The 2023 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award
We've been nationally recognized for our dedication to our community and the Subaru Love Promise.
We're honored to receive the 2023 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award. This award nationally recognizes Subaru retailers who are making the world a better place while demonstrating an outstanding commitment to supporting passions and causes in local communities. These efforts are focused in important areas such as the environment, community, health, education, and pets.
What is the Subaru Love Promise?
Subaru and our retailers believe in making the world a better place and the Subaru Love Promise is our vision of respecting all people. This is our commitment to show love and respect to our customers and to work to make a positive impact in the world.
How is Heritage Subaru Catonsville dedicated locally to the Love Promise?
Our Love Promise can be seen in various partnerships with local charities and non-profits. We're grateful for the opportunity, not only to be a part of our community, but to serve it as well.
BARCS: Baltimore Animal Rescue
Maryland Wine Festival
South Baltimore Learning Cente
Love Promise Stories from Heritage Subaru Catonsville
Subaru and Heritage Subaru Catonsville believe in making a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work. We uphold that belief through our Love Promise Community Commitment. Every month, we select inspiring stories from customers and partners from around our area who strive to support our collective commitment and feature them here
Heritage Subaru Catonsville Shares the Love to Help Cancer Patients Who Need Rides to Treatment - Vivienne S
A generous contribution of $27,500 to the American Cancer Society from the Subaru Share the Love® Event, Heritage Subaru Catonsville, and their customers is helping provide free rides to cancer treatment for patients in need of transportation through the Society’s Road to Recovery program. These free rides help save lives. One of the greatest barriers to completing cancer treatment is having transportation to treatment. Many patients are too sick to drive themselves or don’t have enough family and friends to cover the many appointments needed to treat cancer. New research by the American Cancer Society and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, also found that delayed care due to lack of transportation is associated with increased emergency room use and mortality risk among adults with a cancer history. The study was published in the Journal of the "National Cancer Institute" (JNCI). Road to Recovery is a volunteer-driven program. Volunteers donate their time to drive cancer patients to treatment using their personal car. Volunteers are required to have a driver’s license, proof of insurance, pass a background check, be between 18 and 84 years old, and receive training from the American Cancer Society. For example, one such volunteer of Frederick, Maryland is a triple cancer survivor who has added flair to his volunteer driving by giving patients rides in his classic 1990 Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance limousine. Driving patients to lifesaving treatment is one of the most meaningful volunteer experiences a person can have with the American Cancer Society. More volunteer drivers are always needed. For persons facing cancer who need rides to treatment, call 1-800-227-2345 to find out if there are Road To Recovery drivers available in the area. To find out more about volunteering to drive, see www.cancer.org/drive.
Heritage Subaru Catonsville Shares the Love to Help Cancer Patients Who Need Rides to Treatment - Vivienne S
A generous contribution of $27,500 to the American Cancer Society from the Subaru Share the Love® Event of Subaru of America, Heritage Subaru Catonsville and their customers is helping provide free rides to cancer treatment for patients in need of transportation through the Society’s Road to Recovery program. These free rides help save lives. One of the greatest barriers to completing cancer treatment is having transportation to treatment. Many patients are too sick to drive themselves or don’t have enough family and friends to cover the many appointments needed to treat cancer. New research by the American Cancer Society and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, also found that delayed care due to lack of transportation is associated with increased emergency room use and mortality risk among adults with a cancer history. The study was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI. Road to Recovery is a volunteer-driven program. Volunteers donate their time to drive cancer patients to treatment using their personal car. Volunteers are required to have a driver’s license, proof of insurance, pass a background check, be between 18 and 84 years old, and receive training from the American Cancer Society. For example, one such volunteer of Frederick, Maryland is a triple cancer survivor who has added flair to his volunteer driving by giving patients rides in his classic 1990 Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance limousine. Driving patients to lifesaving treatment is one of the most meaningful volunteer experiences a person can have with the American Cancer Society. More volunteer drivers are always needed. For persons facing cancer who need rides to treatment, call 1-800-227-2345 to find out if there are Road To Recovery drivers available in the area. To find out more about volunteering to drive, see www.cancer.org/drive.
Sock Donation - LaToya P
I wanted to share how Kenny Booth, Manager at Heritage Subaru Catonsville, and May Coasum were able to come to our community engagement center and donate 250 pairs of brand-new socks for our clients. I want to simply say thank you from The House of Ruth Maryland. We are grateful for the support!
