{"id":495436,"date":"2016-04-27T10:54:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=30520"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:44:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:44:10","slug":"barrett-jackson-raises-1-million-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/barrett-jackson-raises-1-million-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrett-Jackson Raises $1 Million for Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barrett-jackson.com\/\">Barrett-Jackson<\/a> helped raise $1,050,000 for charities supporting U.S. veterans and their families, youth programs and medical research during its 14<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Palm Beach Auction. To date, Barrett-Jackson has helped raise more than $89 million for charity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarrett-Jackson continues to lead the collector car community in supporting veterans, youth programs, medical research and countless other worthy causes,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barrett-jackson.com\/Company\/Home\/ExecutiveBiographies#stevedavis\">Steve Davis<\/a>, president of Barrett-Jackson. \u201cOur history of helping runs deep in our company\u2019s DNA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the cars crossing the block in Palm Beach were a couple from General Motors that continued the company\u2019s tradition of selling VIN #001 vehicles for charity. The 2017 Chevrolet Corvette VIN #001 Grand Sport (above, photo courtesy of Barrett-Jackson) sold for $170,000 to benefit the Karmanos Cancer Institute, while the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro VIN #001 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Edition hammered at $150,000 in support of The United Way of Southern Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Two other cars of note were a Dodge Viper Hennessey Venom 500 that brought in $150,000 for the Lone Survivor Foundation; and a 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Commando Tactical Edition that hammered in at $225,000 for the Patriot Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Other vehicles crossing the block to support specific charities included:<\/p>\n<p>1974 BMW 2002 donated by Clarion Builds to support The Barrett-Jackson Cancer Research Fund at TGen in Memory of Russ and Brian Jackson ($125,000); a 2014 Ford Raptor Hennessey Velociraptor 600 donated by Shell to benefit the Paralyzed Veterans of America ($100,000); a 2004 Hummer H1 Custom HMCS MP to benefit Camp Southern Ground ($100,000); and a 1985 Ford Bronco II to benefit the Boy Scouts of America ($30,000). For full results please visit www.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Barrett-Jackson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barrett-Jackson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrett-Jackson helped raise $1,050,000 for charities supporting U.S. veterans and their families, youth programs and medical research during its 14th Annual Palm Beach Auction. To date, Barrett-Jackson has helped raise more than $89 million for charity. \u201cBarrett-Jackson continues to lead the collector car community in supporting veterans, youth programs, medical research and countless other worthy causes,\u201d said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. \u201cOur history of helping runs deep in our company\u2019s DNA.\u201d Among the cars crossing the block in Palm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":547913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,11577],"tags":[7366,5511],"class_list":["post-495436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-barrett-jackson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Barrett-Jackson Raises $1 Million for Charity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/barrett-jackson-raises-1-million-charity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barrett-Jackson Raises $1 Million for Charity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barrett-Jackson helped raise $1,050,000 for charities supporting U.S. veterans and their families, youth programs and medical research during its 14th Annual Palm Beach Auction. 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