Brentwood, CA - Brentwood Best Buy is teaming up with the Oakland Police Officers Association to host a car show June 28th to raise money for the trust funds set up for the families of the four Officers killed in the line of duty on March 21st. The show will take place from Noon until Four PM at Best Buy's Brentwood location at 6600 Lone Tree Way.
Registration and set up begins before 10AM and all cars and vendors are required to be set up and in place by 11:30AM. Event Coordinator Ric Ellis is expecting up to 100 show cars, ranging from Ferrari's to Mustangs, from all over the bay area. Trophies for the top cars have been provided by A&B Trophies of Antioch. Brentwood and Oakland PD are teaming up to display some of their departments vehicles and many vendors will be present handing out gifts and selling merchandise. All of the vendors along with surrounding and national businesses have donated prizes to the raffle. Ellis also expects an appearance from KAT country 103.3 to provide music and entertainment.
This will be Brentwood Best Buy's second car show and will also mark the stores second anniversary. Though the store hosts many charity vents, this one promises to be the biggest and best yet.
While in the infancy stages of planning a show, Ellis was looking for a deserving charity to support with the stores car show this year. On March 21st, he was working in his car electronics department with coworker and retired OPD officer, Price Troche. Unexpectedly, Price's wife called and asked to talk to him. She was breaking the news that he had just lost four friends and former coworkers in a shooting in Oakland. Ellis followed the incident closely right throug the funeral and decided these family were who he needed to support with his work. Once recieving the permission from his managment, Troche and the OPOA, he made it his mission for this show to be successful and it has been "full steam ahead" since.