Heritage Subaru Catonsville, MD has Done It AGAIN!!! - Samuel C
We are so grateful to Kenny Booth, the GM of Heritage Subaru of Catonsville, MD for donating 500 pairs of Socks to the Refuge Temple House of Prayer in Edgewood, MD; COOLJC. We assist many families in this community that are in dire need of every kind. You have once again extended your generosity to those who otherwise cannot do for themselves. Due to the overwhelming number of socks we received, we have also donated 250 of them to the House of Ruth in Baltimore, MD which is the fourth largest shelter in the Country. They provide a safe haven for victims and their children of domestic violence. They were extremely grateful and thankful to receive such a donation, in such a time as this. Thank you to Heritage Subaru of Catonsville, for showing and sharing the love!! Elder Samuel Coaxum & Elect Lady May Coaxum
Share the Warmth - Valencia H
Each year, ShareBaby receives thousands of requests for winter coats from our partner agencies. For many families, finding a warm winter coat is challenging. Coats provide warmth and safety during frigid weather and are essential for children in need. Gifts of coats are the best way to share the love of warmth during the holiday season with children in need. Our Warm Up for Winter campaign aims to collect new and gently used winter coats in sizes NB – 6x for boys and girls. Coats collected during coat drives are given to our partner agencies to distribute directly to families. We are beyond grateful to Heritage Subaru Catonsville for generously hosting a drive. Their support helped us reach our goal by providing warmth, confidence, and hope through donations.
Woodbridge Elementary School - Lori P
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for sponsoring six teachers through the AdoptAClassroom.org program, the teachers receiving your funds are brand new teachers hired this year and came to the school with very little in the way of school supplies and room decorations. Children, particularly in elementary school, become very attached to their classrooms and spend all day in the same one, so it truly becomes a second home to them. What the room looks like matters and posters that reflect strong values and study skills, along with colorful stools and desk caddies make the room more inviting. Teachers were also able to purchase books to start the classroom libraries as well as some basic supplies such as pencils and dry erase markers for students who cannot afford their own. Teachers have felt unappreciated lately and as you have probably heard , many are leaving the profession. Being able to start their career in teaching with this level of support really does make a difference in job satisfaction for them. I would love to continue working on school projects if possible. I cannot thank you enough to for the donation to our school. It is much appreciated! Sincerely Lori A Phelps Principal
UNBELIEVABLY HAPPY - Samuel C
Heritage Subaru of Catonsville, MD made a lot of families that are displaced and in shelters in Maryland extremely happy. Refuge Temple House of Prayer in Maryland, distributed these blankets to these facilities. The blankets were beyond exceptional and they kept them quite warm. They are still talking about how well made these blankets are. They were so overwhelmed with the support from this store and we are looking forward to the assistance we get from them again this year. Way to go Heritage Subaru in Catonsville, MD.
A Cherished Paw-tnership - Alex W
The partnership between the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) and our local Subaru retailer is one that we value immensely. Subaru has always been a massive supporter of our lifesaving efforts and sometimes, we are lucky enough to get to work together directly. A few weeks ago, Heritage Subaru Catonsville was kind enough to host an adoption event for BARCS, in tandem with support from the ASPCA. And the wonderful part was not just the fact that they hosted, they also allowed us to move the date while things were more hectic than usual at the shelter. Once things were set to go, Subaru was the most gracious host to our staff, volunteers, and adoptable animals. All told we were able to find homes for many of our adoptable animals and a great day was had by all. Thank you so much to our friends at Subaru, we can't wait to do this again! :)
Heritage Subaru Catonsville and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Blanket Delivery - Victoria C
On July 7th, the Heritage Subaru Catonsville Team arrived at University of Maryland Children’s Hospital for their participation in the Subaru Loves to Care blanket delivery partnership with LLS. The Subaru and UMD Children's Hospital Facility staff were both very excited for another year of this impactful partnership, and the UMD Children's Hospital staff let us all know how meaningful these blankets are to their patients. We unloaded a few boxes for some photos and videos, and then the Subaru team pulled their car up to unload the rest of the boxes. Due to strict Covid-19 guidelines, the Subaru team was not able to deliver the blankets directly to patients, so after a few pictures and loading boxes onto a cart for the staff, the Subaru team headed out. Even though the visit was short, you could tell it meant so much to the UMD Children's Hospital staff, and even more to the Heritage Subaru team!
Keeping Our Neighbors Warm - Delores B
Blessed in Tech Ministries' Stanton Center Winter Relief Program in Annapolis, Maryland received 4 huge bags of Blankets for the Shelter from Heritage Subaru of Catonsville, Maryland on December 9, 2021! Our mission to preserve life during the winter months from the harsh frigid winter conditions ensuring that no one freezes to death from homelessness here in the City of Annapolis. The blankets we received were not only essential to ensuring that our neighbors would be keep warm, but that they would not freeze to death during the winter months on the streets of Anne Arundel County. Last year our shelter was the only one open during the COVID19 outbreak and we able to remain outbreak free and keep our neighbors warm, however, we did lose 16 of our neighbors over the year. Our Longest Night 2021 Memorial Service reflects our loss (https://youtu.be/l6FoKIxoHUQ). However, we had 406 bed nights and 41 bed days with 71 individuals who stayed an average of 7 days comprised of 59 males and 12 females and one family with 1 child last season. We successfully moved them into transitional housing or permanent housing. Each one of the blankets will help keep our neighbors warm this year! We thank you for your generosity! Thank once again for being a blessing to so many and saving life through the warmth of a blanket! Please feel free to visit our site at http://www.blessedintech.org today!
