The Villa Capri Cruisers Car Club has a mission that’s easy to describe, and after a few decades of experience, it’s still worth the effort required. “Things that have to do with children,” said Dave Thomas, Villa Capri secretary and board member. “Our motto’s ‘make a child smile, one at a time.’ Even when the first members started it in ’94, they all said, ‘We’re going to do this. We’re going to help the children in this area.’ That was the basic thing to get it started. That’s what we’ve been doing since.”
The club is based in Scranton, Pa., and draws its members from about a 15-mile radius. It takes its name from what was a hangout for the local car culture during the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Villa Capri Restaurant,
