SUBARU STAMFORD PARTICIPATES IN 2014 "SHARE THE LOVE" AND SELECTS THE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY AS THEIR "HOMETOWN CHARITY"
Stamford, CT, November 20, 2014 - Subaru Stamford today announced that they will be participating in the 2014 "Share the Love" program and has again chosen The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County as their "hometown charity" to be added to the list of organizations that customers can select to receive the 2014 Subaru "Share the Love" donation.
"Share the Love" will run from Nov. 20, 2014 to Jan. 2, 2015 and allows Subaru retailers the opportunity to select charities operating in their community to be included in a list of organizations that new owners can select from to receive a $250 donation from Subaru of America (SOA) up to $15 million. In the last six years of this program, SOA has donated $35 million to a number of charities through the "Share the Love" campaign. The seventh-annual "Share the Love" program will deliver donations to the following four national charities:
- ASPCA®
- Make-A-Wish®
- Meals On Wheels Association of America®
- National Park Foundation
In addition to the national charities that are participating, The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County will be gifted a donation check with money raised from new Subaru owners at the end of the program.
"Subaru Stamford is thrilled to give our customers the opportunity to select a deserving local charity for this year's 'Share the Love' event," said George D'Angelo, Dealer Principal and General Manager of Subaru Stamford. "Last year we raised nearly $8,000 to help support the hungry in our community. There is no better time than the holiday season to be thinking of our neighbors who need a helping hand. By choosing The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County as their selected charity, our customers are able to do just that."
Subaru donated $7,978.95 as a result of last year's "Share the Love" event at Subaru Stamford
The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Inc., a fully recognized I.R.C. 501 (c) (3) charity, is lower Fairfield County's primary hunger-relief organization. They provide food to more than 85 non-profit agencies and programs that serve low income people in a six town service area through bags of groceries and congregate meals. These include soup kitchens, food pantries, child care programs, homeless shelters, senior centers, domestic violence safe houses, and rehabilitation programs.
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, The Food Bank distributed 2,439,639 pounds of food to its member agencies at a savings to them of more than $3.8 million over the wholesale cost of the food. These agencies reported serving over 4 million meals to more than 150,000 individuals (unduplicated only within each agency) during this period.
"Subaru of America, Inc. and our local retailers are excited to support all of our charities on both national and local levels in this year's 'Share the Love' program,' said Thomas J. Doll, president and chief operating officer, Subaru of America, Inc. "Our customers have a philanthropic spirit and giving back to the communities in which we live and work in is important to all of us at Subaru of America."
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