{"id":4349,"date":"2009-06-28T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T21:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2009-06-28T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T21:58:18","slug":"save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Save your life Car Show &#8211; Cruisin&#8217; For a Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsave-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F06%2Fcfac-bomb-girl-hi-rez-left-267x300.jpg&amp;description=Save+your+life+Car+Show+%E2%80%93+Cruisin%E2%80%99+For+a+Cure\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[4349]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Save your life Car Show \u2013 Cruisin\u2019 For a Cure\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Save your life Car Show \u2013 Cruisin\u2019 For a Cure&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\" data-text=\"Save your life Car Show \u2013 Cruisin\u2019 For a Cure\" data-desc=\"At the recent 2009 LA Roadster Show, I was lucky to meet Debbie Baker, the president and chair fro Crusin' for a Cure.\u00a0 Cruisin' the largest one day charity car show with proceeds going to the City of Hope for prostate cancer research.\u00a0 MyRideisMe.com supports all things that bring cars and a\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cfac-bomb-girl-hi-rez-left-267x300.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cfac-bomb-girl-hi-rez-left.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4349]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4351\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Crusin' for a cure Pinup logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cfac-bomb-girl-hi-rez-left-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"Costa Mesa Car show &quot;Crusin' for a Cure&quot; Pinup logo\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cfac-bomb-girl-hi-rez-left-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cfac-bomb-girl-hi-rez-left-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cfac-bomb-girl-hi-rez-left-400x448.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cfac-bomb-girl-hi-rez-left.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>At the recent 2009 LA Roadster Show, I was lucky to meet Debbie Baker, the president and chair fro <a title=\"Charity Car show information\" href=\"http:\/\/cruisinforacure.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Crusin&#8217; for a Cure<\/a>.\u00a0 Cruisin&#8217; the largest one day charity car show with proceeds going to the City of Hope for prostate cancer research.\u00a0 MyRideisMe.com supports all things that bring cars and a great cause together&#8230; Plus,\u00a0Debbie&#8217;s just good people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Casey Simpson singing live and Event MC, straight from the NHRA Dave McClelland MC&#8217;ing, this is a must event for everyone within driving distance to Costa Mesa, CA on Saturday, September 26th.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little info about Debbie and how the show got started:<\/p>\n<p>Cars have always been central to Debbie Baker\u2019s life. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, she spent her formidable years \u2013 the late 1960\u2019s and early 1970\u2019s, when tail fins gleamed, V8\u2019s were king and heavy metal came with four tires and a steering wheel \u2013 cruising up and down Van Nuys Boulevard and hanging out at Bob\u2019s Big Boy. After graduating from Van Nuys High School, she headed south to Orange County in 1973, leaving her Valley Girl ways, but not her love of cars, behind.<\/p>\n<p>In need of a way to support her car habit, Debbie&#8217;s been a professional her whole life working in real estate.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, her husband of 30 years Jim, was a car nut himself.\u00a0 Jim passed away this year after his 12 year battle of prostate cancer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; float: left; padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 10px 5px 15px; width: 150px; color: #bf571d; line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Georgia; text-align: right;\">&#8220;With more than 3,500 cars on display in 2002, Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure officially became the largest one-day car show in the nation, a title it continues to hold.<br \/>\n&#8220;<\/div>\n<p>She and her husband had been regulars at car shows for years (Debbie\u00a0has a current model Corvette and a 1936 Chevy Pickup Truck and is President of her car club Hot Rods Unlimited), but it was her husband\u2019s prostate cancer diagnosis in 1996, followed the same year by her boss\u2019s diagnosis with the disease, that spurred Debbie to turn her passion for cars into a new mission: Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure.<\/p>\n<p>As her husband battled the disease, which doctors told them would likely kill him within 10 years \u2013 a prediction he\u00a0proved wrong \u2013 she became his advocate, helping him navigate PSA scores, scans, treatment options, and much more. In the process, she discovered how ignorant other men were about prostate cancer and testing for the disease. \u201cIt is absolutely amazing how many men don\u2019t even know what a prostate gland\u2019s function is,\u201d notes Debbie.