Classic Picnic designs!

Did you miss out on getting your official Jimmy's Picnic merchandise from last year's Picnic? We now have an online store featuring fun items from the 20th Anniversary Old Car Picnic in 2008!

Last year's design features a sporty red 1963 Ford Falcon race car! Lots of different options are available--check them out at www.cafepress.com/jimmyspicnic08

If you don't see an item you would like, just let us know and we can see if we can add it. Thanks!
We also plan to add other designs from years past, so if your favorite isn't here yet, hang tight!

ONLINE STORE!

Because our permit does not allow vending at the Old Car Picnic, we can't sell shirts and posters this year. We've set up an ONLINE STORE for you to order your OFFICIAL Jimmy's Picnic gear!

We have lots of fun things available, including hoodies & sweatshirts, kid's stuff, ladies sizes, posters, and other fun stuff! If you order NOW you'll get your stuff in time to wear to the Picnic. Fight the fog with an official Picnic sweatshirt! All items feature our logo and car for this year--a 1951 Studebaker!

Check it out now at www.cafepress.com/jimmyspicnic

Let us know what you think!

The Mailing List!

People often ask us to put them on our mailing list for Jimmy's Picnic information. We hope to send our mailing out this week!

We are also trying to trim postage and shipping costs by requesting email addresses from people so we can put them on our emailing list instead. If you would like to be put on our emailing list, just send a note to jimmyspicnic@gmail.com. We won't use your email address for anything besides updating you about the Picnic. We'll also email you a downloadable and printable version of the flier so you can print out as many as you would like.

If you have been receiving material from us in the mail and have changed your address or no longer wish to receive them, please let us know this as well.

If you have friends who don't use a computer very much, please let them know this information. Thanks!

CHANGES for this year's Picnic!

You might know that we've been working with the SF Recreation & Park Department (R&P) for about half a year now to get the permit for this year's Picnic. R&P has made a lot of changes in the way it issues permits, so this process hasn't been easy. As a result, there are a few new things we'd like to share with you.

1. Jimmy's Annual Old Car Picnic is in the process of becoming an officially recognized non-profit organization! We've always been not-for-profit, but soon we'll be official! We've always existed to benefit programs for Developmentally Disabled and that will not change.

2. Because of much higher permit fees from R&P, we must raise the admission fee for participating vehicles from $20 to $30. This new fee will allow us to be able to pay for all the additional fees from R&P and to continue to make a donation to the Disabled. The old admission of $20 wouldn't cover the new higher fees, our costs, and still allow us to make a donation. If you cannot afford the raise in admission, leave your car at home and come out anyways! As always, spectators are free!

3. We cannot sell event t-shirts or posters at the event. R&P requires a percentage of the sales of these items (even though our event benefits their Adaptive Recreation program) and we don't want to deal with this. We will look into setting up an online store and will keep you posted.

4. We cannot allow any food vending on site (even if the vendor already has a permit with R&P). R&P is requiring us to call the Park Police if a vendor shows up. Please be aware of this and bring your own picnic lunch or bbq to the event.

Please spread the word about the new changes! If you have any questions, please let us know. We'll update as we learn more, as well. Thanks!

Welcome to Jimmy's Old Car Picnic!

Hello! Welcome to our new blog. We, the organizers of the Picnic, want to use this to get you updated on what's going on with this year's Picnic--our 21st! Keep checking back as we get more information.

In the meantime, save the date of Sunday, October 11!

Check out our website at www.jimmyspicnic.com, join our Facebook group I love Jimmy's Old Car Picnic, or become our myspace friend!