ABOUT THE CLUB AND IT'S MEMBERS...... Cool Cars Great Friends
Good Times Lotsa Cruising plus giving
back to the community pretty much sums up the Cruzers If you're looking
for an ACTIVE Club you're at the right place
The Southern Cruzers Car Club
membership comes mainly from the southern suburbs of Mpls, St. Paul. For the last few years we've averaged
around 90 memberships (which is approx 170 people) The Club is made up of people of all ages, with cars of all
makes, models & years. All the Members have at least one of the following things in common: they enjoy cool
cars, fun times, good food, great friends, and doing things to give something back to the community. Our
club was honored to be chosen the 2006 winner of the Eagle One "Golden Rule Award" for the Midwest region. It reinforces our committment to help those that are less fortunate than we are.
| One our Club "Mini-Shows" |
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Our Club gives back to the Community in many ways, including giving to Charities & Scholarship Funds. Since the first Summer Spectacular in 2005, we've donated over $40,000 to charities & scholarships.
This is in addition to the free Club "mini" shows we do, at which (as a rule) we use only our members
cars. . We have done mini shows for Independent and Assisted Living facilities such as the Apple Valley Villa, The
Rivers Care Facility, The Regent, the Lake Owasso Home, and the VA Home in Hastings. I gotta tell ya', the residents
at these facilities REALLY get a kick out of the cars, and some of the folks will tell you some interesting stories
about what went on in their cars "back in the day" !!!!! . We've
also done mini shows for businesses & charities (profit & nonprofit) like the Dakota Village Historical Society, the
Lakeville Cracker Barrel, Lakeville Tire & Auto, The Chart House, BV Center (Katrina Relief Fund), DQ in Shakopee and the
Madelyn Pacemaker 5k Run/Walk, MN Military Appreciation Fund * Dakota Cty. Fair
We don't exclude Cities having done mini shows for the Cities
of Burnsville, Lakeville & Farmington.
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do our mini-shows for Churches & Schools as well, to help them with their annual "Free Party/Festivals
& Events", and these include Hope Church, Harvest Church, Redemption Church, Mt. Olivet Church, Eagan
High School and Dakota Cty. Technical College. Many of these shows we have done every year for the last few years. We've
had as many as 48 cars show up for these, showing that the members care about giving, by lending their valuable time
and car to these causes. This helps bring attention to these facilities, and the events they may be promoting..
| Friday Night Cruise Staging Area |
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Our Club annually hosts the Friday Night Cruise during Lakeville's annual Pan-O-Prog festival, and The Summer Spectacular, a Car Show/Craft Fair/Swap Meet, at the Dakota County Fairgrounds the 4th Saturday of August.
Our Annual Friday Night Cruise is the largest
cruise in the area & possibly the whole State. We draw cars from all over the 7 county metro area, and we've had
as many as 609 cars participate. We are proud of the fact that our Friday Night Cruise has become the largest crowd drawing
event of Lakeville's Pan-O-Prog Festival. City Officials told us that with over 22,000 people downtown &
(est) 2-4,000 more along the route, the Southern Cruzers' Cruise outdraws the Pan-O-Prog Parade.
The Summer Spectacular has become the largest Show south of the river, and we are pleased to donate
profits to charities & scholarships.
We are very proud of our Cruise & Show, and grateful for the participation and the ongoing generosity of
our Sponsors, as well as the efforts of all our members that volunteer to work these 2 events, and of course to all the folks
who attend & participate in the events because without the attendees there is no event..
 WE ARE AN ACTIVE CLUB
We always have time for fun, and we like to just drive the cars.
We have a Club Meeting every month. We also have a monthly "Friday Night Club Cruise", where we meet at a set location
and then cruise to a restaurant to eat. We continue this in the winter, but with our "grocery getters" obviously. Many
times members meet up on weekends to cruise to car shows together, & then sometimes we just get together at
places like Hastings, Anoka or N. St. Paul to attend their cruise-ins.
We also usually have members that
will organize a spring cruise, a fall cruise, a summer picnic and a winter banquet for our club members. The spring/fall
cruises usually last a whole afternoon (and often into the evening) and run on country roads passing through lots of
small towns, giving us the chance to eat, shop, and chat with people that gather to look at our "rolling car show". The picnic
is a great time, and the banquet is a meal and entertainment of some sort.
Our main goal is to just have fun with our cars and our friends, and we always welcome
the opportunity to make new friends, and welcome new members.
FOR GOOD TIMES & GREAT FRIENDS..... JOIN NOW!
We are always looking for new members, BUT, we have a list of
stringent requirements, and you must MEET AT LEAST ONE of the requirements to become a member (& the more the better),
and the list is:
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You must enjoy cool cars
- You must enjoy good food
- You must enjoy good friends
- You must enjoy going to car
shows
- You must enjoy just crusin'
- You must enjoy being involved
(work our events)
Remember..... If you DO NOT MEET
at least one of the above requirements, we ask that you not apply for membership (kidding of course), BUT, if you DO MEET
at least one, then just click on the "join us" button, print the form, fill it out, stick in a check, and mail it, (or better
yet bring it to the meeting or a cruise) and shazzam you're a SOUTHERN CRUZER!
NOTICE TO CURRENT AND POTENTIAL MEMBERS
We don't "require" any volunteer time from our members, but we hope that if you join, you join with the intent of being an active member. This means that you intend to volunteer
to help with either our annual "Friday Night Cruise" during Pan-O-Prog or the "Summer Spectacular Car Show", OR ideally
BOTH! Again, it's not a requirement, but we always can use more help. Thanks.
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We do reserve the right to refuse or terminate memberships, BUT HEY!! as long as I've been a member, we
never have!
Also, please support our sponsors! They can be found
on the "Car Show Sponsors" page
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