<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to help raise awareness about prostate cancer and help save lives, she realized \u201chooking\u201d guys with cars then getting the message out about prostate cancer would be the perfect vehicle (pun intended) and\u00a0Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure was born\u00a0in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Held at the Verizon Amphitheatre in Laguna Hills, the first event featured over 600 cars and was, in spite of rain, a major success. Most importantly, the car crowd loved it. By the second year, the number of entries had grown more than five times to an astounding 3,100 cars, which were displayed on six miles of runways at the former El Toro Marine Base, where Debbie had moved Cruisin\u2019 For a Cure. She recalls, \u201cAs a way to honor the heroes who lost their lives and those people missing as a result of the September 11th tragedy, the show opened with more than 30 fire trucks parked in formation as a ladder truck raised a 60-foot flag into the sky while country singer Casey Simpson sang the national anthem. There wasn\u2019t a dry eye anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/survivors2008_cfac_survivor_pix_4_wh_txt-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4349]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4352\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Cancer Survivors at Cruisin for a Cure\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/survivors2008_cfac_survivor_pix_4_wh_txt-1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Hot rod car show Cruisin for a Cure Show cancer survivors\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/survivors2008_cfac_survivor_pix_4_wh_txt-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/survivors2008_cfac_survivor_pix_4_wh_txt-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/survivors2008_cfac_survivor_pix_4_wh_txt-1-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/survivors2008_cfac_survivor_pix_4_wh_txt-1.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The 2001 event also marked the debut of free prostate cancer screening tests for men over 40, provided by The Drive Against Prostate Cancer and the National Coalition for Prostate Cancer. More than 600 men were tested and 79 of them received a \u201csee your doctor\u201d notice. Over night, Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure changed from being solely a fundraiser to what Debbie fondly calls the \u201csave-your-life car show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following year, needing yet more room, Debbie moved Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure to the OCFair &amp; Event Center in Costa Mesa, its current home. With more than 3,500 cars on display in 2002, Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure officially became the largest one-day car show in the nation, a title it continues to hold.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009cruisin_for_a_cureart.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4349]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4353\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Custom Car show &quot;Cruisin for a Cure&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009cruisin_for_a_cureart-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"Custom Car show &quot;Cruisin for a Cure&quot; car art work\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009cruisin_for_a_cureart-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009cruisin_for_a_cureart-138x150.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009cruisin_for_a_cureart-400x434.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009cruisin_for_a_cureart.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a>The number of men tested for prostate cancer at the show, has also continued to grow each year. Over the past seven years, more than 6,300 men have taken free PSA tests \u2013 a simple blood test \u2013 at Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure. Nearly 14% of them have been notified to \u201csee your doctor.\u201d So Debbie has literally helped to save the lives of hundreds of men, most of them complete strangers. She has also been known to personally escort friends and sponsors of Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure to the testing van, several of whom were diagnosed with prostate cancer but are alive and well today, thanks to her.<\/p>\n<p>There is, perhaps, no one more persuasive than Debbie. She promotes Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure at other car shows year round and does not receive one penny, she is saving our men. She has procured financial or in-kind support for Cruisin\u2019 For A Cure from nearly every major automotive company in the nation. She has earned glowing endorsements for her efforts to raise awareness about prostate cancer from the medical community.\u00a0All the funds raised benefit the City of Hope and the wonderful prostate cancer program they have there.<\/p>\n<p>Debbie is on a self-professed mission to save our men. And because of her efforts, she is well on her way to becoming as legendary in car circles and beyond as the Boulevard she once cruised in her youth.<\/p>\n<p>Please show your support for Debbie and the <a title=\"Charity Car show information\" href=\"http:\/\/cruisinforacure.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Crusin&#8217; for a Cure<\/a>\u00a0car show by commenting &#8220;I&#8217;ll be there!&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsave-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Save+your+life+Car+Show+%E2%80%93+Cruisin%E2%80%99+For+a+Cure\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Save your life Car Show \u2013 Cruisin\u2019 For a Cure\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Save your life Car Show \u2013 Cruisin\u2019 For a Cure&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/save-your-life-car-show-cruisin-for-a-cure\/\" data-text=\"Save your life Car Show \u2013 Cruisin\u2019 For a Cure\" data-desc=\"At the recent 2009 LA Roadster Show, I was lucky to meet Debbie Baker, the president and chair fro Crusin' for a Cure.\u00a0 Cruisin' the largest one day charity car show with proceeds going to the City of Hope for prostate cancer research.\u00a0 MyRideisMe.com supports all things that bring cars and a\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email At the recent 2009 LA Roadster Show, I was lucky to meet Debbie Baker, the president and chair fro Crusin&#8217; for a Cure.\u00a0 Cruisin&#8217; the largest one day charity car show with proceeds going to the City of Hope for prostate cancer research.\u00a0 MyRideisMe.com supports all things that bring cars and a great cause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[378],"tags":[2540,2511,1450],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4349"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4356,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions\/4356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}