Big Bend Charity Rally 2020 | Drive for a Cause

#DRIVEFORACAUSE

Marfa and Big Bend. An iconic small Texas town and a legendary national park with breathtaking landscapes and amazing roads. Come join us on a three-day charity drive across Texas to support children battling cancer. Event will include driving, hiking, stargazing and other activities! Route is from San Antonio, Marfa and Big Bend. Availability will be limited to 50 exotics.

PEDIATRIC CANCER

Squadra Foundation is a public non-profit charity committed to helping children fight life threatening diseases. 100% of any donation collected from the Big Bend Charity Rally will go to helping researchers, hospitals, technology companies and/or families in the battle against pediatric cancers. Join us, make a donation and take part in helping pediatric oncology patients find solutions to their most pressing issues.

* 100% of the donation portion of the Big Bend Charity Rally event fee, including any additional donations, will go towards the pediatric oncology cause. Please note that the majority of event fees are use to pay expenses related to the cost of hosting the event. For a detailed breakdown of the event fees, see below. Approximately 15-25% of the event event fees are a donation. Any donation made while Squadra Foundation is in the process of applying for 501(c)(3) status with the IRS will be retroactively tax deductible upon approval by the IRS.

MARFA | TEXAS

Marfa. A remote place that everyone wants to visit. Once you get there, you’ll get it. Marfa is an iconic and historic Texas town known for its mysterious Marfa lights, quaint restaurants, shops and legendary art galleries. Marfa was visited by James Dean when he filmed the movie Giant in 1956 and No Country for Old Men was also filmed in Marfa. Please sure to book your hotel for Feb 28th thru Mar 1st as soon as possible as space is limited. Marfa is small. Hotel Saint George only has 55 rooms and Hotel Paisano only has 35 rooms.

EVENT TRANSPORT | BALMORHEA

Participants may transport their exotic from Austin, Dallas, Houston or San Antonio to Balmorhea. Outbound pick-up is also in Balmorhea. Balmorhea is located just east of our beautiful drive through the Davis Mountains leading into Marfa. We are organizing a group of participants to share the transport cost of one or more 18-wheelers that specialize in exotic car transport. Please let us know if you are interested in this service, which is provided by a third-party auto transport company. Members of volunteer technical and diagnostic support team will be at the delivery location to ensure your vehicle is safely unloaded.

* Please note that event transport is separate from the emergency on-demand transport that is included in the event fee. Event transport is at driver’s cost.

MCDONALD’S OBSERVATORY STAR PARTY | FORT DAVIS

We will be visiting the McDonald’s Observatory in Fort Davis, TX, near Marfa. Given the low light pollution from the remoteness of the area and waxing moon conditions at the time of our visit, we should be able to have an amazing view of the milky way galaxy!

MARFA LIGHTS VIEWING CENTER | MARFA

Since 1883, the Marfa lights have been an unexplained mystery. They have gained some fame as onlookers have attributed them to paranormal phenomena such as ghosts, UFOs and will-o-the-wisp.  Scientific research suggests that most, if not all, are atmospheric reflections of automobile headlights and campfires. Campfires, maybe but cars weren’t around in 1883. Guess we will have to figure this out when we get there!

CHINATI FOUNDATION | MARFA

Chinati is an internationally known contemporary art museum founded by minimalist artist Donald Judd. It features paintings, sculptures, poems, installations, drawings and other works by renowned artists Donald Judd, John Chamberlain, Claus Oldenburg & Choose van Bruggen, Dan Flavin, Ilya Kabakov and Roni Horn.

ROUTE PLANNING

Discover new places and explore open back roads with utmost safety — all to support a cause with those that share a common vision. Accomplishing this involves an extremely time intensive route reconnaissance process. On average, over 150 hours are donated to route planning for each event. We run the route, search for the best roads and identify caution areas using military-grade software with satellite-based functionality. With Squadra Foundation, you can experience the open back roads in a safer and more enjoyable manner.

DISCLAIMER: All routes are driven at your own risk as all possible caution points cannot be and have not been identified. Routes and caution points are subject to change and are for informational purposes only. In order to access the above features, third-party navigation software must be purchased ($19.99) separately from event tickets. Routes, navigation files and software installation instructions are provided to fully registered and paid participants via a secure online portal.