All Subaru Meet at Orange County Choppers

[Lperkins88]

hey girls,
Just wanted to inform everyone of the 1st All Subaru Meet on Saturday August 29, 2009. It is a great cause to benefit the ASPCA, and hosted by Rally Armor and the Long Island Subaru Club. Hopefully everyone can make it :), and hopefully it doesn't rain!
Check out the website for all the information, and this is where you would need to register beforehand.

http://occsubarumeet.com/index.html


Attending:
Lperkins88
xxthat girlxx
arlia11
SubieGirl8330
Freak
SubieCutie +1
jessicascarling
axis
copperlegend
Stymie87
babylin19

[jessickascarling]

mmm i'm trying to convince dan he really does want to go haha

[SubyGirl8330]

benefits the aspca?! so cool!

[xxthat girlxx]

benefits the aspca?! so cool!

Does that mean you're going? :lol:

[jessickascarling]

if i can get someone to go with me, i'm seriously thinking of driving down the day before, getting a room and then leaving after the meet. we should get a subie girls caravan going though :)

[xxthat girlxx]

I'll have to look at their website for more details.

[frenchie]

I am out, I'll be in France!

[MoN]

Awsome, thanx for the link!

[copperlegend]

I just registered!

[Mikeyp5284]

i'd consider it, but i'm not really legally allowed to drive in the wonderful state of NY....

[jessickascarling]

i'd consider it, but i'm not really legally allowed to drive in the wonderful state of NY....

oh jeez! haha you should carpool with someone then.

wouldnt this also be a good opportunity to get a subie girls vendor tent set up? itll spread the word! if i can in fact make it, id be willing to take turns sitting at a tent so we could all have a chance to check stuff out.

[Mikeyp5284]

well if somebody wants to bring me, i'd be more than happy to carpool :)

[arlia11]

Looks like I might go :) Just registered just in case :D

[SubyGirl8330]

Does that mean you're going? :lol:

lol naw prolly not

[WRXGRL09]

Looks like we are probably going....I'd be willing to sit in the tent as well...
Subiegirls tanks for everyone?

[xxthat girlxx]

This is only about 3 hours from Worcester, MA. What girls are interested in going, caravaning, carpooling, etc?

[WRXGRL09]

I'm in. I will be coming down from NH on 91....so I guess I could meet up at 84 in Hartford.

[xxthat girlxx]

That could work.

[WRXGRL09]

IS anyone staying over?

[Mikeyp5284]

would anybody like to swing by and pick me up on your way??? lol

[xxthat girlxx]

I'm probably too poor for that. But I'll play it by ear.

[WRXGRL09]

I'll get a room and everyone can bring air mattresses........

[Lperkins88]

I'm glad people are interested and will be attending :). Most LISC members, myself included, are heading up there Friday the 28th and partying the night away at the hotel and then attending the meet in the am. I will let you know what hotel we book so we can all party together :cool: . Look forward to meeting everyone!

[arlia11]

Is there camping near by? we could camp out. HAAHAH

[xxthat girlxx]

I could handle camping. BTW, my roomate just got a ginourmous 3 room tent that she can (at 6'4") stand up in and change without touching the top of the tent. It would fit most of us in it. LOL.

[xxthat girlxx]

Would you girls want me to contact Rally Armour to see if there is a way we could get involved?

[WRXGRL09]

Would you girls want me to contact Rally Armour to see if there is a way we could get involved?

Yes ma'am. Let me know if you need anything. I sit at my computer all day long pretending to work.

[xxthat girlxx]

Yes ma'am. Let me know if you need anything. I sit at my computer all day long pretending to work.

Thanks! I will.

[arlia11]

Yeah I am up for camping. I think that would be awesome.

[bigbobchamp]

Doh, I'll be at the Ojibwe Forests Rally

[snowman87]

i'd consider it, but i'm not really legally allowed to drive in the wonderful state of NY....



Then find someone to drive once you get to the border... Or just don't get caught. hah.

[SubyGirl8330]

...dont get caught.. HAHA

[Freak]

Then find someone to drive once you get to the border... Or just don't get caught. hah.

why dont you drive him...oh yeah wait you cant :p

[snowman87]

Thanks for the reminder John.:mad:

[xxthat girlxx]

why dont you drive him...oh yeah wait you cant :p

That was mean!

[arlia11]

I am excited for this!!!

[Shiz36]

After g-chatting with xxthat girlxx we want to get a list of who wants to go and camp out at least friday night and possibly saturday night as well.

So who's interested?

xxthatgirlxx
shiz36
arlia11

[Jer]

I have a wedding that weekend that I have to go to :\

[arlia11]

bring them along!

