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Every year, Honda of America initiates a community outreach campaign encouraging all Honda and Acura dealers nationwide to give back. This year, Honda decided to extend their efforts all summer, allowing dealer groups the time to dig deeper with one project, or to even complete multiple projects.

“Overall, we really experienced a Honda Weeks of Service campaign unlike any other,” said Jennifer Gomez, Hendrick Cares lead at Honda of Concord. “Our teammates knew how much this would mean to our community, and we were not at all surprised at how much they stepped up.”

What do mini bikes, dunk tanks and youth development have in common? They’re all part of our Charlotte-area Honda stores’ project for Honda Weeks of Service!

Honda of Concord, Hendrick Acura, Hendrick Honda and Honda Cars of Rock Hill all hosted employee fundraisers to benefit Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth and Families and its chapter of NYPUM, the National Youth Project Using Minibikes. NYPUM is a national partner of Honda that uses mini bikes and trail riding to develop leadership, life skills and mentor relationships for under-served youth.

Since 2010, Hendrick Automotive Group has been proud to work with Quest Resource Management Group on our environmental sustainability efforts. All 100+ of our dealerships, service centers and collision locations participate in this program, as we are committed to a cleaner way to do business. In 2020 alone, Hendrick Automotive Group recycled over 27,000,000 pounds of waste. The volume recycled prevented the emissions of over 38,000 metric tons of CO2.

The latest Hendrick, Get Set. Go! grant celebration was hosted on Monday, July 12th as the final event of Atlanta race weekend for Kyle Larson and Hendrick Automotive Group, sponsor of the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevy. Students, teachers and staff from Buford High School attended to accept a $10,000 donation to support the school’s new computer science lab.

As part of the dealership’s ongoing community efforts, Hendrick Volvo Cars of Charleston announced a formal partnership with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, July 19. The dealership donated a branded car that will help officers engage with the community to build positive relationships that go beyond policing.

For combat-wounded veterans, transitioning from the military back to civilian life can be a challenge. That, combined with the cost of a new vehicle, can put added burdens on our nation’s military service members and their families. To help, Wells Fargo teamed up with Hendrick Automotive Group, Hendrick Honda of Easley and Military Warriors Support Foundation to present a payment-free 2021 Honda Pilot to retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Timothy Harvley during a special key ceremony Thursday, June 24, at the dealership.

On Friday, May 21, a group of local students visited the K1 Speed Go Kart track in Austin, Texas. It wouldn’t be considered an unusual outing for the group of young motor enthusiasts, who are all part of the automotive technology program at their school, except for the fact that they wouldn’t just be racing each other that day. Their visit was part of a Hendrick, Get Set. Go! event and they would get the chance to race NASCAR driver Kyle Larson and celebrate their school receiving a $10,000 STEM award.

Hendrick Automotive Group is expanding our support of local schools with the launch of our nationwide Hendrick, Get Set. GO! initiative in partnership with Hendrick Motorsports and Kyle Larson, NASCAR Cup Series driver of the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet. The new competition funds education projects in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in multiple key markets. We want to say “Go!” to great ideas that bring students from all backgrounds to the starting line of the STEM track.

In response to the global pandemic last year, we transitioned our longstanding holiday meal drives to online fundraisers, and the results have been inspiring. Hendrick Automotive Group’s second virtual fund drive raised a total of $400,000 for our 27 food bank partners across the country.
 

Will Farmer has been racing on and off since the late 1960s, but one thing has remained constant – his love for Chevrolets. Now in his 70s, Mr. Farmer is faster than ever, and he holds the world records to prove it. He has become an honorary part of the team at Rick Hendrick Chevrolet Buick GMC, working with the dealership and Chevrolet Performance whenever he can.

As an automotive company, we are lucky to be able to connect with enthusiasts in every neighborhood our dealerships call home. When we share our passion, skills and experience with each other, no record…