Given the big amounts that the Return to Renton Car Show has donated to the Renton Police Department over the past few years, event co-chair Jim Medzegian this week showed up to the City Council toting a big check.

But not only was the prop large, the donation was too, with this year’s show pulling in $13,000 to benefit the department’s youth programs.

“I’m not sure how I’m going to get that in the ATM, but…” Police Chief Kevin Milosevich joked, thanking the group for all they have done.

This year marked the 25th anniversary of the annual downtown car show and brought the total donated to more than $225,000.

Milosevich said last year, the money donated by the car show helped the department offer a $100 sneaker voucher to all male and female varsity basketball players at Renton’s three high schools.

According to Medzegian, this year’s show was another financial success, despite falling a bit short of expectations in the number of cars participating, something Medzegian said was probably due to a some showers that moved through in the morning, scaring off some collectors, who opted to keep their classic vehicles under cover.

But despite the morning rain, 325 cars and an estimated 4,000 spectators packed the downtown core on July 12.

“We felt it was a good show,” Medzegian said.

According to statistics from Medzegian, this year’s show drew 43 percent of participants from Renton, 16 percent from Kent and Auburn and 11 percent from farther away. Ten percent of participants also came from Tacoma, 10 percent from Bellevue and 10 percent from Seattle.

This year’s event had more than 60 sponsors and handed out 40 trophies.

Next year’s Return to Renton car show is already scheduled for July 10, 2016, but Medzegian announced that after 10 years as chair, he and his wife will be stepping down from the leadership team.