This Saturday the community is invited out to support a great cause as the third annual Rylan Strong Network Wheels of Hope rolls into town. The annual benefit car, bike and truck show will be hosted at Red Barrel Bar and Grill in Dublin Saturday, Oct. 5 with a wide range of events and entertainment scheduled from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The business is located at 16824 U.S. 377 with plenty of parking for patrons who come to events and those participating in the car show. There will be barbecue and cold drinks available.
The family-friendly event will include a car and motorcycle show, motorcycle audio shootout, inflatables, cornhole tournament, face painting, vendors and a live auction. A car wrap gift certificate from Summit Auto Wraps will be part of the event.
The schedule of events is as follows:
10 a.m. - Gates open ($10 admission until 6 p.m. - After 6 p.m. admission increases to $20 for headlining band Jesse Jennings band)
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Car and bike show
11 a.m. to noon - Motorcycle audio competition
1 p.m. Tell Runyan
2 p.m. Tres Outlaws
3 p.m. Calvin Bell/Kyle Day
4 p.m. Jaxon Malone/Tim Noland
5 p.m. Cody Dollins
6 p.m. Billy Hartman
7 p.m. Karoke winner
8 p.m. Fabulous Blue Aces
9 p.m. Jesse Jennings Band
All tickets can be purchased online at rylanstrongnetwork. org.
For those unfamiliar with Rylan Strong Network, it’s named for Rylan Pruitt who was diagnosed with Medullomyoblastoma on May 26, 2021. He was the 51st known case of this type of pediatric brain cancer. (To date, there is only one known survivor.)
Rylan courageously fought a 10 month battle, and won that fight in his own way, gaining his wings, March 10, 2022. His battle against cancer has led to the creation of the Rylan Strong Network by his dad, Mike Pruitt.
The Rylan Strong Network helps fund the funerals of kids who lives have been cut short by cancer, helps fund cancer research specifically for kids, and bucket list items or general financial needs for families with kids battling cancer.
In about 2.5 years, the network has donated more than $15,000 to families in need and traveled to multiple funerals to help families in need as well as assisting in more than seven funerals, Pruitt said.