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BU Auto Club

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The BU Auto Club is a newcomer to the fast-growing car club scene, founded in 2020 by a student who has since graduated. Running the show this year has been Arnav Anandam (ENG’25), who joined the club as a freshman in fall 2021, and says the organization has seen dramatic growth in the last few years. Its year-end event , a charity auto show, is scheduled for Sunday, April 27, at BU Lot R (766 Commonwealth Ave.). The aim: to raise money for Make-A-Wish . “It wasn’t much more than a small group of friends who had cars on campus and liked to drive around together,” Anandam says. He became club secretary, and soon the group started hosting bigger events, car meets, and even “cruises,” where five or more cars will drive in unison to a picturesque spot, like Cape Cod or Maine, for a photo shoot. Cognizant of the much more active car clubs and events at nearby Bentley University and Babson College, Anandam knew BU had the potential for bigger and better things. Go-kart events and watch parties for Formula One races proved a hit, and the momentum took off. Finally, in April 2024, the BU Auto Club held its first official car show, raising more than $2,000 for the New England division of Make-A-Wish, the nonprofit that grants wishes to seriously ill children.