Category: Philanthropy
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United Way’s Day of Caring 2023: Project Linus!
On September 20th, CMA’s Charlottesville campus had the opportunity to give back to their community during United Way’s Day of Caring. CMA participated by helping Project Linus make security blankets for children 0-18 who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. Project Linus has chapters in every state, so the blankets we helped make…
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How Pediatric Cancer Affected Our Family
I never expected pediatric cancer to hit our family, but when it did, it came with force and fury. Last summer, my family of five was vacationing with my younger brother’s family of four. One day, my nine-year-old nephew, Jackson, complained of swelling in his neck and a painful spot on his arm. He went…
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CMA’s Q3 Philanthropy Kickoff with Fuel the Fight!
Happy Friday CMA! September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which means it’s our Quarter 3 philanthropy kickoff with the #FueltheFight campaign! For each vehicle sold during the month of September, CMA’s dealerships will make a donation to local non-profits that support pediatric cancer research and treatment and provide resources for local children and their families as they…
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Back to School Backpacks!
Members of the Richmond Philanthropy team, Kayla Sommers, Valerie Gerbasio, Taylor Johnson, and Jennie Lockett spent the afternoon helping pack backpacks for back to school for the Ask Childhood Cancer Foundation! They were able to make about 90 backpacks for the upcoming 2023-24 school year! What a great way to help students start off on…
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Williamsburg Ford: Cars and Cans Video Highlights!
Williamsburg Ford created a short video showing how their donation went during our Cars and Cans philanthropy! Thank you to Faith Hylton for sharing this with us! What a great way to give associates in other markets a glimpse into the positive impact you made for Fish, Inc. Food Pantry! #MovingLivesForward #OwnersJustCAREMore
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Q2 Cars and Cans Philanthropy Highlights
Thank you to everyone for your efforts to make our annual Cars and Cans food drive campaign a success! There is such a great need this time of year with children being out of school for the summer months and not getting the nutrition they are used to being in school. Locally, we provided 4,017…
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Williamsburg Ford is Crushing Our Cars and Cans Philanthropy!
As a way to engage with customers during our Cars and Cans initiative, Williamsburg Ford is using one of their F150 trucks on the showroom floor to help gather canned goods. We are only 9 days in and the F150 truck already has 577 items so far and they have gotten multiple monetary donations and…
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Cars and Cans Kickoff!
Our Quarter 2 initiative, Cars and Cans, is happening the whole month of June! Summer is a tough season on food banks as they receive the least amount of donations and schools are out for break. Many families who relied on the free breakfast and lunch during the school year now have to take on…
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#GearedUpForLearning a HUGE Success!
Our CMA Philanthropy Committee, with the help of all of you, knocked it out of the park last month for our #GearedUpForLearning campaign! Here’s a recap of all that was (and is still being) accomplished for our area children: CMA’s Valley Dealerships: CMA’s Charlottesville Dealerships: CMA’s Richmond Dealerships: CMA’s Williamsburg Ford: CMA’s Lynchburg Dealerships: CMA’s…
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Annual Ad Design Contest Winners!
Every year the Northern VA Daily newspaper partners with the local schools to have them design an ad. CMA’s Martinsburg and Winchester dealerships have participated with this program for the last 6+ years. Each year the dealerships provide The Daily with basic information on our business – like the Group name, makes we sell, hours,…