Hundreds of classic car enthusiasts continue to support local veterans through a series of cruise nights held at the Blue Mountain Drive-In Restaurant.

The Blue Mountain Classics Car Club hosts cruise nights twice a month from May through October, with donations collected for the Valor Clinic Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving veterans throughout the Poconos and Lehigh Valley.

Founded in 2012 by retired Green Beret Maj. Mark K. Baylis and co-founder Tony Cross, the Valor Clinic Foundation is headquartered in Jonas. The organization provides nonmedical support services for at-risk and homeless veterans, including shelter assistance, food, clothing, furniture, household goods, peer support groups, help with veterans benefits paperwork, retreats and other outreach programs.

Attendance at the club’s cruise nights regularly exceeds 200 vehicles, according to organizers.

The donations raised through the events help support the foundation’s programs for veterans. Last year, the Blue Mountain Classics Car Club presented the organization with more than $3,000 raised through cruise night donations.

“We are able to offer free meals to our veterans for all holidays, which is very important,” said Donna Tully, president of the Valor Clinic Foundation.

Tully, who has served as president for the past two years, said the organization’s next Lunch and Learn event is scheduled for Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. at 1130 Scenic Drive in Kunkletown. The program will focus on ways community members can better serve veterans, with a particular emphasis on the foundation’s Hope for the Homeless program.

Among the vehicles drawing attention at the cruise nights is a 1928 Ford Model A Roadster owned by Wayne Culp of Kunkletown.

“I bought this Model A just three years ago from the original owner,” Culp said. “His wife was still driving it into her 70s. The gentleman bought it in 1953 and made it a real postwar hot rod. Everything is original. I drive it at least three times a week.”

The event also attracts longtime friends and local residents, including Jonny Videira and Robert George of Palmerton. George regularly brings his restored 1967 Chevrolet Corvette hot rod to the shows.

George said he discovered the vehicle in a junkyard and spent five years restoring it. He painted the car to resemble the vehicle featured in the 1967 film “Hot Rods to Hell.”