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Association Events

2010 Motor Tour Missouri - Chicago

06/11/2010 - 12:00pm
06/13/2010 - 3:59pm

2010 Motor Tour Missouri - Chicago

"We Are Family!"

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 11, 12 & 13, 2010

Click for complete 2010 Motor Tour details.

Route 66 Association Picnic

09/13/2009 - 12:00pm
09/13/2009 - 6:00pm

Route 66 Association Picnic

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Set up begins at 10:30

Lunch served at 12:00

Chautauqua Park, Pontiac

RSVP the number in your party to Marty Blitstein
blitz66@earthlink.net
(708) 444-1312

The Picnic has passed but a wonderful time was had by all. Click here to read our wrap up.

 

Painting Party at Odell Standard Gas Station

04/18/2009 - 12:00pm
04/18/2009 - 2:59pm

HELP NEEDED
Saturday, April 18th - 10 a.m. (Rain date, Sat. April 25th)

The Odell Standard Gas Station needs some repainting. The winter weather really took its toll. Lots of sections are peeling off. As we all know, maintenance of preservation projects is extremely important. Tourism season and the Red Carpet Corridor event, May 2 & 3, will soon begin.

WE NEED YOU!

Find out what our team of wonderful volunteers experience when we all come together to work on a project along Route 66. Try it - You might like it!!!

We need some idea of how many folks to expect. Please call or email John and Lenore Weiss if you are able to attend. E-mail - weissinfo@il66authority.com , phone 815-458-6616.

Work Day at Museum in Pontiac

04/04/2009 - 10:00am
04/04/2009 - 9:00pm

Work Day at Route 66 Association of Illinois Museum and Hall of Fame

110 Howard St.
Pontiac, IL

Come help us give the museum a Spring Cleaning to prepare for the tourist season!

10:00AM until she sparkles and shines!

It's a special day - click here for all the details!

2009 Route 66 Association of Illinois Motor Tour

06/12/2009 - 10:48am
06/14/2009 - 10:48am

Our annual Motor Tour event will be held on June 12-14, 2009

Our Motor Tour 2009 Page has all the details!!!

Preservation Workday

10/12/2008 - 10:00am

Sunday, October 12, 2008, at 10:00 A.M.

Touch-up paint work at the Meramec Cavern advertising on the Barn in Cayuga, Illinois (just north of Pontiac).

Ladders and scaffolding may be needed. Call Joe Gniadek for details (630) 947-2354.

If you’ve never volunteered to help out on a Preservation project, you are missing a lot of fun.

For this project we’ll need help with the horses that live on the farm, so if you’re good with either a brush or a horse, we need you!

Route 66 Festival - Chain of Rocks Bridge

10/04/2008 - 12:00am
10/04/2008 - 10:59am

On October 4th Trailnet is having a Route 66 Festival at the Chain of Rocks Bridge!

There will be an actual car show on the bridge, and entertainment on both sides of the bridge, as well as a motorcycle show, vendors, and a sock hop and movie at sundown! It will be a great day.

Our Association will be manning a table on the Illinois side, and there will be special room rates available at several hotels for any of our members who would like to attend.

Route 66 Association of Illinois - Annual Picnic

09/21/2008 - 10:00am

Picnic TableDue to flooding the location of the picnic has changed - Get Details!

We'll be setting up at 10am, cold pop, water, buns and meat will be provided  by the association.  Please bring a dish to share.   Our chef will be Bill Przybylski.

We will have entertainment, games a raffle, and all members and their families are urged to come out and have some fun. 

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