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The Front End
The Rockland Rodders started out in 1995 as a dream of some very passionate car lovers. John Lawrence and Pete Ryan, co-founders, and still active members. John served as the club’s first president and now he presides as Senior Enlisted Advisor. John and Pete are the club’s first LIFETIME MEMBERS.
The Transmission
The Mission: The Rockland Rodders organization is dedicated to the promotion, understanding and education of, classic and antique motor vehicles. The Rockland Rodders pride themselves in the continuing support of local organizations and charities and are devoted to sharing good times with friends and neighbors.
The Ignition
Membership to the Rockland Rodders Car Club is open to anyone who endorses the enthusiasm of classic and antique motor vehicles. Owners of custom, modified and muscle cars, antique vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks are all welcome to join.
Cars cruises at the Nanuet Mall every Friday night during the season starting the first Friday in May through the last Friday in September.
Our season ends on a high with the annual car show, co-hosted with the Pearl River Hook & Ladder Co. Our 2006 show attracted over 200 vehicles from the surrounding counties, as well as Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Aside from the fun, the club has a serious side. We are a non-profit organization created with the vision of giving back to the community. The Rockland Rodders have participated in and even hosted special shows to benefit the sick and the needy. At the end of each season, the club donates to the local fire companies and ambulance corps as well as charities in and around Rockland.
The Drive Shaft
| President | Jeff Rosen |
| 1st Vice President | Nick Thompson |
| 2nd Vice President | Ed Rabinowitz |
| Treasurer | Cheryl Outwater |
| Secretary | Rose Ann Frey |
| Sergeant at Arms | Lee Pelton |
| Senior Enlisted Advisor | John Lawrence |
| Public Relations | Walt Kosik |
| Marketing/Programming | Craig Miller Sr. |
| Parliamentarian | Mark Outwater |
| Webmaster | Laura Outwater |
In the Trunk
As listed in The Front End, the Rockland Rodders was founded in 1995. We started hosting cruise nights at Wendy’s in Haverstraw, NY with 8 to 10 members. By 1997, club membership had grown to 75 members who proudly displayed their hats and t-shirts purchased by president John Lawrence.
Cruise night’s move to McDonald’s in New City, NY in 1997. The club continues to grow and opens a checking account in 1999 and appoints a treasurer (Ruth Thompson) and a recording secretary (Carol Goodman). We join (in name only) to co-host a car show with the Piermont Fire Department.
The weekly cruise night moves again in 2000 to the Nanuet Mall, Nanuet, NY and continue at this location on Friday evenings from May through September. The year 2000 also marked our first Rockland Rodders car show held at the Nanuet Mall hosting over 200 vehicles.
In 2002, monthly meetings began at the Haverstraw Ambulance Corp building, Haverstraw, NY, Phyllis and Ed Rabinowitz take over the yearly t-shirt distribution and the club holds its first holiday party.
In 2003 the club began co-hosting the Pearl River Annual Car Show with the Pearl River Hook & Ladder Co., a special car show held in 2004 to benefit Jessie Spina, raised $5,000 for Jessie’s medical expenses. Jessie succumbed to his illness later that year. The year 2004 marked our clubs first picnic and club elections.
The clubs new Board of Directors takes office in January 2005 and installs the new club by-laws. Monthly meetings now alternate between the Haverstraw Ambulance Corp building and the Pearl River Hook & Ladder Co. building. The board appoints their first public relations representative (Walter Kosik). The club grows to 148 members as it marked it’s 10th Anniversary.
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