Meet a Machine raises $13,000 for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

The car crusher display was certainly a crowd pleaser, but the variety of machines meant there was something for everyone. The show from Cutting Edge Crane featured a crane lifting a crane, which raised a smaller crane. ‘Crane-ception’, if you will.

“Somewhere along the line we’ve seen some pictures of cranes lifting big cranes and smaller cranes, so we thought it was just sort of a neat little show to do,” Cutting Edge Crane Owner Briar Beers explained.

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Many of the presenters attend the event to give members of the Kamloops community a sneak peek into just what it is they do.

“My favourite part about this event is just sort of to be able to give back to the community in some way and let people know what we do,” Beers said. “It’s just really nice to be a part of the community, honestly.”

Five-year-old Reece McDermott and probably around 60 per cent of the other kids at the event know just what to do when meeting a machine.

“The horns, they’re really fun to beep,” McDermott said. Cue the honk battle.

The excitement and fun Reece and his sister got from their honk-off are exactly what Meet a Machine is all about.

“The kids get on it, they’re practicing the driving. You know their imagination is just going wild,” Moorhead said. “That’s the best part. Watching the expressions on the kids’ faces, it makes it all worthwhile.”

Despite the chilly weather, this edition of Meet a Machine raised over $13,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, with some more donations expected to roll in.

by Adam Donnelly

Meet a Machine raises $13,000 for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

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