ACDelco, Shops Provide Free Repairs To Families In Need

During a National Day of Service during the week of May 11, ACDelco's independent Professional Service Center program participants partnered with the GM Foundation, Safe Kids Worldwide and local charities to help families in need to repair their vehicles in 17 cities.

To celebrate its 100th birthday, ACDelco and 17 ACDelco Professional Service Center (PSC) program shops across the U.S. partnered with local charities to repair for free the vehicles of families in need.

ACDelco - 100 Years - Service Day“Without the support of repair shops in communities like these, we would have never reached this milestone,” said Robert Sanford, general director, ACDelco. “As we celebrate our centennial, we wanted to partner with several of them to give back to families in need to express our gratitude.”

During a National Day of Service during the week of May 11 – which took place in 17 cities across the U.S. – ACDelco’s independent PSC program participants partnered with the GM Foundation, Safe Kids Worldwide and local charities to help families in need to repair their vehicles.

Program highlights included helping families coping with cancer in Georgia with Mitchell’s Automotive; helping keep kids safe in Utah with Gines Auto Service, partnering with Safe Kids Salt Lake City to offer child safety seat checkups throughout the day and help 15 local needy families make much-needed repairs to their vehicles; and helping immigrants in New York with Seasonall Automotive.

In many cases, the shops covered the cost of the repairs even when they exceeded the original budget to help these families get back on their feet. In addition to the shops listed above, the following PSC shops participated in the ACDelco National Day of Service:

Best Auto Service Center, Tannersville, Pennsylvania
Gerry’s Tires Plus, Huntsville, Alabama
Glenway Auto, Cincinnati, Ohio
Hilltop Auto Service, Byron Center, Michigan
Hixson Transmission, Hixson, Tennessee
Joman Auto Service, Linden, New Jersey
Local Wrench, Belfair, Washington
Richard’s Car Care, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Rockdale Automotive, Rockdale, Illinois
Tammen Auto & Tire, Hartford, South Dakota
United Auto Sales & Service, Waterbury, Connecticut
Village Mobile Auto & Tire, Waunakee, Wisconsin
Wilson’s Garage, Pfafftown, North Carolina
Winchester Tire, Memphis, Tennessee

“I visited with many of those who benefited from this kind and generous initiative on behalf of ACDelco’s 100th anniversary,” said Pete Treinen of Village Mobile. “The good that was done is best measured by the smiles, hugs, heartfelt thank yous and even tears that I saw and shed myself.”

To learn more about ACDelco’s centennial, visit ACDelco.com/100years.

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