[MoN]

I'm glad people are interested and will be attending :). Most LISC members, myself included, are heading up there Friday the 28th and partying the night away at the hotel and then attending the meet in the am. I will let you know what hotel we book so we can all party together :cool: . Look forward to meeting everyone!


Have you made the reservations yet or even looked to see what hotels are in the area. My BF and I are DEF going. We'll prob rent our own room, but im down for a party!!! LoL Or for those of you that are camping have you found a placxe yet? Prices on that Please!!?? We have a small tent too.

Depending on the price of the camping compared to the hotel its a possibility to add us to that list, but not just yet. We'll prob just be staying for Friday night only. Ill get back to you on that one. Thanx!

[SubyGirl8330]

im prolly down for camping :)

[Lperkins88]

Have you made the reservations yet or even looked to see what hotels are in the area. My BF and I are DEF going. We'll prob rent our own room, but im down for a party!!! LoL Or for those of you that are camping have you found a placxe yet? Prices on that Please!!?? We have a small tent too.

Depending on the price of the camping compared to the hotel its a possibility to add us to that list, but not just yet. We'll prob just be staying for Friday night only. Ill get back to you on that one. Thanx!

I haven't made reservations yet, but most people going have already made reservations. The LISC is staying here:
http://occsubarumeet.com/lodging.html
it's $130 a night if you mention rallyarmor when making the reservations.
I was told that as of july 13th, 300 people are registered for this event :) keep them comming!

[MoN]

I just made reservations at the Howard Johnson Hotel for $84. They are right next to OCC. I would suggest everyone make reservations asap, because once these hotels find out about the meet, they will be bringing their rates up, believe me I used to work at the hilton.

So you can rule me out for the camping, sorry!! So wheres the party at??!!!! WooooHooooo!! Sorry Im a bit excited!:D

[xxthat girlxx]

Would we rather camp or stay in a cheap room? I'm not opposed to having a shower!

John and Meg, don't forget to register for the event. I still have to myself!

[Shiz36]

$84 for a room and a shower isn't bad at all. Get a couple people in a double-bed room and its super cheap.

subiecutie, did you go through hotwire or one of those places? or did you just call them up?

[SubyGirl8330]

good call might have to look into it!

[MoN]

$84 for a room and a shower isn't bad at all. Get a couple people in a double-bed room and its super cheap.

subiecutie, did you go through hotwire or one of those places? or did you just call them up?

I found that rate on Orbitz.com but if you book online they charge you an online fee of like $8. So i called up the hotel and gave them the quote for $84 and asked them if they could price match it. And they did. The hotel looks decent too. they show pics on orbitz.

[arlia11]

<--- Still unemployed. I need as cheap of an accommodation as possible!

[SubyGirl8330]

your car? :p jk

[Freak]

your car? :p jk


nice :eek:

[Freak]

John and Meg, don't forget to register for the event. I still have to myself!



Yeah Meg register us :D

[SubyGirl8330]

registered!

[xxthat girlxx]

Camping at KOA in Newburgh is $138.08 for Friday and Saturday for 5 campers. They said you couldn't reserve for 1 night online. I could call to see if they would let us do 1 night.

[snowman87]

Oooo an excuse for fire and beer. :devil:

[SubyGirl8330]

yaaaa i'll be leaving from my moms house in ct only a 90 min drive

[xxthat girlxx]

So you aren't sleeping over?

[Freak]

nope were gonna stay in Ct and drive in

[xxthat girlxx]

BAH! Okay.

[jessickascarling]

okay, i'm registered now too!

[xxthat girlxx]

I have updated the first post with who is attending from here. Great attendance so far ladies and gentleman! Meg and John, do you think you can grab Mikey on the way?

I added a pretty banner to link to this thread.

Myself, Margo, Meg and John will be selling raffle tickets while there. What else would we like to do to participate? I was thinking we could ask for food donations around our local areas. I think the normal car guys I hang out with would donate to that way.

SubieCutie, we may end up staying in the same hotel as you.

We will be putting pink M&Ms in baggies with subiegirls.com business cards. These will be put into goodie bags given out at the meet!

[snowman87]

I might actually have another subie by then. So if I do I'll make the trek.

[MoN]

I like the idea about the m&m's cute marketing strategie! So are you trying to have have the food donations happen at the meet or before hand?

Ya i found that that hotel has one of the best prices, and isnt a dump lol, at least thats what the pics show, i wish I could have gotten one w/ a pool but most were out of the way. Boooooo...... Im just sad that i dont think were going to have the subie back by this so we'll prob be showing up in our ........hybrid prius rental.... wauu wauu wauuuuuuuu......... lol.... not cute, very depressing!! i miss the subie......

i wish I could meet you all before this but mondays are not a good day for me at all... My BF goes to school monday nights so Im home w/ the baby, if you guys happen to do a random meet let me know, Ill roll through in the prius!!!! lol just dont laugh.....

