Premier Kia Cares - Our Community Involvement

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At Premier Kia, we are proud to be an active member of the community.  We have a culture of participating in community events and supporting community organizations.  Our customers and employees live in this community and we are proud to be a good neighbor and a proud corporate citizen. 

Read below for a small sample of our community participation and contributions.

January 1st, 2024-Contributing and helping the Ben Callahan Elf Party raising over $19,000

 

September 12, 2023-Premier Kia Donates $2,500 to Special Olympics Connecticut in Support of the Law Enforcement Torch Run


September 22, 2023
Premier Kia
P.O. Box 3366
Branford, CT, 06405-1966

Dear friend,

Thank you for your recent gift to Special Olympics Connecticut in support of year-round, inclusive sports programs and health/wellness/fitness offerings for individuals with intellectual disabilities. We received your donation in the amount of $2500 on September 12, 2023 for the Law Enforcement Torch Run and appreciate your generosity.

As we look towards the post-pandemic future, we are eager to continue to reactivate our local programs while returning to regular in-person experiences. Despite the challenges of the past few years, we have adapted to the changing landscape and continue to provide meaningful engagement opportunities for our community of athletes. Our goal in 2023 is to improve the mental health of our athletes through Special Olympics' sports and health programming and bring SOCT closer to the athlete numbers we served prior to 2020.
Thank you for being a member of the Special Olympics Connecticut family and for contributing to our athletes' success.
Sincerely,



Michael B. Mason President and CEO

This letter is your receipt. No goods and/or services were provided by the organization in exchange for this donation.
Federal Tax ID# 23-7099756

Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc.
2666 State Street, Hamden, CT 06517-2232 USA Tel 203-230-1201 Fax 203-230-1202 
Website www.soct.org Email specialolympicsct@soct.org
Created by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation for the benefit of persons with intellectual disabilities 

New Haven Firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr. died a hero on May 12, 2021 while responding to a fire on Valley Street in New Haven. He was a loving husband to Erica Martinez, a loving and caring father to their sons Oliver Torres and Crew Torres, who is to be born in August.  Home - FF. Ricardo Torres Jr. LODD Memorial

New Haven Firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr. died a hero on May 12, 2021 while responding to a fire on Valley Street in New Haven. He was a loving husband to Erica Martinez, a loving and caring father to their sons Oliver Torres and Crew Torres, who is to be born in August. From May 21, 2021 to June 30, 2021, Premier Auto Group will be donating $25 for every new/used vehicle sold at the company's dealerships in Branford, CT - Premier Subaru and Premier Kia. In addition, our teams will be collecting non-perishable items, as well as baby clothes, diapers and household items to donate directly to the family. Our team is determined to stuff vehicles on the showroom floor with items for the family.' title=

 Premier auto group delivers food to W.H.E.A.T.  Rick Marino and Nate Glazewski delivering food 
 February 10, 2021 - Rick Marino (Representing the Premier Subaru Team) and Nate Glazewski (Representing the Premier Kia Team) donated a van full of food to the West Haven Emergency Assistance Taskforce (WHEAT) in West Haven.  This collection was the culmination of more than a month of efforts by both the Premier Subaru and Premier Kia teams to assist needed organizations in our community.  During January, 2021, both showrooms had vehicles available to store donations - from employees and clients alike - for donation.   The efforts of the Premier team led to a van full of non-perishable food being collected.

WHEAT is a non-profit charity, located in West Haven, CT., that exists on donations of food and funds and has been in existence for more than 45 years.  It is a volunteer organization that assists more than 5,000 households and families, including those that are unemployed, underemployed, disabled, seniors on a fixed income, veterans with limited benefits and children.

Food is delivered to W.H.E.A.T.

We appreciate the kindness of our team and clients to help WHEAT out.  We also thank our Premier teammate, Barbara Brown, who introduced us to this amazing organization.

Premier Subaru, Premier Kia and the entire Premier Automotive Group, remain committed to the communities in which we serve.

January 2, 2021 - Premier Kia and Subaru Collect For W.H.E.A.T

Premier Subaru and Premier Kia of Branford, CT have named W.H.E.A.T, their Charity of the Month for January, 2021.  W.H.E.A.T stands for West Haven Emergency Assistance Taskforce and, is a non-profit charity that exists on donations of food and funds.  W.H.E.A.T has been serving the West Haven community for over 45 years.  It is a volunteer organization that assists more than 5,000 households, which includes more than 1,000 school age children.  These households and families are unemployed, underemployed, disabled, seniors on a fixed income, veterans with limited benefits and children.

Premier Subaru and Premier Kia are in a contest to fill a 2021 Subaru Forester and 2021 Kia Sportage, respectfully, full of non-perishable food to donate to W.H.E.A.T at the end of the month.  The company itself will be starting off the drive with food donations.   Both customers and employees will be participating to make this successful for W.H.E.A.T and the clients the organization serves.

Robert J Alvine, President of both Premier Subaru and Premier Kia stated "We are excited to start 2021 off with a food drive to W.H.E.A.T, an organization that has served the community of West Haven for more than 45 years.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, so many charitable organizations have suffered from a lack of donations and, we simply need to do our part.  We look forward to this being the beginning of a long relationship with W.H.E.A.T".

Premier Subaru and Premier Kia of Branford, CT have served the Greater New Haven community for over 20 years.  The company has contributed more than $1,000,000 to local organizations in an effort to benefits the communities in which the company's employee and customers work and live.  Premier Subaru and Premier Kia are located on the Premier Auto-Mile, off I-95, Exit 54, in Branford, CT and the company's websites are www.premierkiact.com and www.premiersubaru.com.


December 26, 2020. For the third year in a row Premier Kia collected items for Columbus House, a local non profit in New Haven. Our donations went to the Wallingford Emergency Shelter, a program of Columbus House. Premier Kia collected items such as socks - #1 needed item in homeless shelters - underwear, sweat shirts and pants, soap, toothpaste, water and more. This year we also donated over a 100 face shields manufactured by Kia Motors America.

For More information on how you can help contact Sherri Demario (203) 401-4400 or visit https://www.columbushouse.org/



 


 

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