Car show will cruise into downtown Danville Sunday
By Lea Blevins
STAFF WRITER
Contra Costa Times
Article Launched:09/29/2007 03:01:16 AM PDT
People can receive all kinds of callings. Danville resident Jim Edlund has discovered his.
Edlund and his wife, Chris, started the Danville d'Elegance Car Show to help raise money for the Sunnyvale-based Parkinson's Institute, where Jim Edlund is on the board of directors and chairman of development.
Now in its third year, the event -- which happens Sunday in Danville -- has become a big part of the Edlunds' lives. They start planning 10 months in advance.
"It's just our way of giving back," he said.
Parkinson's disease is especially near and dear to Edlund, 52. Almost everyone older than 70 on his father's side of the family has developed the disease.
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