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Pasadena Jaycees Teams with Local Race Car Driver to Support People in Need

La Salle grad giving back to communities impacted by COVID-19

Published on Monday, August 3, 2020 | 3:00 am
 
Jonathan Eshom. Image courtesy Pasadena Jaycess

The Pasadena Jaycees has teamed up with local race car driver Jonathan Eshom to create the “Race for Relief” raffle, which will help benefit communities of color most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three winners will get to experience what it feels like to be a race car driver, with each winner receiving up to five laps in a Lamborghini race car. In addition, the names of the winners will be featured on the car.

Eshom graduated from La Salle High School in 2016. He was scheduled to debut in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo (Italian for “trophy”) Series this year, but those plans were pushed back due to the pandemic.

“I transitioned from racing go-karts to racing cars following graduation,” Eshom said in the alumni section of the school’s electronic newsletter. “In support of the Operation Strong COVID-19 Relief Project, the Pasadena Jaycees has teamed up with me and my team to raffle off a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the thrill of riding in a Lamborghini Super Trofeo race car! I decided to come up with the raffle as a way to give back to the community, and as a way to highlight the issue that Black communities are being hit much harder than other communities in Los Angeles.”

Funds will go toward hygiene kits that the Pasadena Jaycees will distribute to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), Friends in Deed, Foothill Unity Center and the Downtown Women’s Shelter.

 “We are excited that Jonathan wants to create change in the community and we are even more excited that he has chosen to involve the team in this raffle,” added race team Director Shane Seneviratne.

Raffle tickets are $10. The raffle closes on Friday, Aug. 14, and winners will be announced the following Monday, Aug. 17.

To enter the raffle, visit pasadenajaycees.org/raffle.

The Pasadena Jaycees began in 1929 and has remained a volunteer and leadership training organization for people ages 21 to 40.

For more information about joining or about any of the Jaycees’ other projects, visit pasadenajaycees.org or email info@pasadenajaycees.org.

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