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25th Annual European Auto Show a Benefit for Shriners Hospital for Children
Throngs of enthusiast descend on the parking lot of Plaza Frontenac to ogle foreign cars.
For 25 years now, the European Car show of St. Louis has been staged on the parking outside of Nieman Marcus at Plaza Frontenac as a benefit for Shriners Hospital for Children of St. Louis. The weather was perfect as some 10,000 car aficionados gathered at the Frontenac location to ogle foreign made cars and support such a worthwhile cause. “We have our ambassadors, some of our patients out there shaking cans, collecting cash donations,” said Susan Bland, a spokesperson for the hospital. “We got $700 dollars that way last year, and each year the number gets bigger." Altogether, the car clubs will put some $25,000 to $30,000 in the Shriners bank account. Everything is donated included vendor donations, car registrations, live and silent …
