| Description: | Auto show revs up preview party for charities
Do you enjoy cars and supporting charities? Then the First Look for Charity Preview Party for the 2013 Portland International Auto Show is for you.For the first time, the gala event held the evening before the annual Auto Show begins will be open to the public as a charitable fundraiser. Tickets are $200, with all the money going to three worthy charities: the American Heart Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Shriners Children Hospital.The preview party will be held on the evening of Jan. 23. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. The show continues from Jan. 24 to 27.The 2013 Portland International Auto Show is presented by the Metro Portland New Car Dealers Association. Executive Vice President Greg Remensperger says that in the past, the preview party has been held for association members, sponsors and their guests. But growing public interest prompted the organization to open it everyone this year.annual Portland |