A Little Bit about us
Our Story
In November of 2021 Noah Klink was diagnosed with Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver, "A rare form of Liver Cancer", where he had to undergo multiple surgeries and many rounds of Chemo and Radiation. He was at St. Jude for 8 Months straight. This was amazing as all of his care and housing was covered, but to be able to keep his Mom and Dad by his side they would need money to cover their bills back home. Their friends and family started running every fundraiser we could think of. Our families are very close and have traveled all over going to car shows together, so we thought a Benefit Cookout Car Meet may be a good way to raise money for them. We started advertising for the Noah Klink Benefit Car meet and Cookout for April 9th 2022. We reached out and were able to get all food and drinks donated as well as a few Items to raffle off, so that 100% of the proceeds would go to them. This "Car Meet" ended up having people travel in from the surrounding states, we ended up with over 150 cars and raised close to $7000 for their family. "The amount of love and support shown was so overwhelming"
As soon as the Benefit was over we had so many people asking if we were going to do it again.
Around the time Noah was cleared to come home, We found out a coworker's Granddaughter, "Alison" had been diagnosed with All -B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Fast Forward to January 2023-- We reached out to the team that helped us make the event happen the year before, in addition to the Klink family. We started planning the Event for this year but decided to make it a full Car show. Rides on the River 2023 - Benefiting Alison Howell.
After seeing the huge amount of support over the last two years we knew we couldn't stop there.
In October 2023 we established Rides on The River Inc. and received our 501(c)3 Non-Profit status so that we can get even more support from our sponsors!
We Hope to see you at our next event!