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

More than 55 new automobile dealers in Montgomery County 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 local dealerships:
Acura of Limerick, Royersford • Ardmore Nissan • Audi Conshohocken • Audi Willow Grove
Audi Wynnewood • Bergey’s Buick GMC, Souderton • Bergey’s Chevrolet, Colmar
Bergey’s Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Souderton • Bergey’s Ford, Ambler • Bergey’s Lincoln, Lansdale
BMW of the Main Line, Bala Cynwyd • Bryner Chevrolet, Jenkintown • Burdumy Motors, Huntingdon Valley
Caitlin Chrysler Jeep Dodge Jeep Ram, Jenkintown • Carfagno Chevrolet, Plymouth Meeting
Chapman Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Horsham • Chapman Ford of Horsham • Conicelli Autoplex, Conshohocken
Faulkner Nissan, Jenkintown • Fiat of Montgomeryville • Glanzmann Subaru, Jenkintown • Infiniti of Ardmore
Infiniti of Willow Grove • JL Freed Honda, Montgomeryville • John Kennedy Ford Conshohocken
John Kennedy Ford Jenkintown • John Kennedy Ford Pottstown • John Kennedy Mazda Conshohocken
John Kennedy Mazda Pottstown • John Kennedy Subaru, Plymouth Meeting • Keyser Miller Ford, Collegeville
Kia of Lansdale • Lansdale Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Montgomeryville • Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota
Mercedes-Benz of Fort Washington • MINI of the Main Line, Bala Cynwyd • Montgomeryville Acura
Montgomeryville Nissan • Murray Kia, Conshohocken • Nissan 422 of Limerick • North Penn Mazda, Colmar
North Penn Volkswagen, Colmar • Piazza Acura of Ardmore • Piazza Honda of Pottstown • Porsche Conshohocken
Sloane Toyota Scion of Glenside • Sport Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Norristown • Sussman Acura, Jenkintown
Sussman Honda, Roslyn • The Great Britains, Willow Grove • Tri County Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Pottstown
Tri County Toyota Scion, Limerick • Volvo Cars of Fort Washington • Welsh Subaru, Limerick
Wynn Volkswagen, Norristown • Wynn Volvo, Norristown

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 www.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, annually contributes funding and resources to worthwhile child-related programs and causes throughout the Greater Philadelphia five-county region. 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, please visit www.caringforkids.com.