Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation Brings Warmth to Hundreds of Local Children through its Driving Away the Cold Program

This month, the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation will distribute approximately 31,000 brand-new winter coats to underprivileged children living in the five-county region of Philadelphia via its 2013 Driving Away the Cold program. The Foundation proceeded with its distribution efforts in Delaware County on Thursday, October 17, with a delivery of more than 1,500 brand new winter coats to Rocky Run YMCA, which will distribute the coats to those in need in the surrounding area. By the end of October, the program will distribute, via a number of area YMCAs, social services agencies, shelters and more, a total of 3,702 new coats in Delaware County specifically.

Started in 2008 by the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation, Driving Away the Cold is a philanthropic initiative that focuses on keeping children warm by providing brand-new winter coats to children who need them most. The initiative involves a special month-long campaign where participating dealerships pledge an additional brand-new winter coat to the effort when a vehicle is sold in September. Since the program’s inception, the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation and its dealer members have warmed the hearts of more than 140,000 underprivileged children living in the Greater Philadelphia region.

 Twenty-three dealerships located in Delaware County participated in the 2013 Driving Away the Cold program, including the following (pictured left to right): David Penske, dealer member and trustee of the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation; Ryan Irish of Granite Run Buick GMC and John McKinley of YBH Audi.