Beehive Drive visits Green River with donations

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The Beehive Drive rolled through Green River on July 29. Participants in their rare production vehicles were escorted by the Utah Highway Patrol to their destinations.
Beehive Drive is a charitable drive for Utah that brings together car enthusiasts with rare vehicles of limited production and philanthropy.
Each year, individuals, communities and charities benefit from Beehive Drive. The mission for Beehive Drive is to provide charitable contributions to a variety of organizations including the Utah Highway Patrol’s Honoring Heroes Foundation, which benefits widows and orphans of fallen peace officers and officers injured in the line of duty; local law enforcement; and local community betterment projects in the areas we visit. They also support education by providing scholarships to students throughout the state of Utah, and sponsor a history and education tour, which sends approximately 40 high school students on an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. annually (beehivedrive.org).
This year the Beehive Drive selected the communities of Wellsville, Green River and Mona. Elementary school children in the communities were asked to design a license. The winning license plate was displayed on cars during the Beehive Drive. The grand prize winner this year is Jocelyn Brady of Green River. At the park, everyone was treated to a lunch provided by the Tamarisk Restaurant.
Greg Miller, chairman of the Beehive Drive thanked everyone for coming out. He said, the best part of the event is coming out to rural communities and meeting the people. He thanked the Tamarisk Restaurant for providing the lunch. Miller thanked all of the donors who donated to the event. He invited Mayor Brady, Councilman Michael Silliman and Councilwoman Kathy Ryan and Jocelyn to join him.
Miller presented Jocelyn with a challenge coin, pen set, a signed poster, a personalized license plate with her art work, and an art set. Miller presented to the city of Green River a challenge coin, checkered flag signed by participants and troopers and a route book.
Miller invited Wes and Lila Johnson to present the city with other gifts. Green River received a $2,000 community grant from the Beehive Drive to be used for community improvement. The goal of the grant is to make a lasting improvement in the Green River community. Also donated to Green River was a $2,000 scholarship and an additional $500 scholarship. A $5,000 scholarship to be used at Mayor Bradys discretion. The Wing family donated a $1,000 scholarship. A total of $10,500 was donated to the city. Wes Johnson thanked the Beehive Drive, the Miller family and the Green River community for coming out to the event.