Mike’s Auto Body Celebrates 100th Car Giveaway

On December 15, Mike’s Auto Body, headquartered in Concord, California will be giving away its 100th vehicle through its nationally known Benevolence Program at a presentation held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, CA. The event starts at 4 p.m. Pacific Time.

The Benevolence Program is a community relations program designed to generate good will at the local level while improving and promoting the image of the collision repair industry. The program’s mission is to present refurbished cars to deserving individuals or organizations. It’s an example of local companies working together to help make life a little easier for those less fortunate.

Over the last 21 years, Mike’s has presented a total of 96 cars to deserving families and

non-profit organizations. This will be Mike’s 21st anniversary participating in the

Benevolence Program.

“It has been so rewarding over the last 21 years presenting cars to deserving individuals and organizations who are working to improve their skills and become independent. We are inviting our entire company and all of our business partners to celebrate and witness the presentation of our 100th Benevolence car,” said Sal Contreras, marketing director at Mike’s Auto Body. “We always say that at Mike’s, ‘we are providing a hand up as opposed to a handout.’ The recipients are working towards making a better life for their families and all they need is reliable transportation to make it happen.”

The Mike’s Benevolence Program is an ideal charity model for body shops because it involves insurance companies, local non-profits, and the local community. Everything is donated: the cars, parts, paint, mechanical inspections, tires, and one full year of insurance. The body and paint technicians donate their time and talents.

“We are fortunate to have the generosity of CSAA Insurance, Farmers Insurance®, Enterprise Rental, , Liberty Mutual/Safeco Insurance, and Recycled Rides collaborating with Mike’s in presenting four refurbished cars to four deserving families,” Contreras said. “As of October 25th, 2021, we have presented 96 cars over 21 years to deserving families, individuals, and non-profit organizations. On Dec.15th we will be presenting four vehicles to reach our goal of 100 cars.”

Each year the collision repair industry comes across cars that are “written off” by either the owner or the insurance company. Often, these are older vehicles that just need some mechanical and body work to get them back on the road and perfectly safe to drive. Because the people at Mike’s strongly believe that these cars are going to waste when there are deserving people out there who really need them.

“We feel very fortunate to be involved with such a wonderful program and are very excited to be able to give back to the area communities that have supported us for the past 49 years,” said Mike Rose, owner of Mike’s Auto Body. “After receiving hundreds of applications over the years and reading the heartbreaking stores, we only wish that we could do more. But hopefully with

increased publicity of our Benevolence Program other shops will adopt a similar program of their own.”

The big event takes place Wednesday, December 15, 2021 from 4pm-9pm at the Concord Pavilion, located at 2000 Kirker Pass Road in Concord, CA.