[MoN]

Question.... Is everyone planning on staying the night before the meet or the night of the meet?

[xxthat girlxx]

I like the idea about the m&m's cute marketing strategie! So are you trying to have have the food donations happen at the meet or before hand?

Ya i found that that hotel has one of the best prices, and isnt a dump lol, at least thats what the pics show, i wish I could have gotten one w/ a pool but most were out of the way. Boooooo...... Im just sad that i dont think were going to have the subie back by this so we'll prob be showing up in our ........hybrid prius rental.... wauu wauu wauuuuuuuu......... lol.... not cute, very depressing!! i miss the subie......

i wish I could meet you all before this but mondays are not a good day for me at all... My BF goes to school monday nights so Im home w/ the baby, if you guys happen to do a random meet let me know, Ill roll through in the prius!!!! lol just dont laugh.....

I meant before hand and I think next week's meet will be on Tuesday!

Question.... Is everyone planning on staying the night before the meet or the night of the meet?

I think most of us from this website are (Meg and John aren't). A lot of people from NESIC are driving the day of.

[SubyGirl8330]

I might actually have another subie by then. So if I do I'll make the trek.

you should buy our 07......


I have updated the first post with who is attending from here. Great attendance so far ladies and gentleman! Meg and John, do you think you can grab Mikey on the way?

I added a pretty banner to link to this thread.

Myself, Margo, Meg and John will be selling raffle tickets while there. What else would we like to do to participate? I was thinking we could ask for food donations around our local areas. I think the normal car guys I hang out with would donate to that way.

SubieCutie, we may end up staying in the same hotel as you.

We will be putting pink M&Ms in baggies with subiegirls.com business cards. These will be put into goodie bags given out at the meet!

cute idea for advertising!


and john says that he will only pick up mikey if he gives us sti seats... :p

[Mikeyp5284]

and john says that he will only pick up mikey if he gives us sti seats... :p

gives??????

[snowman87]

you should buy our 07......

Heh, sorry kids, I don't want another GD.

[jessickascarling]

i'm not sure what dan and i are doing yet... he said he'll "probably" be going... which i think pretty much means yes :) hehe we'll probably drive down the day of early in the morning and stop at a TA or something to sleep on the way home.

[08vtwrx]

I will be there I already reserved my parking months ago lol. If subie girls have a T shirt I will rock one at occ!!!!!!!

[08vtwrx]

Forgot to mention that I want it in the brightest pink ever lmao

[jessickascarling]

i know i want a t-shirt, too!

[MoN]

Me too!!! ;)

Since my boo refuses to let me put a subiegirls decal on our car!:mad:
I need to rep somehow!

[arlia11]

You could put it on a piece of posterboard and leave it in your back window?

[xxthat girlxx]

Put the vinyl on a magnet so you can remove it?

[MoN]

Oooo good ideas!

[SubyGirl8330]

I'll give you a decal of shitty pink vinyl that we have that fades and is junk anyways- u can put a decal on ur window and then scrap off after! :D

[Lperkins88]

i would love a subie girl shirt too! :)

[MoN]

I'll give you a decal of shitty pink vinyl that we have that fades and is junk anyways- u can put a decal on ur window and then scrap off after! :D

Ya well hes coming with and I talked to him about this earlier today, He doesnt want to be seen w/ this subiegirls decal lol, he is being very difficult here!! I told him at least for a few pics and he said that's a possibility. God i need to get MY OWN STI!!!!!!!! One more yr hopefully!!!

So back to the t-shirts (tank tops would be cuter), Can't we find a place to make them if we collaborate our money and pay for them on our own? We still have plenty of time...

[Stymie87]

add me to the list leanne I'm attending and I will finally be taking my car out

[SubyGirl8330]

whoot!

[MoN]

Anyone know what the official count of attendees is now? I know last time someone posted a few weeks ago it was around 300.

[SubyGirl8330]

not sure, whats the max they can take? i know it said lmited parking..

[- Rach -]

I wanna go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jessickascarling]

well in order to park there you have to register with as an attendee with a subaru. i went on one day to register and it said subie parking was sold out :( but a few days later i went on again and it wasn't sold out anymore haha. so i dunno what happened... hoping it's accurate...

[jessickascarling]

oh ya, and you can add axis to the list because i registered him to go too :)

[arlia11]

Thanks SubieCutie for coming over and helping us with the bags!!!!!

[MoN]

Thanks SubieCutie for coming over and helping us with the bags!!!!!

O you're very welcome, I had fun! Im glad to have met you both! See you soon! :cool:

[Lperkins88]

i think there is about 450 going now..

[arlia11]

omg almost done with these darn baggies... like 18 left and I ran out of m&ms!

