Toyota Touts Second Quarter Giving
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowToyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Inc. says it awarded more than $120,000 in grants during the second quarter of 2013. The company says much of the funding focuses on educational programs in the counties where many of its employees live.
September 3, 2013
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Princeton, Ind. — Many area nonprofit organizations and the citizens they support will benefit soon from funding provided by Toyota Indiana. Toyota's second quarter grant cycle recently concluded with donations of more than $120,000 awarded to organizations spread throughout 11 counties.
With area students back in school, many of the grant requests were geared toward school programming. Other requests included the Red Ribbon Committee for a Drug-Free Gibson County for its Red Ribbon Rally and the Tri-State Alliance for its TSA Youth Group.
“We want to wish all area students a great start to the 2013-14 school year,” said Kelly Dillon, Toyota Indiana spokeswoman. “While a majority of these grants were designated for school programming, others were used to embrace diversity, such as the Tri-State Alliance Youth Group donation.”
Toyota’s grants are given to nonprofit organizations in the counties where the majority of its 4,500 team members reside. Counties represented this quarter were Wabash and White counties in Illinois, Henderson County in Kentucky and Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties in Indiana. The Philanthropy Committee, which is made up of team members from different areas of the plant, reviews grant applications and selects programs for funding on a quarterly basis.
“These funds from Toyota will help our organization a great deal,” said Wally Paynter, board president, Tri-State Alliance. “We will be able to provide more services to our at-risk youth in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.”
The deadline for Toyota Indiana’s next grant application is Nov. 15. To apply, please visit www.toyota.com/tma/about/community/orgForm.do?tmmi.
Daviess County:
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Daviess County, Indiana
Dubois County:
Jasper High School Performing Arts
Gibson County:
City of Oakland City
Emergency Management Agency of Gibson County
Friends of Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area
Gibson County Area Rehabilitation Centers
Gibson County Council on Aging
Gibson County Habitat for Humanity
Princeton Daily Clarion
Red Ribbon Committee for a Drug-Free Gibson County
The Salvation Army
Henderson County:
Henderson County High School
Shelter for Women & Children
Knox County:
Christian Educational Foundation
Pike County:
Pike Central High School
Spencer County:
Heritage Hills High School
Solutions in Education and Training
Wabash County:
Mount Carmel Middle School
Mount Carmel Register
Warrick County:
Warrick Ecumenical Soup Kitchen
Newburgh Area Food Pantry
White County:
Carmi White County High School
Washington School
Vanderburgh County:
Central High School
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestral Corp.
Holly’s House
Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana
Tri-State Alliance
Vanderburgh County 4-H Council
Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana
About Toyota
Toyota, the world's top automaker and creator of the Prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, we’ve built more than 25 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ nearly 40,000 people (more than 37,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships sold more than 2.3 million cars and trucks in 2012 – and about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the country, with a focus on education, safety and the environment. As part of this commitment, we share the company’s extensive know-how garnered from building great cars and trucks to help community organizations and other nonprofits expand their ability to do good. (NYSE:TM) For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
To date, Toyota has contributed more than $700 million to American nonprofit groups. For more information about Toyota’s contributions in the U.S., visit www.toyotainaction.com.
Source: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Inc.