Bucks County Auto Dealers Pledge to Spread the Warmth Through Eighth Annual Driving Away the Cold Program

In Bucks County, 45 new automobile dealers are joining forces with the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation to warm up winter for local kids through the Foundation’s Driving Away the Cold program. As part of We Pledge month, participating dealers will donate a brand-new winter coat to an underprivileged child for each vehicle sold in September. The pledged coats will be distributed to children in the five-county Philadelphia area in October and November.

“Cold, coat, warmth, kids; how simple yet vital can you get?” asked Kevin Mazzucola, executive director of the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation and the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia. “The breadth of the Driving Away the Cold program is unparalleled. The initiative has united the retail automobile industry of greater Philadelphia against the cold, and we fight that battle by giving local children a brand-new coat to keep them warm as they travel to school and play outside. As we start our eighth year of the program, the participating dealers are driven to help more children than ever before.”

More than 170 auto dealers are participating in this year’s program, including these Bucks County dealerships:
A&T Chevrolet, Sellersville • A&T Subaru, Sellersville • Bill Marsh Ford, Newtown
Ciocca Chevrolet, Quakertown • Ciocca Ford of Quakertown • Ciocca Ford of Souderton
Ciocca Hyundai, Quakertown • Colonial Nissan, Feasterville • Colonial Subaru, Feasterville
Colonial Volkswagen, Feasterville • Davis Acura, Langhorne • Faulkner Buick GMC Trevose
Faulkner Cadillac, Trevose • Faulkner Mazda, Trevose • Faulkner Toyota Scion, Trevose
Fred Beans Cadillac, Doylestown • Fred Beans Chevrolet, Doylestown
Fred Beans Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, Doylestown • Fred Beans Ford, Doylestown
Fred Beans Hyundai, Doylestown • Fred Beans Nissan, Doylestown • Fred Beans Subaru, Doylestown
Gateway Kia of Quakertown • Gateway Kia Warrington • John Kennedy Ford Feasterville
Keenan Honda, Doylestown • Keenan Motors, Doylestown • Keystone Volvo Doylestown
Lafferty Chevrolet, Warminster • McCafferty Ford Kia, Langhorne • McCafferty Hyundai, Langhorne
Mike Piazza Honda, Langhorne • O’Neil Buick GMC, Warminster • O’Neil Nissan, Warminster
Reedman-Toll Chevrolet, Langhorne • Reedman-Toll Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Langhorne
Reedman-Toll FIAT, Langhorne • Reedman-Toll Jaguar, Langhorne • Reedman-Toll Subaru, Langhorne
Team Toyota of Langhorne • Thompson BMW, Doylestown • Thompson Lexus, Doylestown
Thompson Maserati, Doylestown • Thompson Toyota Scion, Doylestown
Thompson VW Porsche Audi, Warrington

Since the program’s inception in 2008, the Foundation, along with participating dealer members, has warmed both the bodies and souls of 177,858 area children in need. In 2014, the program donated 37,606 coats; the Foundation anticipates it will surpass that record in 2015. The Foundation will announce the 2015 coat tally Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, kicking off a month of Driving Away the Cold events. Coats will be distributed using a network of more than 100 YMCAs, social service agencies, school districts, homeless shelters and other non-profit agencies across the greater Philadelphia area. In total, the Foundation has given more than $2.8 million worth of coats and warmth over the last seven years.

For a full list of participating dealers or to learn more about the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation and the difference it is making in the greater Philadelphia community, please visit caringforkids.com.

About the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation
The Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Auto Show. Established in 2003, the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, supports worthwhile child-related programs and causes throughout the greater Philadelphia five-county region including its signature programs, the Black Tie Tailgate, Automotive Technology Competition and Driving Away the Cold. Its mission is to enhance and enrich the lives of children and youth in the communities in which its dealer members work and live. For more information, visit caringforkids.com.