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CLUB INVOLVEMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS
THE KCRPCA PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIP TO MCPHERSON’S FINEST
BOARD MEMBER PAUL JOHNSON
On Saturday May 7th, 2022, the College Automotive Restoration Students (C.A.R.S.) Club held
its 22nd annual Car & Motoring Festival on the campus of McPherson College. Sean Reardon, Jeff Abbott, and I drove down to attend and make the official donation to the college.
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The festival is free to attend, routinely drawing several hundred people annually. If
you are not content to just walk around and look at all of the fabulous cars, you can enter your car in the show. There are several categories. You can enter your
car to “not” be judged, or you can enter your car in the show, “to” be judged, for a $15.00 entry fee.
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Your KCRPCA wanted to help keep the passion for high-end repair and restoration shops, museums, car collections, a path to business ownership, and recognizes the importance of educating the future generation of automotive leaders. Thus,
Did you know that McPherson College, located in McPherson Kansas, is the only school in
the nation that a student can receive a bachelor’s degree
in automotive restoration?
Yes, it is true. The program offers Historic Automotive Technology, Automotive Restoration Management, Automotive Communications, Automotive Restoration Design, and Automotive Restoration Technology.
is to be split into two $2,500.00 student scholarships in the Automotive Restoration program.
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in February, KCRPCA made
a $5,000.00 donation for to McPherson College. The donation
The students perform the judging of the cars, in each of their respective categories.