Revved Up for Charity
- maconncliteracy
- 3 days ago
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The 2025 Highlands Motoring Festival® was very successful by every measure including financial support to local human needs charities. To commemorate this accomplishment, there was a presentation of the funds to three local human needs charities at Kelsey Hutchinson Park on Oct. 21. Representatives for the Literacy and Learning Center of Highlands, REACH of Macon County, and the Community Care Clinic of Highlands and Cashiers along with HMF volunteers were on hand for the official check presentation.
The festival’s net proceeds of $105,000 have been distributed equally between the three charity organizations. Over the past 18 years, the festival has given a total of $750,000 to local charities. Highlands Motoring Festival® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and is powered by an all-volunteer team of classic car enthusiasts.
The 18th annual Highlands Motoring Festival® was held on June 12-15. Amazing collector cars could be seen on town streets during the four-day festival which consisted of two days of driving tours, an evening gathering, a Main Street Parade of classic cars, and two car shows.
The centerpiece of the motoring festival was Saturday’s “Classics in the Park” juried car show that attracted thousands of people to experience 85 classic cars. The motoring festival has grown significantly in stature over the years, raising the quality level of the cars by going to an invitational entry process. Increasing the number of show cars is not feasible due to the limited space in Kelsey Hutchinson Park.
Over 50 volunteers joined the 15-member planning committee to stage the events. The Highlands Motoring Festival® Committee would like to thank the entire Highlands community, including citizens, volunteers, businesses, organizations, and Town officials and staff, without whom none of this would have been possible.
The nineteenth annual Highlands Motoring Festival® will be on June 11-14, 2026. Along with other classic cars, the featured theme for 2026 will be Corvette verses Jaguar in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. Registration opens in early January 2026 at HighlandsMotoringFestival.com
- Submitted by Steve Ham
