Carstar - SuperStang

(Jefferson Barracks Park, MO November 17, 2007) – The first Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Missouri Stories of Light Kick-Off Event and Balloon Glow is scheduled for Saturday, November 17th, 2007 at Jefferson Barracks Park in South St. Louis County. The fundraising event will include a car and motorcycle show, craft show, live music and food and will culminate with a hot air balloon glow with over 20 balloons lit up as darkness falls that evening. Admission for the Balloon Glow is $5 per car.

The event will also feature a special appearance by the CARSTAR Super’Stang, a recreation of a unique 1967 Mustang created by the Ford Motor Company, but never made available to the general public. The Super’Stang is in the midst of an 18-month “Muscle Tour” to highlight the minimum $155,000 commitment that CARSTAR has made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® nationally and the over $20,000 commitment that the St. Louis CARSTAR group has made to the local Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Missouri. At the end of the tour in January, 2009, the vehicle will be auctioned with net proceeds also going to the cause. For more information about the Stories of Light Kick-Off Event, visit http://www.mo.wish.org/special/SOL.html.

• WHO: Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Missouri and the Metro St. Louis CARSTAR Collision Repair Group
• WHAT: Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Missouri Stories of Light Kick-Off Event and Balloon Glow
• WHEN: Saturday, November 17th, 2007
  • Car & Motorcycle Show/Live Music: 11:00am to 2:00pm
  • Craft Show/Sponsor Displays: 9:00am to 3:00pm
  • Balloon Glow: 5:30pm to 7:00pm
• WHERE: Jefferson Barracks Park & Amphitheatre; South St. Louis County, Missouri
• HIGHLIGHTS: Car show, craft show, vendor booths, live entertainment, over 20 balloons glowing at night and an appearance of the CARSTAR Super’Stang Mustang.

About the Make-A-Wish Foundation®
The Make-A-Wish Foundation® grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. In 1980, seven year old Chris Greicius, who was battling leukemia, had a wish to be a police officer. A group of compassionate volunteers and police officers came together to provide Chris with the experience of a lifetime culminating with Chris being sworn in as the first-ever honorary patrolman in Arizona history. Chris’s dream served as the inspiration for what is now the largest wish-granting organization in the world, the Make-A-Wish Foundation®, with 69 chapters in the United States and its territories. With the help of generous donors and nearly 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® grants more than 12,600 wishes a year (one every 41 seconds!) and has granted more than 145,000 wishes in the U.S. since its inception. More information about the Make-a-Wish Foundation® on a national level is available at www.wish.org.

About the CARSTAR Super’Stang Muscle Tour and Alliance with the Make-A-Wish Foundation®
The CARSTAR Super’Stang Muscle Tour is a national effort to raise funds and support for the Make-A-Wish Foundation®. The tour began on Saturday, June 9th, 2007 and will make appearances at auto shows, community events and CARSTAR Collision Repair shops throughout the country. Participating CARSTAR Collision Repair shops will also make donations for every car repaired and provide Make-A-Wish® magnetic stars to customers for their support.

The CARSTAR Super’Stang is a recreation of a unique 1967 Mustang created by the Ford Motor Company, but never marketed to the public. Jeff Yerkovich, owner of R & A Motorsports, one of the country’s leading restorer of Mustangs, oversaw and supported the renovation of the vehicle, which was conducted at CARSTAR A & B of Riverside, Missouri.

The tour will end with the sale of the CARSTAR Super’Stang at an auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. in January of 2009, with net proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation®.

About CARSTAR
The St. Louis CARSTAR group currently consists of nine (9) independently owned and operated CARSTAR franchise locations. The local CARSTAR locations are part of the nation’s largest collision repair franchise. As a CARSTAR facility, the nine (9) St. Louis area CARSTAR locations have access to training and systems unavailable to other collision repair facilities which provides a competitive advantage in areas such as purchasing, marketing and insurance relations. Founded in 1989, CARSTAR is comprised of conversion franchises. CARSTAR’s repair centers must maintain strict requirements concerning quality of work, training and customer satisfaction. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, CARSTAR is a privately held company with over 265 locations in the United States and District of Columbia and over 100 Canadian locations.

St. Louis CARSTAR Locations
Car Craft CARSTAR; Bridgeton, MO
Charlie’s CARSTAR; Cahokia, IL
Car Craft CARSTAR; Chesterfield, MO
Dempsey-Adams CARSTAR; Granite City, IL
CARSTAR Collision Auto Repair; Overland, MO
Kurt’s CARSTAR; Maryville, IL
Gapsch CARSTAR; South St. Louis County, MO
Steve’s CARSTAR; Arnold, MO

CONTACT:
Phil Vida
CARSTAR Brand Manager
Hughes
314-571-6313
pvida@hughes-stl.com