[- Rach -]

Ok, so I know I'm a "Noob" but I'm down for going to NY... Got one of my gf's interesting in coming down with me. I want to meet up with ppl. What are the plans!!!!? :) :) :)

[xxthat girlxx]

Some of us are going down Friday night. Some of us are driving down Saturday. Did you sign up yet? There's a link in the first thread where you get to the official website.

[MoN]

omg almost done with these darn baggies... like 18 left and I ran out of m&ms!

Omg again! Were you eatin them? lol

Hey rach I'm plannin on goin up sat morning and we stayin that night I'm sure there will be more people gettin together after the meet we just prob won't figure it out until we get there play it by ear u kno

[arlia11]

No I wasn't (I don't really eat sweets a bunch at all), but I find it hilarious that we were 18 baggies short of m&ms. How dumb.

[SubyGirl8330]

Ok, so I know I'm a "Noob" but I'm down for going to NY... Got one of my gf's interesting in coming down with me. I want to meet up with ppl. What are the plans!!!!? :) :) :)

john and i are leaving from ct saturday. Def sign up on their website (free) and if you want to meet up in ct on ur drive down lemme know!

[MoN]

No I wasn't (I don't really eat sweets a bunch at all), but I find it hilarious that we were 18 baggies short of m&ms. How dumb.

LoL I guess our math skills weren't on point that day lmao. O well at least its done! Yayy!! Did you guys mail them out yet? What are you guys planning to do at the tent for the meet? Just passing out business cards and answering questions and stuff? Have you decided on the subiegirls supporter decals yet? My BF said I can def put one of those on the back! Yayyy I want one in blue!!

[MoN]

Do you NH ladies have to travel through MA to get to where we're going?

I guess this is what a few of the people from mysubie are doing on Sat morning, Its kind of out of the way for us in Worc though, we'd have to go east to meet to then go back west, so im not sure about this, For those who are riding If your taking the pike from east this should be convinient. Just wanted to let others know in case this works for you:

From: Mysubie.com/forum
For western meets we've been meeting at the framingham rest stop on the pike on the WESTBOUND side. If it takes 3.5 hours wanna meet at 7 ish, grab some mcD's/honey dew and leave at 7:15 sharp-ish? Or leave a bit earlier and rest halfway for the wussies

Last edited by ZOMG.STi (Jul 14, 2009 at 02:13pm)

[- Rach -]

john and i are leaving from ct saturday. Def sign up on their website (free) and if you want to meet up in ct on ur drive down lemme know!

I may be leaving Friday night.... I'm checking on the hotel now. But I'm all registered on the site! :D

[xxthat girlxx]

I need 6 volunteers to help with parking and registration for the meet. Is there anyone would can help Rally Armor out? Please let me know.

Also, Rally Armor said that we can put up a Subie Girls test with a table and our business cards. I know some people have contacted Margo about this. Any volunteers for this will also be greatly appreciated.

THANKS!
Sarah

[SubyGirl8330]

u already got us down for raffle ticketing right?

[MoN]

I need 6 volunteers to help with parking and registration for the meet. Is there anyone would can help Rally Armor out? Please let me know.

Also, Rally Armor said that we can put up a Subie Girls test with a table and our business cards. I know some people have contacted Margo about this. Any volunteers for this will also be greatly appreciated.

THANKS!
Sarah

I would def be down to help in whatever. Let me know what you think I could do!!

[Mikeyp5284]

well.... i registered.... so if anybody would like to volunteer a seat for me to warm up for em, i'd be more than happy to come along for the ride... :)


*cough*meg*cough*

[xxthat girlxx]

u already got us down for raffle ticketing right?

Yep!

I would def be down to help in whatever. Let me know what you think I could do!!

We'll talk tonight Monica. Thanks.

well.... i registered.... so if anybody would like to volunteer a seat for me to warm up for em, i'd be more than happy to come along for the ride... :)


*cough*meg*cough*

Will you volunteer to work the front gate/registration? I bet supporting Subie Girls will make Megs more apt to pick you up! ;)

[MoN]

So I was wondering if anyone is interested in going out on Sat night after the meet to a bar/club in Newburg for some partying? Or are there already plans for partying and if so where?! If we drivin all the way to NY we better party it up!! lol I found this place online it looks nice its right on the hudson river in Newburg http://www.torchesonthehudson.com/index.php?pid=4 Or Im def open for other suggestions (especially from you NY people who know where the good spots are!!) :D

[xxthat girlxx]

I'd be up for dinner or something but I'll be driving home that night.

[SubyGirl8330]

we will be outta there by 4pm the latest for the drive home

[MoN]

Awww.... booooooooo!!

