Car club turns out for Movement Centre

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Sun glinting off chrome, car enthusiasts turned out in numbers on July 16 for the 22nd annual Manitoba Mustang and Ford Association Henry Ford Show.

Nearly 140 cars of all makes and vintages paid the $10 entry fee, proceeds of which were donated to the Movement Centre of Manitoba.

“It was a fantastic show,” said Terry Jeffery, MMFA president and owner of a 2014 Mustang GT convertible.

In total, $1,200 was raised for the Movement Centre of Manitoba this year. Since 2008, the MMFA has raised $12,000 for the Movement Centre.

“We were so grateful to be the recipient charity for the Henry Ford Birthday Car show again this year,” said Tanya Joss, manager of operations at The Movement Centre of Manitoba.

Funds raised go towards subsidizing conductive education rehabilitation fees families who use the centre, Joss said.

“Conductive education is therapeutic program used to teach children and adults to overcome neurological motor disabilities such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, stroke, MS, Parkinson’s disease, and acquired brain injury,” Joss explained. “The Movement Centre subsidizes our fees by 75 per cent but receives no government funding, so we accomplish this by fundraising, sponsors, donations, and our amazing supporters like the MMFA.”

The Manitoba Mustang and Ford Association is an active group of Mustang enthusiasts that has been meeting since 1980. Jeffery, who has been president for two years and was vice-president for two years previous, said the group meets every Friday for a cruise during the summer months.

“We usually meet at the Leg, but we vary it,” Jeffery said. “We usually have about 25 Mustangs. We go for a cruise and go for ice cream (somewhere outside the city). When you go down Wellington Crescent with 25 to 30 Mustangs, people stop and look.”

The group’s Facebook page counts 45 active members, who own a wide variety of Mustang makes, from 1965 through to 2017 models. Jeffery added that “the whole premise of the club is you want to make it a family affair.”

Visit www.manitobamustang.org for more information on the Manitoba Mustang and Ford Association.

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