Final 25 Winners Announced For Toyota 100 Cars For Good Program

Toyota has announced the fourth and final set of 25 winners of the Toyota 100 Cars for Good program, which awarded 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days to 100 deserving non-profits. Winners of the Toyota 100 Cars for Good program were determined based on voting from the public. Each day, five organizations were profiled on Toyota’s Facebook page where the public was invited to show their support by voting to determine the winning non-profit organization.

Each daily winner will be awarded a new Toyota vehicle to help the organizations continue to do “good” in their local communities. The remaining finalists will each receive a $1000 grant from Toyota.

The fourth set of 25 winners spanned several categories including child services, animal welfare and education. From tutoring children facing homelessness to providing care and comfort to those with a terminal illness to distributing food to families in need, a variety of worthy causes were selected by the public to receive a new vehicle to further support their missions.

“The final 25 winners of the Toyota 100 Cars for Good Program are excellent examples of human compassion put into effective action,” said Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. “It has been an honor to be a part of this program, and to highlight the good work done by non-profit organizations, and to help them expand their services. We congratulate all of the 100 Cars for Good winners, and thank them for leading the way in caring for their communities.”

The fourth set of 25 winners in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program are:

 

The Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center	Paducah, KY	July 23, 2011
Friends of Kids with Cancer	St. Louis, MO	July 24, 2011
Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center	Chicago, IL	July 25, 2011
Any Baby Can	Austin, TX	July 26, 2011
ARF of MS	Pelahatchie, MS	July 27, 2011
Partners in Prime	Hamilton, OH	July 28, 2011
Boys and Girls Clubs of Utah County	Provo, UT	July 29, 2011
Teranga Ranch	Sunland, CA	July 30, 2011
Operation Food Search	St. Louis, MO	July 31, 2011
Sandhills Children’s Center	Rockingham, NC	August 1, 2011
Providence TrinityCare Hospice Foundation – TrinityKids Care	Torrance, CA	August 2, 2011
Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue	Glenville, PA	August 3, 2011
Kids’ Food Basket	Grand Rapids, MI	August 4, 2011
Kids Against Hunger Northwest OK	Cherokee, OK	August 5, 2011
Humane Society of Huron Valley	Ann Arbor, MI	August 6, 2011
Arbor Day Farm / Lied Lodge and Conference Center	Nebraska City, NE	August 7, 2011
Chicago Zoological Society	Brookfield, IL	August 8, 2011
School on Wheels	Indianapolis, IN	August 9, 2011
Lexington Children’s Theatre	Lexington, KY	August 10, 2011
Petey’s Promise	Concord, NC	August 11, 2011
Audubon Society of Portland	Portland, OR	August 12, 2011
Hospice of South Texas	Victoria, TX	August 13, 2011
Hills & Dales Child Development Center	Dubuque, IA	August 14, 2011
Carolina Canines for Service	Wilmington, NC	August 15, 2011
Sci-Quest Hands-on Science Center	Huntsville, AL	August 16, 2011

 

 

Public voting for the 100 Cars for Good program opened May 9 and continued through August 16. Voters were allowed to place one vote per day, each day, over the course of the program. Each day, the previous day’s winner was announced and five new nonprofit organizations were featured for voting.  Winning organizations can choose from the following vehicles: Prius, Tacoma, Tundra, Highlander Hybrid, Sienna or Sienna Mobility. Toyota will provide a six-year, 100,000-mile Toyota Vehicle Service Agreement to provide extended protection beyond the vehicle warranty.

The 500 finalists, from which the 100 winners were ultimately selected, were chosen by an independent panel of judges who are experts in the fields of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. To learn more about all the finalists, including winning organizations, visit facebook.com/toyota and click on the 100 Cars for Good tab.

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