Since this is you 1st car show to put on I really suggest make things simple.

Cub Scout Troop Best of Show award - Only the members of the Troop get to vote on all the cars and present an award.
Viewers Best of Show Award - Anyone that comes to see the show can vote for the best car and present an award.

Get the Troop involved with getting sponsors; take the troop members to different local businesses.
You be amazed at what even restaurants will donate for gift cards; different types of businesses will be willing to donate lots of things for silent auctions.
At the same time ask these businesses if you can put a poster or flyer on their front door to help promote the show. This shows the public that the business is helping support the troop.

Hand out flyers promoting your show at other shows, even better is have the troop go to the other shows and hand out the flyers.

Good Luck.

It is a lot of work, you and the boys are making memories, good for you. O'Rielly's would be a good place to start. Hagarty's Ins has the windshield id cards you want. Let the boys do part of the going to local businesses to ask for donations, they need to do their part, and will probably get better donations than you.; Thanks for helping the Scouts.

As a former Cub Scout leader -- I suggest you have the boys MAKE the trophies....

They could get a couple different patches for that!!

Poor little bastards...... Do you sponsor their continued counseling, Greg? :lol:

It's like the CatLick church --- a big enough check and they'll do anything....

I just did it because they wouldn't let me be an Indian Princess...

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yeah but that was back before the industrial revolution they had no choice!:P

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We have a huge car show every year and we always let the attendees pick the categories. When they walk through the gate, we hand them a judging sheet and tell them they need to pick five categories, and we pick longest traveled, and let the kids pick the "Cub Scouts" choice. We announce over the intercom
when time is running out to hand in votes, that way we remove ourselves from the process other than to count votes.

Just a little help for you as far as voting for "best of". It works for us.

I was able to lock in 5 Sponser for the show so far. with Napa for the largest so far. We got some goodie bags coming. I did call Doug at March Pulley and Left a message. I reallt appriciate all your help on this. I have an artist working on the dash plaques and flyers this week.

Up dates and Special Thanks
 

Just wanted to give you guys an update and where I'm at so far with the Show. I spoke with Gear Wrench today and they are sending me Lots of new tools for my raffle baskets. I also picked up a local NAPA to be my main Sponsor for the show.

Speacial thanks to Shannon at MODO INNOVATIONS for the Donation check today, Thanks Shannon, You got to meet me in Vegas one of these years.

Jason RushForth is sending me a Goodie box to help out with my give away bags, If anybody coming to the show has Rushforth Wheels I may set up an advertisement area for him.

Big Daddy Greg Weld who purchased some parts from me and also gave a huge donation for the Kids. Buy the Way Greg, Just one check will do. I'm going to give the parts money to the kids aswell.

I picked up a Resterant who will be taking care of the Food and drinks for us.

Next project will be Trophys and Dash Plaques,