Toyota of Poway is proud to be a Sponsor of the 17th Annual Swing for the Kids benefiting St. Michael’s School in Poway Friday, September 28, 2012 at the prestigious Maderas Golf Club.
Toyota of Poway is proud to be a sponsor of the Annual LSU Alumni of San Diego Crawfish Boil!
The LSU Alumni of San Diego host the largest crawfish boil west of the Mississippi! They truck in over 15,000 pounds of crawfish from Louisiana to San Diego, seasonsed and spiced just right for the Annual Crawfish Boil!
The event occurs on Memorial Day Weekend, with more than 3,500 people gathering, including LSU Alumni, families and friends.
Funds are raised for scholarships that help send new grads from San Diego and Imperial Counties to LSU!
What a wonderful event for Toyota of Poway to be involved in!
Toyota of Poway is going to be getting a new look soon! Click here to see a bigger image of our future home.
Here are some images from the 2011 ‘WALK FOR KIDS’ event. Vincent Castro/Toyota of Poway did a sponsorship with T-Shirts for the San Diego Center for Children.
Toyota of Poway is proud to be a Bronze Sponsor of the 2nd Annual Finish Chelsea’s Run 5K Run/Walk which will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2012 in San Diego’s Balboa Park. In addition to the 5K run/walk, our family festival will feature many “Chelsea-esque” activities including a yoga booth, organic produce booth, group photo area, sunflower pot painting station for children and other family-friendly activities. Participants will also be treated to post-race refreshments and entertainment.
Finish Chelsea’s Run has already become a well-loved gathering that grew out of community response to the 2010 passing of stand-out high school scholar and athlete Chelsea King. A handful of local running partners asked some of their friends to meet one Saturday just weeks afterward to finish the run Chelsea started on February 25, 2010 in Rancho Bernardo Community Park. Chelsea’s life was cut short by a heinous act in the midst of her training run on that day in that park. On the morning of March 20, 2010 more than 3,500 community members joined together to run and walk in solidarity with and in honor of Chelsea, who they adopted as one of their own.
The original grass-roots “Finish Chelsea’s Run” was such a moving and healing experience for the community that Kelly and Brent King decided to make it an official annual tradition in San Diego hosted by the Chelsea’s Light Foundation, the organization they founded to make positive change for children. On March 5, 2011, more than 5,400 people participated in the inaugural Finish Chelsea’s Run 5K Run/Walk in Balboa Park.
This annual run/walk is now the primary fundraiser for Chelsea’s Light Foundation’s Sunflower Scholarship Fund, providing scholarships for San Diego County college-bound teens who have embraced Chelsea’s service-over-self ethic.
View additional details here: http://www.chelseaslight.org/event/index.html
In 2011, Vincent Castro/Toyota of Poway did a sponsorship with T-Shirts for the San Diego Center for Children! It was a great success, as you can see from the Thank You letter he received below!
Vincent Castro and your friends at Toyota of Poway and are proud supporters of the Friends & Family Community Connection and the work they do throughout the San Diego community. Below is a letter from the director thanking us for our support!
Thank you for your generous donation to Friends and Family Community
Connection (FFCC) and for supporting the work we are doing across San Diego
County for families in need. We appreciated your holiday drive donations of food,
toys and gift cards that we were able to pass on to local families in need to brighten
their season.
Friends and Family Community Connection (FFCC) is a not-for-profit 501 c 3
community organization that is coordinating with schools, churches, businesses,
civic groups and individuals in the region to assist families that are less fortunate.
We also support families and individuals nationally and globally to enhance their
lives. We were grateful for the opportunity to partner with you and look forward to
working together again as we make a difference in people’s lives.
Sincerely,
Becky Palenske
Director of Family Support
Friends & Family Community Connection
On Sunday January 15, 2012 Toyota of Poway was a proud sponsor of the 1st annual Veronica’s Smile 5K walk in memory of Veronica Aguirre. The Turn out was great and everybody had a great time The walk took place at Poway lake and started at 8am. There was a $20 admission fee. All money’s went to Veronica’s Memorial Fund, so we may continue to help Poway High Cheer and Promote/ support Teen Safety Programs and positive choices, Toyota of Poway looks forward to sponsoring next years walk.
As St. Michael’s Parish grows, so do the needs of the many parish ministries and facilities. The Fall Festival Raffle is both an important and fun way to support the good works we strive to accomplish for our parish family. This year, the Raffle had several ways to win great prizes in return for your donation. This year’s Grand Prize was a 2011 Toyota Prius provided by Vincent Castro and Toyota of Poway.
“What a wonder Fall Festival – from great weather to fine attendance, we had the best Festival ever! Many thanks to the organizers, workers, and all that attended. This year we had a $70,000 profit. The car raffle brought us $45,000. I’m most grateful to Vincent Castro of Toyota Poway for his assistance and generosity to have the Toyota Prius as our main prize. What a great celebration this year!!!
God’s blessing always,
Msgr. Neal”
The Poway Unified School District, which encompasses the communities of Scripps Ranch, 4S Ranch, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Penasquitos, Carmel Mountain Ranch, and nearby communities, recognized the Sponsorship and Contribution made to the students and parents throughout the last few years, since Toyota of Poway was purchased by Mr. Vince Castro.
After purchasing and transforming the dealership in 2008 to the thriving and exciting part of Poway’s “Auto Center” along Poway Road, Vince Castro made a commitment to the local Poway business community, and to the residents of Poway and the entire Poway Unified School District to become involved in the community as well as promote the local businesses in Poway.
Toyota of Poway sponsored the 2009 Poway High School Grad night, as well as being the sponsor for the 2010 Poway High School Grad Night, which included donating a Scion XB to the event. Toyota of Poway is also Scion of Poway, and the local residents were thrilled on this particular Grad Night. Toyota of Poway was also a sponsor for the 2010 Midland Elementary School 6th Grade promotion, including a day at the Community Pool for graduating 5th graders.
Toyota of Poway is a proud sponsor of the San Diego Center For Children, as well as the JTRA Harvesters Food Bank of New Orleans. Toyota of Poway is also a sponsor and supporter of various school Athletics and Booster organizations at Poway High School, West View High School, Rancho Bernardo High School, Scripps Ranch High School, and Julian High School.
Vince Castro is a firm believer in supporting the local business community as well, and Toyota of Poway supports the Rancho Bernardo Kiwanis, and also sponsored the Maderas Golf Course “Hole in One” for “Everyday Hero’s” Police and Firemen. Toyota Of Poway also sponsored the Rancho Bernardo Inn “Hole In One” for the Make A Wish Foundation. Toyota of Poway is proud of its involvement and sponsorship of Valley Elementary School’s 5K Run to support local schools.
The Poway Unified School District Students and Parents are proud to have the new Toyota of Poway become an involved member of the community since Vince Castro arrived From New Orleans to establish the new Toyota of Poway, and look forward to the new location of the dealership which will help revitalize the Poway Road Business District.
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