The Route 66 Classic Car Cruise Committee has announced that the SAJE Senior Ministry has been selected as recipient of the event’s 2013 charity grant.

Each year, the event donates excess revenues to a local charity that is providing a needed benefit to the community.

The SAJE Senior Ministry provides health and social services to assist senior citizens in Crestwood and Sunset Hills, regardless of religious affiliation, to help them live safely in their homes.

Formed in 2010 by the Episcopal Church of the Advent, St. Justin Martyr and St. Elizabeth of Hungary, SAJE offers several programs to help seniors stay healthy, engaged and independent.

Programs include health education and SAJE plans to use funding from the grant to expand its Parish Nurse program from two days a week to four days a week.

The 2013 Route 66 Classic Car Cruise, set Saturday, Aug. 10, is free to the public and will include vintage automobiles on display, fun games for the entire family and musical entertainment. The event will begin with a parade at 10 a.m., which will begin at Crestwood Court at the intersection of Watson and Sappington roads.

The parade will proceed west on Watson Road, turn south on Lindbergh Boulevard and end at Sunset Ford, 11700 Gravois Road. Sunset Ford will host the car show at 1 p.m. and a free concert at 7 p.m. featuring the Ralph Butler Band. For more information, visit

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