Car event raises money for Salvation Army
A parking lot full of eyecatching and well-maintained cars, motorbikes, and pickup trucks was the sight in the Rick’s Café parking lot on Saturday
afternoon.
Mississippi Headturners partnered with Bankrupt Mafia of Mississippi to have a social charity event to raise money for the Salvation Army.
Grozie Thomas is the Vice President for Mississippi
Headturners, he was pleased with Saturday’s turnout and hopes it becomes a more common event in the future.
“It went very well; it really met my expectations for it. I’m
really proud and actually surprised by the outcome of it,” said Thomas. “We had bikes, a few exotic cars, and all types of things of that nature. It really feels good to have an event like this.”
Although it is always a good time to socialize and look at all of the nice cars, Thomas said what is most important is to give back to the community by having donation boxes for the Salvation Army.
“Besides how cool all of the cars are here; the main purpose is to bring positivity to the community with the pandemic and all of the other issues going on in the world right now, we wanted to bring some needed positivity to the community and show everybody positive things,” said Thomas. “Show them the beautiful cars, show them the love through the donations, and show them we can all be a family not matter if you’re white, Black, Hispanic, whatever you are.”
Bethany Westoby is the manager for the Salvation Army Starkville location, and she was thrilled to be a part of the event.
“It is absolutely amazing, it really is. I can’t iterate enough how humbling it is to have people like [Kenneth Still] and Grozie to call and want us to be a part of these events,” said Westoby. “It’s a wonderful reminder that it’s not just about the Salvation Army, you have so many good people who want to do so many good things for so many people that they don’t even know. I’m very thankful for Mississippi Headturners and Bankrupt Mafia for doing this and I can’t wait to see next year’s event.”
Thomas said he hopes to do another charity event in the future, but Kenneth Still of Bankrupt Mafia of Mississippi said they are definitely doing it again.
“It’s going down next year. We only had a few months to plan for this one, so we weren’t able to put our heart and
soul into it like we will next year,” said Still. “We’ve actually already started planning for next year, so look for a lot of a bigger turnout and meet.”
Former Mississippi State football player RJ Warren was also present at the charity event on Saturday, and he was very proud of his 2016 Dodge Charger R/T.
“I went to Houston and got the supercharge in there, bigger intake in it. I’ve had this baby for about a year now,” Warren said.
Warren’s Charger has a front tag with a Batman symbol on it that tells a little bit of a story about himself.
“My high school basketball teammates used to call me [Batman]. That was my nickname in high school, and it stuck with me through college,” said Warren. “The reason I got that nickname was they used to say that they won’t see me until the ‘bad’ goes down on the basketball court. I grew up watching Batman, too, so it’s just a part of me.”