[jessickascarling]

im driving down the morning of and then driving back that night. im just gonna stop at a rest stop and catch some zz's so i dont have to pay for a room. thats what i did when i went to indiana so its not too bad.

[arlia11]

Im in the car with Sarah, so whatever she ends up doing I will do too :)

[- Rach -]

So I was wondering if anyone is interested in going out on Sat night after the meet to a bar/club in Newburg for some partying? Or are there already plans for partying and if so where?! If we drivin all the way to NY we better party it up!! lol I found this place online it looks nice its right on the hudson river in Newburg http://www.torchesonthehudson.com/index.php?pid=4 Or Im def open for other suggestions (especially from you NY people who know where the good spots are!!) :D

I'm down for whaaaatever! It's my last weekend before classes start. Hoping for some craziness. :D Hahaha

[snowman87]

I am still Subieless :(

[MoN]

I am still Subieless :(

Me too and im starting to worry!! :(

[Lperkins88]

1 week!

[arlia11]

AHHH! Insane!

[MoN]

So for those of us who are volunteering, what time are we expected to be there? And will the registration guys be aware that we need to get in, if we are to be there before everybody?

[xxthat girlxx]

^I need that info for myself as well! I'm working on it and will report back.

[MoN]

Ok lol

^I need that info for myself as well! I'm working on it and will report back.

[Lperkins88]

A Reminder to All Attending the All Subaru Meet:

Please print out your ticket confirmations for parking and have them ready to show at the entrance of OCC to be directed immediately to "Subie Driver" designated parking. If you do not have your ticket confirming your registration as a "Subie Driver" available to show immediately at the entrance you will not be able to park in this area so PLEASE PRINT OUT YOUR TICKETS NOW AND HAVE THEM READY AND ON DISPLAY UPON ENTRY IN TO OCC! We can not have traffic blocked on the main road leading in to the venue so please be prepared.

If you did not receive a confirmation email for your All Subaru Meet tickets from Event Brite, please follow Chibi's instructions ^^

*Please spread the word about the printed tickets if you know someone attending the Meet. Thanks!*

[MoN]

I'd be up for dinner or something but I'll be driving home that night.

You ladies going up on friday or sat?

[- Rach -]

I'm going down Friday afternoon, planning to be at the hotel sometime that night. All depends on traffic........ Who else will be going down Fri night?

[Lperkins88]

i'm going friday night... leaving here around 7ish

[SubyGirl8330]

john and i are joining in a caravan originating in mass then stopping 2 times in ct

[MoN]

I wont be going, subie issues.... im very sad :(, please take as many pics as possible so I can at least see the action I missed!!! TX!

[jessickascarling]

anyone else meeting up in danbury at dennys? dan, his friend kyle and i should be meeting up with the caravan there.

[arlia11]

we are here and our table is all set up!! yay!!

[xxthat girlxx]

Today was AWESOME. Thanks to all the girls who came out for a good cause! Nice to put faces to screen names!

[jessickascarling]

i had an excellent time and i'm really glad i got to meet you guys! I'll have Dan's friend get me those pics asap so we can get them up on facebook, myspace and i'll start a thread here :)

[adam07specb]

How about thanks adam for taking our picture when you got there!!!!

[SubyGirl8330]

lol and a thanks to mtv for interviewing us :)


great time girls!! :) awesome dinner/caravan back jessica! :)

[jessickascarling]

lol and a thanks to mtv for interviewing us :)

i know!! i can't wait to see if we actually make it to television!!!!!

great time girls!! :) awesome dinner/caravan back jessica! :)

i know, i had soooo much fun. we really enjoyed hanging out with you guys at dinner, too. whoo! subie girls fair trip should be next!!!

[xxthat girlxx]

Here's the website for the people on mtv who interviewed us: MTV Iggy (http://www.mtviggy.com/)

He did say pictures would be on the website as well, so let's hope for DOUBLE exposure!! :D

[arlia11]

A Fair? Where?!

I had an amazing time - cant wait to get my pics up too.

[Lperkins88]

i had soo much fun minus the rain.... it was great to finally meet some of you!!!

[jessickascarling]

A Fair? Where?!



well we were talking about the deerfield fair but i think meg mentioned one called the e or something that's bigger and better. either way, jon & dan don't like fairs while meg & i do sooooo we figured we'd ditch them and we'll go to the fair :) and of course if we make it a subie girls event that's even better!!!

[jessickascarling]

i had soo much fun minus the rain.... it was great to finally meet some of you!!!

i know! and thanks for being patient with me while i ran around :) haha things were crazy!

[arlia11]

hahaha running around is good.

Just got all my pics of my cam - gonna upload soon as I fix them!

[MoN]

Ya the Big E is coming up soon I believe its in late Sep't or early Oct? From what i remember years ago it was fairly bg, they bring a large carnival and have a bunch of different tents, its pretty cool. Id be down to go!


