WOODSFIELD — Local community members can participate in a spring car show while helping to raise funds for two programs at Swiss Hills Career Center.

The career center will have its spring car show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 24 at the Monroe County Fairgrounds, 46760 State Route 26, Woodsfield. The show is free to attend, but donations are welcome and raffles will help raise funds for the programs.

The welding program at Swiss Hills Career Center made some items that will be raffled off, such as garage wall art and wrench holders.

The funds raised from the event will benefit the center’s skills programs and the SHCC automotive programs. Organizers will split the money 50/50 between the two programs.

The skills program is where students from all trades, whether it’s welding, cosmetology or automotive, go to Columbus to compete in a skills competition.

Students in the automotive program earn their automotive service excellence (ASE) certifications, doing everything from oil changes to small engine work.

The money will go to the skills program to help raise money for competitions and other activities, and the auto programs are raising money for funds for field trips.

Organizers of the event will be giving out 30 trophies during the car show due to the really good community support and donations from businesses, automotive instructor Anthony Eden said. A DJ will also be at the show, along with the culinary arts programs to sell food.

As everybody who attends the show pulls up and gets registered, the menu will be passed out. People can order food, and then students will serve them their order.

Eden said organizers are wanting to have a country store type of setting, where vendors will be there to sell T-shirts, country store items and auto students will be doing pinstriping.

People who cannot attend the event but still wish to donate can do so by calling the school at 740-472-0722 and asking to speak to Martha Blue, who can direct them on how to donate to the programs.

Eden said the event is to show public awareness of what the school does and raise money.

“Public awareness is probably the number one thing, trying to get the community out a little bit,” Eden said.

He added if the programs are not bringing in any money things will get a little shaky, as it gets hard to send students to places without the funds to do so.

“I think skills are a pretty important thing,” Eden said. “It just builds their character. It shows them how to compete. It kind of gets the Swiss Hills name out there a little bit. So there’s a lot of benefits that come from it, and it does really benefit the students.”