Since 2013, Lucas Oil Center has hosted a giveback event supporting Riley Children’s Foundation to help sick and injured kids who need life-saving care. What initially began as a simple giveback day has now grown into a full giveback weekend and a car show with a portion of proceeds from the entire weekend going to Riley. This year marks the second year Lucas Oil Center has hosted its Riley Giveback Weekend, taking place from Friday, July 21 to Sunday, July 23, 2023, with the Riley Giveback Car Show capping the weekend off on Sunday.
During the weekend, staff at both locations wore red Riley Giveback Weekend shirts as they worked to help promote the event. On Saturday, Joey Za’s Pizza & Steaks food truck stopped by the east side location to provide a nice bite to eat to anyone who came in.
The biggest part of the Riley Giveback Weekend was the Riley Giveback Car Show. This year, 102 cars registered and raised over $2,000 from the car show alone. Each car registered was entered into a door prize drawing which included prizes such as Lucas Oil Center gift cards, Nitro Wash gift books, and other miscellaneous Lucas Oil merch. Lucas Oil Products and Riley’s Children Foundation also provided door prizes for the event.
Eight award categories were presented, including Best Motorcycle or Bike, Best Car, Best Truck, Best Jeep, Best Racecar, People’s Choice, Owner’s Choice, and Best in Show.
It Takes a Village No-Kill Rescue was serving hamburgers and hot dogs with proceeds going back to their shelter, and Sweet Dreams À La Mode was dishing out some cool, soft-serve creations for the crowd.
Thanks to partners at Lucas Oil Products, something new was offered during this year’s Riley Giveback Weekend. Lucas Oil Products donated four tickets to any 2023-2024 home Colts game that were then given away to one lucky customer who stopped in during the weekend and got an oil change or car wash.
15% of proceeds from all car washes throughout the weekend at the east side Lucas Oil Center’s Nitro Wash and 15% of proceeds from all oil changes at both the east and west side Lucas Oil Center locations on Saturday, July 22 were donated to Riley. Along with this, any donations raised at either location throughout the month of July or at the car show, and the Riley Giveback Car Show’s registration fees and People’s Choice voting fees were donated, as well.
Last year, Lucas Oil Center raised $3,900. This year, Lucas Oil Center’s grand total donation was $6,000. And to help give back even further they enlisted the help of our partners at Lucas Oil Products to match our total donation. Between Lucas Oil Center and Lucas Oil Products, they were able to donate $12,000 to Riley Children’s Foundation this year.
Marketing manager, Chris Payne, and owner, Bill Floyd, proudly presented the check with the total donation contribution at 104FM WIKY’s annual Riley Radiothon on Thursday, August 10.
Lucas Oil Center has a strong family connection with Riley Children’s Foundation as two of owner Bill Floyd’s grandchildren have received critical care at Riley Children’s Hospital. If you would like to support Riley Children’s Foundation or learn more about the foundation and what they do, visit RileyKids.org.