Found the link:
http://www.thebige.com/

[AKMR101]

Hey girls!

It was so nice to meet you guys on Saturday. I have photos and an article about the meet available. The article is a rough draft that I am submitting to the local newspaper, The Times Herald Record. Any feedback at this stage would be great! Photos will be included with the article. Which ones do you like best? Thank you! Hope to hear from you soon.

Photos can be viewed here:
http://www.amykreilly.cleanfolio.com/

The following is my article so far. Please read and reply! THANK YOU!



On Saturday, August 29th, the 1st Annual All Subaru Meet was held at Orange County Choppers in Newburgh, NY. The event was hosted by OCC along with Rally Armor and The Long Island Subaru Club. The day started off misty and gray, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the Subaru enthusiasts who continued to arrive, eventually numbering over 500 people. As usual, for a Subaru event, the crowd was friendly and dynamic.

As evidenced by the license plates, participants drove in from over 10 different states to be part of the event. We met Subaru people from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maine, Virginia, Maryland, and Florida. Some of the vanity plates were quite memorable. Such as, LILSASIN, WRSX, THE STG, and N CTRL, just to mention a few. This is just another example of how proud we are of our Subarus.

There were many beautiful Subarus on display and in the parking lot throughout the day. It must have been difficult to choose the contest winners. Trophies were awarded in the following classes:
·Best GC Subaru Impreza (1993-2001)
·Best GD Subaru Impreza (2002-2007)
·Best GH/GR Subaru Impreza (2008+)
·Best Forester (All Years)
·Best Legacy (All Years)
·Best Overall Subaru (All Years)

The winners were: (information pending)

This was a charity event to benefit our local Hudson Valley SPCA. The president of HVSPCA, Tom DiCarrado, was there with his wife, Connie, and various volunteers accepting donations and sponsorship applications. They had several handlers mingling in the crowd with some of the loveable animals ready for adoption.

All the vendors on hand donated a percentage of their sales to the no-kill shelter, and the raffle was a huge success due to the generosity of sponsors, such as Subaru, Rally Armor, RIX Magazine, Subie Girls, Konig, Hudson Historics, and Team DI. Pertinent information about these and all vendors can be found at occsubarumeet.com. The kindness of the crowd generated nearly a thousand dollars in donations of money and supplies for the shelter. All in all, it was a great day for the cats and dogs and the people who love them.



By Amy K. Reilly
8/31/09

[xxthat girlxx]

Amy, that's a nice article. I'm surprised that with all the people there they only raised $1,000. That was a lot of time and energy for what I think should have easily been more. I hope next year things are a little different for them.

[AKMR101]

That dollar amount may increase. We are awaiting final tally from HVSPCA. Article is a rough draft, hopefully it will appear in the paper in a week to ten days. I'll keep you posted. Thank you for the speedy review! I hope your car is as fast as you are! :D

[xxthat girlxx]

Good, yeah keep us posted on that final count and OH SNAP! Wrex is pretty fast too. ;)

[jessickascarling]

you're article is awesome! can't wait to see it posted

[SubyGirl8330]

<3 the article! Your pictures are gorgeous and thats my liscense plate! [wrsx] whoot :)

[AKMR101]

Hey Girls!

So I just received word this morning that the event raise over $10,000 for the SPCA on Saturday!!! I am beyond excited to report this, and have changed the article accordingly. This is the final draft, ...so far. :p

Any fun upcoming events you girls have heard about that I might like to attend? I hope to see some of you ladies at International Rally New York in October. http://www.rallynewyork.net/



On Saturday, August 29th, the 1st Annual All Subaru Meet was held at Orange County Choppers in Newburgh, NY. The event was hosted by OCC along with Rally Armor and The Long Island Subaru Club. The day started off misty and gray, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the Subaru enthusiasts who continued to arrive, eventually numbering over 500 people. As usual, for a Subaru event, the crowd was friendly and dynamic.

As evidenced by the license plates, participants drove in from over 10 different states to be part of the event. We met Subaru people from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maine, Virginia, Maryland, and Florida. The festival went international when we spotted a license plate from Japan. Some of the vanity plates were quite memorable. Such as, LILSASIN, WRSX, THE STG, WRXSTISY, and N CTRL, just to mention a few. This is just another example of how proud we are of our Subarus.

There were many beautiful Subarus on display and in the parking lot throughout the day. It must have been difficult to choose the contest winners. Trophies were awarded in the following classes:

·Best GC Subaru Impreza (1993-2001)
·Best GD Subaru Impreza (2002-2007)
·Best GH/GR Subaru Impreza (2008+)
·Best Forester (All Years)
·Best Legacy (All Years)
·Best Overall Subaru (All Years)

This was a charity event to benefit our local Hudson Valley SPCA. The president of HVSPCA, Tom DiCarrado, his wife Connie, and various volunteers were there accepting donations and sponsorship applications. They had several handlers mingling in the crowd with some of the loveable animals ready for adoption.

