Auto Obsessed here this is a special video about a big car event that we're involved in here at
Auto Obsessed, Auto Obsessed has been taking part in local charity events since it was founded back
in 2010 with cars we're able to bring an awareness to many important charities that very much
need support this time we're preparing to attend a fundraiser for the Kids With Cancer Society
called Horsepower for Hope special cars exotic cars high performance cars
they are all special rare machines and Horsepower for Hope leverages that exclusivity
to raise money for a good cause and there's almost no cause more worthy than helping kids with cancer
get better and lead healthy lives prior to the event we washed the car this is a 2006 Lamborghini
Guardo Spider we get it all cleaned and deckled up with the Horsepower for Hope badging
and then early very early Saturday morning I head out to start the event
so I’m on my way to meet about 200 other cars they're not just exotic cars they're special
interest cars a good group of people that are all doing their part to try and help raise awareness
and help increase donations for this important charity I get asked sometimes why don't you guys
just donate like why don't people just build a website and donate I mean that's a good question
I mean it's no different than other interests a lot of people are interested in sports maybe
some events have clothing and articles from the superstars and sports and that
raises awareness and brings in extra monies and in this case it's the cars so the cars are the stars
the owners all contribute the owners maybe they have companies or maybe their companies involved
as well all the stops we go to those companies are donating time they're donating products
possibly they're donating money and it's a way to bring the entire community together with cars
so the people that are interested in cars I mean they you know they light up it's fun it's exciting
it's an opportunity to see some of these vehicles that you just normally can't see
or can't be close to talk with the owners have a whole bunch of them together at once
so it is very important it's something that myself have been a part of since 2008 Auto
Obsessed has been a part of it since it was founded in 2010 and it's really important to me
and to Auto Obsessed to do our part in the community for these type of charities as I
mentioned this one here is Kids With Cancer it's something that totally brings a smile
to people when they're going through some hardship that I can't even imagine and if
we can do our little part take time out of our days bring our cars and generate a
whole lot of money that's going to do a whole lot of help for them I think that's a win-win
the first stop of the morning is at the Edmonton police driver training course
the police are a big supporter of this event not only do they provide some traffic control
and escorts during the day they also have their own driver training course set up
for us civilians to try and drive whenever you're ready sir okay thank you have a great day you too
you can see here there's thousands of pylons and it's a tight tough course so getting through this
was not easy this first hairpin I had to back up I was the first Lamborghini Guardo
driver to go through the course but I wasn't the last person to have to reverse their car
to get around that corner without knocking over doors a fast left-hander
some tight corners
anyway that was the first event
I had to back up good job it looked clean it sounded really good okay thank you very much
yeah glad you're having fun thank you enjoy the rest of the day thanks you too take care
and the rest of the day the cars traveled in a group through eight other sites to do events
showcase the cars and raise awareness for the charity even stopping at some of the kids with
cancer homes so they could see the cars up close and have their neighbors enjoy the excitement
and brighten up everyone's day like I said earlier Horsepower for Hope is a fundraiser for the Kids
with Cancer Society which is a non-profit that helps children who have been diagnosed with cancer
for Auto Obsessed an event like this helps build our local automotive and detailing community we're
a network we all know guys and girls with great cars who can contribute and participate instead
of keeping the cars in the garage that weekend we got involved and used it to help a great cause
Horsepower for Hope is accepting donations all year round
if you or someone you know would like to donate or like to get involved in next year's event you
should visit horsepowerforhope.ca and sign up as a driver or a donor and thank you for watching