Note: I would post this in local events but with people coming from all over the western United States it is much more than a local event!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW - The Southern California Mini Day - also known as The Blood Drive - is taking place on October 29th and it just may be the largest Mini event of the year! It is a Halloween themed event with a large rally throughout Orange County and finally ending up at a large venue with a car show, a huge (and I mean HUGE) raffle, a kid’s costume contest, vendor booths, and several other fun Mini-related activities.

This is a family-oriented charity event which will benefit the American Red Cross, the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center, and the Bethune Transitional Center for Homeless Students.

The optional Rally starts at 8am with a roll-out at 9am sharp. This is a non-speed rally and we encourage all to participate as it is probably one of the most unique rallies I have ever seen! We are asking for a $5 donation to participate. 50% of the donations will be split among the charities and the other half will go to the winner, along with other prizes. It leaves from:

The Neighborhood Cup
(next to the Aliso Viejo Library)
1 Journey
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
(949) 716-5100
http://www.theneighborhoodcup.com/index.html


The car show is free and raffle tickets will be available all day.
Activities begin at approximately 12 at:

The Olde Ship British Pub & Restaurant
1120 West 17th Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
(714) 550-6700
www.theoldeship.com


EARN FREE STUFF! This is a way you can participate while helping others. You can receive a FREE raffle ticket for a special drawing by doing one or both of two things.

1) Donate blood to the Red Cross of any other blood bank any time prior to the event. Today, tomorrow, next week, the day before – it doesn’t matter – just do it! Bring proof the day of the event for a free raffle ticket, and/or

2) Bring a grocery bag full of much needed supplies for one of the two other charities.

The Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center needs duct tape, paper towels, Bleach, laundry detergent, Dawn brand dishwashing detergent, photocopy paper, zip-lock baggies, 45-gallon trash can bags, flat sheets, and digital thermometers. Or,

The Bethune Transitional Center for Homeless Students can use non-perishable canned and boxed food goods, playground equipment such as *****, Payless Shoes gift cards, Smart board games, and collared polo style shirts in children’s sizes from small to XL.


The following sponsors have contributed with more signing up daily (list will be updated as more sponsors sign on.) I highly encourage everybody reading this to thank these people for making this event happen!

A Slice of New York Pizza
Aesthetic Creations
Cooper Flags
Craven Speed
Detailers Paradise
Fireballed! Racing
FLOWsource
Heritage Garage
Hillco Fasteners
Kewl Auto Art
Long Beach MINI
MC2 Magazine
Meguiar's
Mincomp
Mini Mania
Mini Works
MOALA
Out Motoring
Phil Wicks Driving Academy
Redline Goods
SCMM
Team M7
The Neighborhood Cup
The Olde Ship
The Real Estate Mart
Whalen


IF YOU ARE A MINI VENDOR WISHING TO PARTICIPATE: We have a very limited number of vendor booths available for a VERY small donation and we are also accepting sponsorship donations of any kind for our raffle. If interested, please contact me directly at: inim_mini@yahoo.com

 

Is there some offical site or list to sign up for this event or do we just show up and participate? Thanks!

 

Just show up! We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Good News! Team M7, Mini Works, and Motor Swag have just added on as major sponsors and vendors for this event! In addition, Heritage Garage is going to have a very special display of Classic Mini Cooper race cars in their vendor booth!

 

Add Long Beach MINI, Hillco Fasteners, and Fireballed! Racing to that list!

 

Have been driving my new Mini for over a month and enjoying it immensly. Now an opportunity to cruise with others is going to be so cool.

DW

 

We look forward to meeting you! Prepare to have a great time and be ready to win lots of goodies for your MINI because the sponsors listed above have been VERY generous in their donations. Some prizes include Cold Air Intakes and 15% pullies, along with a ton of gift certificates, hats, T-shirts, car care products, etc. Plus we have a great mix of vendors that will be on hand to show off their goodies and cars. The rally is going to be an absolute blast and you just can't beat the Olde Ship for lunch! We will be selling raffle tickets throughout the day while the car show and children's costume contest is going on.

 

We sure hope to make it up to this..

Donna

 

I hope you can make it there. Feel free to bring the Morris - I think people would love to see the car that the Mini evolved from.

 

I just spoke to the Olde Ship and they will have a barbeque outside the day of the event to serve English bangers on a roll in addition to the fish & chips and great food they serve inside! If this isn't enough to make you show up alone, then I don't know what is!

 

Add Whalen and FLOWsource to the long list of sponsors that have generously donated raffle prizes!

 

Just wanted to drop by and say I will be there and hope to see some of you NAMers there too.

I will have a booth set up with Impulse Buys
Stuff like the Visor decals and Center caps. Also some new product.

This will also be a great opportunity to see the famous Dragonflyer VTEC Mini.

I will have some stock stripes and sunroof decals for quick install. 15% of all my profits will go to the Red Cross at the end of the day. Some come and help make this a great event.

Cheers

 

Mike..can you bring some of your Actual Size stickers please?

 

The Super Secret Orance County MINI Cooper Club will be there!

 

cant wait

 

Darn, I have to work at noon that day, but I'm not too far down the road (HB) so I may make it early for the start of the rally.

 

Sure thing. Just made about 250 of them.

 

I just ordered one of those from ya Mike.

 

Rick,

Can you please give more details on nature of the rally?

Regards, Lee

 

Hey...another Ladera Ranch MINI!! Hope to see you motoring around Crown Valley or O'Neil.

 

I could, but then we would have to kill you! But here's a HINT:



Seriously, it's a non competition and non speed rally through OC and it's going to be fun but that's all I can say.

 

Just a reminder that time rolls back tonight so you will get to sleep an extra hour!

The optional Rally starts at 8am with a roll-out at 9am sharp from:

The Neighborhood Cup (next to the Aliso Viejo Library)
1 Journey
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
(949) 716-5100
http://www.theneighborhoodcup.com/index.html


For those not participating in the rally, the car show starts at 12 noon and is free to participate. It is taking place at:

The Olde Ship British Pub & Restaurant
1120 West 17th Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
(714) 550-6700
www.theoldeship.com

We have goody bags for the first 100 cars!

 

Aww man, I'm still stuck at school in NY.

Donna/Mike... I see you're in Oceanside, I'm in Carlsbad whenever I'm not at school.

 

SSOCMCC Members,
If you're not going to the rally, meet the rest of us at 10:30am at Starbucks on 17th and Grand. It isn't that far from The Olde Ship. See ya there!


Marc-Andrew

 

I wont be able to make this rally, but can someone please do me a big favour... if you see Phil Wicks down there, tell him to convince some MINIs to come to the track on Monday for the NAMCC.