July 22

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Posted 7/18/17

LADD - The 2017 “Convoy Against Cancer” BIG Truck Show powers back to Rt. 89/Main Street in Ladd on Saturday, July 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Convoy Against Cancer - Big Truck Show set for July 22

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LADD - The 2017 “Convoy Against Cancer” BIG Truck Show powers back to Rt. 89/Main Street in Ladd on Saturday, July 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This show is intended to offer vehicle owners and enthusiasts something different while benefiting a good cause - the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.

With the help of the Village of Ladd, Rt. 89 will be re-routed for a few hours, so vehicles can be displayed right on Main Street. There will be plenty of room to line the street with all makes and models of new and restored, BIG trucks including truck cranes, fire trucks, wreckers and pick-ups from all over the North Central Illinois area.

Farm tractors - new and antique - are again welcome this year according to show organizer, Phil Hocking. “We have a couple local farmers with fine collections of antique Farmall International tractors, and the people really enjoyed seeing them,” Hocking said. “There will be all makes and models of antique and new big trucks as well as pickup trucks, too.”

All entrants will receive a dash plaque donated by Graphic Electronics of Spring Valley. The truck registration fee is a donation to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

Local businesses have donated door prizes and silent auction items ranging from toys to trucking essentials. In addition to lots of chrome and stacks, there will be entertainment for the whole family with music by DJ Gary Swanson, door prizes, a 50/50 drawing, a Relay For Life Team bake sale, and event T-shirts will be for sale. Admission to the show is free to the public.

Hocking estimates roughly $50,000 has been raised over the past 14 years. He hopes the weather will cooperate to help bring out young and old to this year’s truck show. “Every dollar raised at the show will bring us a little closer to a cure for cancer,” he said.

For entry and general information, please call (815) 488-8245, (815) 894-2092 or e-mail hocking4@comcast.net. All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.

For the most up-to-date cancer related information and to join the fight against cancer, call 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.