All the vendors on hand donated a percentage of their sales to the no-kill shelter, and the raffle was a huge success due to the generosity of sponsors, such as Subaru, Rally Armor, RIX Magazine, Subie Girls, Konig, Hudson Historics, and Team DI. Pertinent information about these and all vendors can be found at occsubarumeet.com (http://occsubarumeet.com/). The kindness of the sponsors and crowd generated over $10,000 in donations of money and supplies for the SPCA. All in all, it was a great day for the cats and dogs and the people who love them.

The Hudson Valley SPCA would like to take this opportunity to thank the hosts, sponsors, vendors, and enthusiasts for their continued generosity and support of a worthy cause. You may contact them at www.hvspca.org (http://www.hvspca.org/) for further information and applications for adoption.



By Amy K. Reilly
8/31/09

[Rallyarmor]

To everyone that participated in the All Subaru Meet at OCC:

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for making this the best attended single manufacturer meet ever held at Orange County Choppers! Over 600 of you came out in support of two very noble not-for-profit organizations, the The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the Hudson Valley SPCA (HVSPCA). With nearly 300 Subarus and approximately 55 show cars, it was quite an impressive turnout considering the less than desirable rainy conditions. All of you steadfastly braved the weather to gather as Subaru owners aptly do to share in the camaraderie and take part in this mass gathering of modified to stock Scoobies.

You also demonstrated your generosity and altruism by “driving for the HVSPCA” and loading our All Subaru Meet doghouse with approximately 500 pounds of dry and wet foods, toys and supplies for the Hudson Valley SPCA’s shelter dogs and cats. Packed to the brim, the organization expressed excitement at the outpouring of pet product donations – a supply that would offset its operating expenses for months to come. The HVSPCA brought their well mannered, sweet brood of adoptable dogs and these dogs did not disappoint; they charmed us as they wound their way through the crowds wearing “adopt me” coats. As a result the shelter reported 6 adoption applications. This is a start to a careful evaluation process to place the animals with qualified applicants. We will report on the number of successful adoptions as we obtain more information.

http://photo.pandafactory.org/occ/previewcache/IMG_208980.jpg.resized.jpg

Overall, our collective efforts helped to raise over *$9,775.
From the sales of raffle tickets, All Subaru Meet at OCC tee shirts, goodie tote bags and as a direct result of the support of the sponsors we were able to reach our goal of nearly $10,000!

We owe a great deal of thanks to the folks at Orange County Choppers – namely Storm for working with us to host this event and providing the tours, the Street Life parking crew, and the Hilton Garden Inn for allocating additional lots to us to accommodate more Subarus.

In addition, this event would not have come to fruition without the support of all of our sponsors including Subaru Distributors Corp., Subaru Performance Tuning (SPT), Mid-Hudson Subaru, Konig, MSPT, RallySport Direct, NC Rally, Disc Brakes Australia (DBA), Black Flame Customs, JnJ Associates, JNA Performance, Epic Engineering, H.O.A. Consulting, Sagemind, Broken Motorsports, Meguiar’s, Ultimate Collision Center, Snow Performance, Borla, Hudson Historics, RockStar Energy Drink, Invidia, Innovative Technology Home Products, Precision Plus Contracting for fabricating the doghouse, RIX Magazine, Red Bull, AZP Installs, 0-60 Magazine, Drive Performance Magazine, SubieSport, MTViggy, Team DI, Subiegirls.com, CTSubie.com, Dirtyimpreza.com, CNYSubarus.com.

A big thank you goes out to JB of Black Flame Customs for putting on the car show, getting the word out to the LISC crew, and recruiting so many people out to this meet. Kenny, ChibiSF, was such an integral part of the car show and spreading the news of the event. You two were a driving force behind this.

A big thank you also goes out to Bryan of JnJ Associates who not only helped get people out to OCC but also ran the raffle ticket sales. You were cool under pressure and we could always count on you to remain positive and supportive.

Thank you to our official event photographers Adam of It Was...Beautiful Photography and Jesse of Pandafactory.org (http://photo.pandafactory.org/). See All Subaru Meet photo coverage here, http://photo.pandafactory.org/. You two worked for hours capturing photos. We truly appreciate your hard work.

Thank you to DJ Onda Skillet and MC Slick.

To the crews at Subiegirls.com, CNYSubarus.com, CTSubie.com...thank you for such a strong showing of support.

