Sixth Annual Cars & Cops Show benefits injured first responders

By Tara Vocino

SAUGUS – Approximately 250 cars lined the parking lot at Blessed Sacrament Parish on Saturday for the 6th Annual Cars and Cops show.

“There are smiles for miles,” event organizer Domenic Montano said. “We’re at capacity.”

The car show benefited The Greg Hill Foundation, which helps injured first responders. Each car had a suggested $20 entry fee.

Many police departments came, including Princeton, State Police, New York, Methuen, Revere, Peabody, and Maine. Blessed Sacrament Parish donated the lot.

Board of Selectmen Chair Debra Panetta, who is a women’s guild member at the parish, said it’s a wonderful cause. “It’s bigger than last year,” Panetta said.

Raffles donated to the cause. Larry Slaven won the fire pit as a raffle prize. “I’m excited that I won,” Slaven said. “I will use it in my yard.”

Lowell resident Robert St. Hilaire won the scratch ticket and movie basket as a raffle prize. “I came from nothing and want to give back,” Hilaire said.

Montano said they haven’t had a final total on the amount raised, as of press time.