140 year of Shriners

140 year of Shriners

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Race to Mather Field for the Shriners

Volunteer Profile: Race to Mather Field for the Shriners

By Gloria Glyer -

PDT Thursday, May 8, 2008

Story appeared in SCENE section, Page E3

Elizabeth Baccelli created a poster to promote the Shriners Hospitals for Children Concours d'Elegance. Erhardt Krause / ekrause@sacbee.com

What: The annual Concours d'Elegance, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children.

When and where: May 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mather Field, Rancho Cordova; $10 in advance, $15 at the gate; www.shrinersconcours.com.

Featured marques: Jaguar, Corvette, Alfa Romeo and Model T.

The Race of the Century from 5 to 10:30 p.m. May 16 at the Cal Expo racetrack; tour d'elegance from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 17; grand marshal's reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 17 at Shriners hospital; visit the Web site for details.

In the spotlight: Karine Lyon as grand marshal, with vintage bikes, motorcycles and boats on display along with classic cars.

Purpose: To raise funds for the Shriners Hospitals for Children to help with the mission of providing specialized pediatric care at no charge, conducting innovative research and providing world-class teaching programs for physicians and other health care professionals. Call (916) 453-2000.

Featured volunteer: Elizabeth Baccelli has a passion for photography. Combine that with time she spent at the Shriners hospital after back surgery, and she became a natural to create the poster promoting the Concours d'Elegance.

The Rio Americano High School junior participated in sports until the surgery. "That put the kibosh on sports because they did not want me to get hurt," Baccelli said. "I started to take pictures and took the photo class at Rio. I really like to take pictures of sports, but I will take anything anyone asks me to."

Her poster photo features a Jaguar and a Corvette, two of the Concours marques this year. "I like cars, old cars," said Baccelli, whose wish list for her personal car is headed by Lotus.

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