Friday, July 28, 2023 We had a blast at this years Permission To Start Dreaming Foundation Swing for a Soldier event raising a bunch of money for a great cause of having fun while doing it! Forever grateful for organizations like this making a huge impact in the lives and families of so many. Cheers to another successful year!
Thursday, July 27, 2023 Thank you to everyone who came out to the second annual All Chevy Car Show right here at Chevrolet of Everett benefitting Behind the Badge in Everett. Here for a great cause and to enjoy some cars from all different ages. See you next year!
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 This International Women's Day, we want to celebrate the women in the automotive industry at the Harnish Auto Family! We appreciate all the hard work you do and help in making the Harnish Auto Family what it is today. We celebrated with manicures and pedicures at a local shop in Puyallup! Shannon Harnish, our President, says "The auto industry has so many unbelievable opportunities for women whether it's in service, sales, marketing, accounting, finance and more. The most important thing is for women to not be afraid of the industry - retail is retail no matter what you're selling. We are so blessed that we get to build opportunities for women to thrive in the auto industry at Harnish Auto Family"
Tuesday, 25 July, 2023 We are grateful to have had another successful Share the Love season at Subaru of Puyallup. This year we partnered with the Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation and Washington's National Park Fund and donated over $60,000 thanks to the support of our customers choosing to donate to our hometown charities. Thank you!
Tuesday, 09 May, 2023 This April as apart of Subaru Loves the Earth, Subaru of Puyallup partnered with the National Forest Foundation to donate 10 trees for every test drive taken! At the end of the month thanks to our customers support we were able to plant 2,500 trees to support our environment!
Tuesday, 09 May, 2023 Chevrolet Buick GMC of Puyallup partnered up with the YMCA Annual Campaign to help support youth sports programs this March. Thanks to our customers support we were able to donate $2,500 through our Hoops for Hope promotion that will help send kids to camps all summer long!
Thursday, 02 March, 2023 This January 2023 the Harnish Auto Family, partnered with Coffee Oasis in Pierce County and Cocoon House in Snohomish County to help at-risk teens. Coffee Oasis and Cocoon House provides shelter and outreach programs for youth 13-25. We partnered with them this January and donated one item off their wish-list for each test drive taken and donated $1 per vehicle repaired through the month. Elizabeth Hoey the Community Development Manager of Coffee Oasis said, "We greatly appreciate your generosity and support of our mission. You are making a difference in the lives of youth. Thank you!" With our customers support, we were able to donate over $7,500 worth of items and over $4,500 in monetary donations to the Coffee Oasis and Cocoon House combined. Thank you for supporting the Harnish Auto Family so we can continue to give back in these ways!
Thursday, 29 December, 2022 Sound Pathways is dedicated families together in the Snohomish County area, and was the first organization that Kia of Everett partnered with in the community! We are honored to be able to continue to support their organization and all the amazing work they do for our community. Sound Pathways mission states they are a force of hope and healing for at-risk families and individuals affected by alcohol or substance use disorders and mental health issues in Snohomish County. Each day, they honor, uplift, and guide their clients as they walk their individual paths toward recovery. Thank you to our customers who support us so we can support organizations like them and Happy Holidays from Kia of Everett and the entire Harnish Auto Family!
Thursday, 29 December, 2022 Volkswagen of Puyallup was so excited to bring back their annual Jingle all the Way event this December! We invited anyone who had a decorated VW to come out for a car show and also held a toy drive for St Francis House in Puyallup and donated $2500! It was tons of fun to get together in the unexpected snow, see all the festive cars, and fundraise for a good cause in our community. Thank you to everyone who came out and congratulations to our winners who tied for 1st! We are looking forward to more events like this one in the future!
Wednesday, 16 November, 2022 Every October Subaru of Puyallup participates in Subaru Loves Pets month with an adoption event to celebrate National Make-A-Dog's Day and help a local animal shelter! This year they partnered with Sunny Sky's Animal Rescue who recently lost their facility due to a fire and are working hard to continue making adoptions happen, and have shifted to a foster program in order to have a home for all their dogs and cats before they are adopted. With the adoption event, promotions made by Subaru of Puyallup, and other adoption events during the month of October they were able to have 28 dogs successfully adopted! Each person that applied for adopting a dog at our event received a Bark Box full of new pet parent supplies, $100 was donated for each dog adopted in the month of October, and Subaru of Puyallup and their employees donated pet food!
Wednesday, 26 October, 2022 This August, we fundraised money through test drives for school supplies at Harnish Auto Family, as well as donating to Lincoln High School for Subaru Loves Learning. These campaigns in total allowed us to donate over $15,000 to local schools and teachers to ensure they had an amazing school year! Volkswagen, Subaru, and Chevrolet Buick GMC of Puyallup all teamed together to donate $10 for every test drive taken to put towards local schools through Donors Choose, a classroom funding site where teachers can share their projects. Together, we raised over $4,000 with donations and matching offers for teachers in the Puyallup and Tacoma area providing things like books, science kits, art supplies, and classroom materials. Chevrolet of Everett also partnered with the Everett Public School Foundation to donate backpacks full of various school supplies to help out different classrooms in the Everett area! Mrs. Pick from Roosevelt Elementary says, "Thank you so much Subaru of Puyallup for helping my students get materials to love science! These projects are going to be so much fun for them to learn through! I'm excited to offer fun, hands on, engaging projects and lessons! Thanks for your support to my classroom, students, and myself! We appreciate you!" Donations were made to teachers at Sunrise Elementary in Puyallup, Maple Lawn Elementary in Sumner, Roosevelt Elementary in Tacoma, Edgerton Elementary in Puyallup, Frederickson Elementary in Puyallup, as well as the Puyallup Digital Learning Center and the Everett Public School Foundation. We were excited to be able to provide these various supplies to the teachers in our area to create the best experience for their students this school year. Thank you to all our teachers for all you do for our kids and community, and thank you to our customers who allow us to help our community in this way!
Thursday, 22 September, 2022 This August, Kia of Everett and the Harnish Auto Family fundraised $11,222 for Providence Children's Hospice! We donated $1 for every repair order in our service center as well as $50 for every sold car during the whole month of August. Additionally, we were able to open up donations to our customers that wanted to personally donate to the cause at the Providence Children's Hospice Foundation through a direct donation link. Providence Children's Hospice helps to ensure that high quality, compassionate care is continually provided to all those who are dealing with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses, injuries, and conditions in the Snohomish County and Camano Island area. Our donations this past month will benefit the following programs: Camp Erin: A weekend grief camp for kids, designed to counsel children and teenagers who have experienced the death of a loved one. Children and teens ages 6 to 17 attend a weekend camp experience that combines grief education and emotional support with fun, traditional camp activities. Carousel Program: This program is a unique blend of home health, palliative and hospice care, and providing an integrated and tender approach to children and their families. Our caregivers' focus is always on the child's quality of life providing support and comfort during a difficult time. We encouraged guests to leave a message to the kids of Camp Erin and thanks to the Teddy Bear Patrol and Warm 106.9 we were able to donate teddy bears at the end of the month. Providence Children's Hospice team was able to come to our showroom where we presented their check to them from the entire Kia of Everett team. We are so grateful to have had the chance to support this foundation and are thankful to our customers who helped make this possible for us! Thank you for continually supporting us so we can give back to our community in this way.