COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A record year means that 11 local organizations will split $30,000 in donations from Coldwater’s 29th Annual Swap Meet and Car Show.
The group’s received their checks from the Swap Meet and Car Show committee last night at the Branch County Fairgrounds, the site of the show this past Mother’s Day weekend. The show drew over 5,000 paid spectators, 1,169 registered vehicles, and had a record number of vendors in the swap and arts and crafts areas.
Since the Swap Meet and Car Show was reorganized into a non-profit organization in 2010, it has given out over $123,000 to other non-profit groups in Branch County.
This year’s recipients were the Branch County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Branch Area Food Pantry, Branch County Fairgrounds, Branch Area Careers Center, Family Promise of Branch County, First Presbyterian Health Clinic, Sexual Assault Services of Branch County, Jacobs Well Ministries, Coach Eby Youth and Family Center, Branch County Humane Society, and the Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Council.
