CORPORATE GIVING
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS 2022 marked the fifth year of Advance’s American Heart Association “Life is Why” campaign, raising nearly $1.4 million to help in the fight heart disease and stroke. In addition to store fundraising across Advance and Carquest stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, this year’s campaign also provided customers the option of donating online. Our distribution center-based team members found creative ways to support the campaign such as salad bars, bake sales and dunk tanks, raising an impressive $45,000. Funds contributed by Advance will support potentially lifesaving health screenings, research, tools for healthier living, CPR training and more. Carquest Independents held their own store fundraising campaign in support of Hire Heroes USA, raising $100,000 to support free job search assistance for U.S. military members, veterans and their spouses. Employment assistance is the No. 1 requested service from transitioning military members and Hire Heroes USA provides that service to thousands each year. Finally, through our TechNet-affiliated professional shops, Advance continued its support of Brakes for Breasts, raising $27,000 for the nonprofit in support of Cleveland Clinic’s breast cancer vaccine research. Advance contributes to Brakes for Breasts by offering $40 rebates on Carquest-branded brakes at TechNet-affiliated professional shops. Shop customers can choose to redeem the rebates for cash or donate the money to Brakes for Breasts. ADVANCING OUR ROADS PROGRAM Through Advancing our Roads, we provided gift cards to local police departments to provide to motorists when they were pulled over for violations such as non-functioning headlights or taillights. Rather than receiving costly citations, these motorists instead received Advance gift cards to help cover the cost of the needed repairs. In 2022, we donated approximately $65,000 of gift cards to 27 local law enforcement departments, often in markets where new Advance stores were opening.
CUSTOMER AND COMMUNITIES GIFTS PROGRAM
Advance introduced a new gifting program this past year focused on nonprofit events and projects that are meaningful to our professional customers. The Customers and Communities Gifts Program accepts recommendations from team members in all divisions of the company and supports the activities of community-based nonprofits with which professional customers have an affiliation. Recipients of 2022 Communities Gifts Program gifts included Lumpkin County High School in Dahlonega, Georgia, which used the funds to purchase needed hand tools for students in its automotive technology class, and the American Legion Post 25 in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, which used the funds to help purchase a bus-style vehicle to transport its Honor Guard, a group that performs military services at veteran funerals in the surrounding community, among other services.
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