To all the volunteers:
Without you this event would not have been possible. You worked tirelessly to set up tents and signs, direct traffic, checked people in at registration, sold raffle tickets, tee shirts, assembled the goodie bags, loaded boxes upon bags of pet product donations in to the truck for delivery to the HVSPCA. Several of you arrived bright and early and stayed late in to the evening without a word of complaint.

Thank you to all our volunteers including our friends and family members, we will not forget how incredibly helpful and supportive you were! We look forward to hosting our next event.

On behalf of the Rally Armor Team, we thank you!


*Present figure. Actual figure will be slightly higher

[arlia11]

AWESOME!

I am so glad everything went as well as it did - props to everyone Subaru-related, we really showed how great of a community we can be!

[Stymie87]

the meet was great.... thanks for the subiegirls cards :)

[xxthat girlxx]

So glad that they got so much food and toy donations! And I'm glad that figure was so high! Rock 'n' roll!

[MoN]

Thats awsome I wish i would have been there.. hopefully next yr!

How were the M&M's? Did they get stale? lol

[xxthat girlxx]

I think the M&Ms survived!

[Bugichic]

Great meet.. nice meeting you girls

[arlia11]

Yeah the M&Ms made it!

[MoN]

Yeah the M&Ms made it!

Awsome! I was hoping they wouldnt melt or go stale in transit, but the hard work paid off! lol

[SubyGirl8330]

wow almost 10k! thats awesome! great job everyone

[JnJAssociates]

Ladies thank you for your help the day of the show!

Bryan

[arlia11]

Ladies thank you for your help the day of the show!

Bryan

You are very welcome. We were glad to do it!

In other news... Check out pics here guys!

http://www.tandemloft.com/Events/SubieGirls/OCC-All-Subaru-Event-08292009/9496255_U4DxX#P-1-12

[xxthat girlxx]

Ladies thank you for your help the day of the show!

Bryan

You're welcome! Thanks for having us!

[jessickascarling]

In other news... Check out pics here guys!

http://www.tandemloft.com/Events/SubieGirls/OCC-All-Subaru-Event-08292009/9496255_U4DxX#P-1-12

friggin awesome pics!

[arlia11]

lol you took some of them at one point HAHAH

[jessickascarling]

haha thats true!

[Lperkins88]

Hey girls!

It was so nice to meet you guys on Saturday. I have photos and an article about the meet available. The article is a rough draft that I am submitting to the local newspaper, The Times Herald Record. Any feedback at this stage would be great! Photos will be included with the article. Which ones do you like best? Thank you! Hope to hear from you soon.

Photos can be viewed here:
http://www.amykreilly.cleanfolio.com/

The following is my article so far. Please read and reply! THANK YOU!



On Saturday, August 29th, the 1st Annual All Subaru Meet was held at Orange County Choppers in Newburgh, NY. The event was hosted by OCC along with Rally Armor and The Long Island Subaru Club. The day started off misty and gray, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the Subaru enthusiasts who continued to arrive, eventually numbering over 500 people. As usual, for a Subaru event, the crowd was friendly and dynamic.

As evidenced by the license plates, participants drove in from over 10 different states to be part of the event. We met Subaru people from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maine, Virginia, Maryland, and Florida. Some of the vanity plates were quite memorable. Such as, LILSASIN, WRSX, THE STG, and N CTRL, just to mention a few. This is just another example of how proud we are of our Subarus.

There were many beautiful Subarus on display and in the parking lot throughout the day. It must have been difficult to choose the contest winners. Trophies were awarded in the following classes:
·Best GC Subaru Impreza (1993-2001)
·Best GD Subaru Impreza (2002-2007)
·Best GH/GR Subaru Impreza (2008+)
·Best Forester (All Years)
·Best Legacy (All Years)
·Best Overall Subaru (All Years)

The winners were: (information pending)

This was a charity event to benefit our local Hudson Valley SPCA. The president of HVSPCA, Tom DiCarrado, was there with his wife, Connie, and various volunteers accepting donations and sponsorship applications. They had several handlers mingling in the crowd with some of the loveable animals ready for adoption.

All the vendors on hand donated a percentage of their sales to the no-kill shelter, and the raffle was a huge success due to the generosity of sponsors, such as Subaru, Rally Armor, RIX Magazine, Subie Girls, Konig, Hudson Historics, and Team DI. Pertinent information about these and all vendors can be found at occsubarumeet.com. The kindness of the crowd generated nearly a thousand dollars in donations of money and supplies for the shelter. All in all, it was a great day for the cats and dogs and the people who love them.



By Amy K. Reilly
8/31/09

hey if the article isn't published yet, these three should def be included in it:
http://www.amykreilly.cleanfolio.com/gallery/141874#14
http://www.amykreilly.cleanfolio.com/gallery/141870#7
http://www.amykreilly.cleanfolio.com/gallery/141875#3