Fairway Ford in Steinbach, along with Mitchell Middle School and members of the local community, helped raise much-needed funds this past week for Mitchell Middle School’s playground equipment. The fund raiser was a recent test-drive event, a part of Ford Motor Company’s Drive 4 UR School program.
Drive 4 UR School fund-raising program held at the Mitchell Middle School.
More than 280 Mitchell-area residents test-drove a Ford vehicle at the Mitchell Middle School’s fund-raising event last Wednesday night. Fairway Ford and Ford Motor Company donated $20 for every test drive, with funds going towards the school’s playground equipment.
Since the program’s inception in 2007, the Drive 4 UR School program has generated over $11 million in donations for high schools nation-wide. The money raised during the Drive 4 UR School program has helped ensure that extracurricular actives like sports and music programs continue in local communities despite budgetary constraints and funding cuts.
“I am more than thrilled that so many people from the Mitchell community and area turned out to support the Mitchell Middle School, and I’ve never been more proud to be a Ford dealer. Participants had the chance to take a fun, casual drive in one of our vehicles, while lending our students and community a much-needed helping hand,” said Ron Loeppky, Dealer Principal at Fairway Ford in Steinbach. “With all the cutbacks in school budgets, finding creative ways to fund-raise is imperative,” said Rachel Penner PTA Organizer at Mitchell Middle School. “The money from Ford will make a difference to our students and it says a lot about who they are as a company. The money raised last night will help us furnish new playground equipment.”
