Anyone who is a car or plane aficionado was in Seventh Heaven August 25 as the 2007 Morgan Adams Concours D'Elegance brought out some of the most magnificent pieces of mobile machinery in the world. 

The event brings together a collection that spans all collectible eras, representing an incredible array from the earliest significant air/auto to breathtaking modern jets and super cars. If your passion is aircraft, there were dozens of some of the most unique and rare planes, one as early as 1917, present, as well as opportunities to buy rides in some of them through the live and silent auctions. There were flybys that included everything from biplanes to leer jets.

And the cars, oh, the exquisite cars! were present and accounted for. Each was more breathtaking than the one next to it, spanning the opulent era of the '20s, '30s and '40s with masterpieces like the Auburn Speedster Boattail, Cord Sportsman and the Bentley Blower, through the '50s and '60s, including "James Bond" type cars: Ferraris, Porsches, Jaguars and up to modern day Mercedes, Lamborghinis, and even a limited edition Ford GT40. There were even some rare 1950s motorcycles to ogle. Owners were mingling with attendees, describing their passion for their masterpieces and facts about the uniqueness and quality that goes into them. In between appreciating the cars and planes, guests were invited to sample food and drink offerings from area restaurants and disbributors, all to the tunes of the upbeat David Arthur and the Roundtable Band crooning Sinatra and Bennett favorites.

All of these fascinating and achingly beautiful machines were brought out on this sizzling summer evening to benefit the Morgan Adams Foundation's mission, that being a wish to honor the love and lives of the children who are suffering and have suffered from cancer and to educate and increase understanding of childhood cancers, and as the program suggested, "to blend our memories and our hopes with our determination to raise money to further a common goal: a CURE." A poignant video was shown with heart-wrenching testimony from parents and loved ones who have lost a child to cancer, and some who are still fighting and hopefully winning. There really are no words to describe the devastation experienced by those who have lost their child so early.

The Morgan Adams Foundation was founded in October of 2003 by Joan Slaughter and Steven Adams, inspired by the memory of their daughter, Morgan, whose life was taken in 1998 by a brain tumor when she was six years old. Joan and Steven have been able to raise more than $300,000 in three short years to benefit cancer research programs at Children's Hospital.

In the United States, the incidence of cancer is increasing among adolescents and young adults at a greater rate than in any other age group, except those older than 65 years.For more information on how you can help and about the Morgan Adams Foundation, log on to www.morganadamsfoundation.org.