Fast Cars, Big Hearts

Tiff sits down with Cincinnati’s Police Chief Teresa Theetge ahead of the Wyler Automotive Family Fast Cars event — a day dedicated to giving sick kids the thrill of a lifetime in some of the coolest, most expensive cars around. We talk about the heart behind the event, what it means for the families, and how the community rallies together to make it all possible. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're waking up with Fifth in the morning. Kiss on
good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Welcome back to Tips Community Corner, where I introduce you
to the people, the places, and the things that make
up our unique Cincinnati neighborhoods. And this Sunday I'm a
part of Wiler fast Lane, which is a very cool event.
I can't wait to explain it to you. But in
studio I have Miss Terry Thigi, who is our chief
of Police here in Cincinnati.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Thank you so much for taking the time to come
into our studio. Oh absolutely, thanks for having I really
appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
And Graham Wyler, who is our parade chair for this weekend.
So Wiler fast Lane. If you watch the Formula one
movie okay this past year, or you watch f one
Drive to Survive like I do, or you watch the
races on Sunday, this is something you're gonna want to
come out at least look at, because on Sunday morning,
very early through Human Terminal Fountain Square, you're gonna see Ferraris, Lambos, McLarens,

(00:51):
Porsches and they're all locally donated by Cincinnatians here. This
cause in general goes back to the Ronald McDonald House
and other great things.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
But welcome to the show, Graham.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
Thank you for having me.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, thank you supporting us of course.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
So Sunday's Wilder Fastline is it's really cool because these cars,
like I said, get donated and then they stop by
Ronald McDonald house and we see all these kids come out.
They get to see these really cool cars and tell
us a little bit about why Wiler Fast Line exists
for the Wiler Automotive family.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Yeah, it's all about giving back to the community. For
the past fifty years plus, the Cincinnati community has supported
our family business and this is just an easy way
for us to get back to everyone involved.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
What's it like sitting in a McLaren or a but
what are you a Ferrari guy at Porsche guy?

Speaker 1 (01:38):
What are you thinking?

Speaker 3 (01:39):
You know what? I like any car that has my
last name on it. Yeah, but it is a fantastic
experience to get behind the wheel of one of these
supercars and even cooler to get to know the kids
staying at the Ronald McDonald house.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
Right, and they are their faces or they just light
up when you bring the cars through.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
And so that will be happening on Sunday morning.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Terry Talk to me a little bit about what this
means for the Cincinnati community too, especially for you know kids,
we always have it is a soft spot for kids.

Speaker 4 (02:09):
But yeah, absolutely, so you know, I don't know that
there's any one group that's more embedded into the community
than the Cincinnati Police Department. So this is our way
to help the Jeff Fleiler Automotive family, sick kids in
our community and just have a fun day where they
are truly the VIPs, the very important passengers of every

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one of these cars will be driving.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, and they're cool and the kids love it and
they get to go around. So if you want to
support this, or if you like the cars, you like
the kids, you like the you know, the community aspect
of it, Union Terminal, you can come and take a
peek at some of these vehicles at nine point thirty
on Sunday morning.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
Come take a peak.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Of course, our mascots will be there, and there's a
few mascots so we've got our eyes on right now
with the Cincinnati Rens are just hoping for it, so
they'll be there. Is there anything else you want to
talk about with this event that I might be missing
Graham or Terry.

Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, Union Terminal. We're going to have a huge car show.
Our partners, Caffeine and Fuel Cincinnati are going to bring
additional supercars and fun cars to look at. It's going
to be a spectacular event. And yeah, I highly recommend
come out and support these kids and show your support
for the city of Cincinnati.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Okay, and Terry, thank you so much for stopping by
TIF in the morning. Anything else you want to add.

Speaker 4 (03:22):
To Yeah, absolutely, to Graham's point, come on down to
Union Terminal, take a few moments of your time, make
a sign, bring some noisemakers, bring some palm poms, just
really really cheer for these kids, because the whole day
while we're with them, we tell them this day is
about them. This isn't about us, this is for them.
So we want them to really feel the energy down

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at Union Terminal.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, I can't wait nine point thirty, Like I said,
Sunday morning, and if at some point it may not
be today, but some of the proceeds are going to
go to the Ronald McDonald House. So if it comes
across you know your heart in the next couple of
so and you're like, oh, yeah, I remember hearing about
that on TIF in the morning. Feel free to donate
to them and we'll see you Sunday morning. Thanks guys,
thanks for coming to tif's community corner.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
Thank you very much.