Proceeds go to police and fire departments
It was a good decision. As the forecast became ominous, the organizers moved the car show from Saturday to Sunday. The weather cooperated and so did the public. Dominic Cordisco shared his reaction in an email to the Local.
“We had a great turnout, even for a rain date,” he wrote. “We had 138 cars registered, although more attended than that. We gave out 50 trophies, four specialty picks, and best in show trophies.”
The money raised by the event ($3,925) will be donated to the police and fire departments. The revenue came from three sources — $2,760 from car registrations, $755 from raffle sales and $410 from the fifty-fifty.
Mr. Cordisco shared a few other observations: “Quality Auto / Michael Bigg sponsored the total cost of the trophies. Drake Loeb PLLC covered the other costs for the event, including the flyers and the port-a-potties.
“Phylis and Terry Murphy were great – they were there from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., and handled all of the registrations.
“Amy and Rocco Cordisco sold the 50/50 and raffle tickets. We sold out of 50/50 tickets with about a half hour left to go before the drawing.
“Supervisor Josh Wojehowski was there and picked out his choice for the Supervisor’s award, as did Chief Hazard for the Town of Cornwall Police Department.
“Skip Crossman, who handles all of the cars and the DJ, was pleased with the turnout and how things went. Skip went around for the last two months handing out the 1,000 flyers at various car shows throughout the region.”
Prior to the pandemic, the car show was held in Cornwall on Labor Day weekend. The change in date didn’t hurt the attendance. And the good weather on Sunday didn’t hurt it either.
