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On Monday June 1 st, 2015, Max Paul’s Central City Toyota hosted the University City District and its entire staff for the annual “University City District Appreciation Day” at Central City Toyota. Over 100 employees attended the luncheon and enjoyed a catered lunch from Hymies Deli in Marion. To learn more about the University City District visit their website: http://www.universitycity.org/ or their official Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/universitycity Thank you to Matt and the entire University City District team! Thank you to Hymies Deli ( http://barsonsdeli.com/) for helping to cater this appreciation day luncheon.

On Thursday May 14th, Max Paul's Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota hosted another successful New Owner Celebration. New Car owners were educated on the maintenance and technology by Assistant General Manager Jamie Haberle and Ardmore Service Director Ivan Loi. In addition, Lead Technicians Carmelo Robles and TJ Wagner were on hand to show customers different features on their vehicle and under the hood. Technology geniuses Dario McCollin and Jared Bell did refresher courses on the different parts of technology including Navigation, Entune, Bluetooth and more. Thank you to Elaine Gillison and Bernadette Porreca for helping to put on a successful New Owner Celebration and setting up a wonderful dinner of appetizing cold cuts from Hymies Deli. Congratulations to Gretta and Will on winning the iPad!! Do you want to learn more about the New Owner Celebration? Click here to find out more, and contact us if you are interested at service@ardmoretoyota.com!

On Thursday April 21st, 2015, Families Forward Philadelphia presented an award at the 4th Annual Jannie Blackwell Humanitarian Award Dinner to Max Paul's Ardmore Toyota and Central City Toyota. The award was in recognition of the commitment by Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota to vulnerable families in Philadelphia and the commitment Families Forward Philadelphia. On hand to represent Ardmore Toyota and Central City Toyota was General Manager Jamie Haberle who was applauded for the many years that Ardmore and Central City have remained committed to such a wonderful cause. To learn more about Families Forward Philadelphia, visit their website here: http://familiesforwardphilly.org/.

Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota are giving out Blarney Stuffed Animals to give out to our customers' children here at the dealerships when they visit our Sales & Service Departments! Blarney represents a donation made on behalf of our companies in support of seriously ill children who are staying at the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House. Thank you to everyone for helping to support a wonderful cause!

Mary Ware arrives at the Tree of Life Clinic in Tupelo at 6:40 a.m. to ensure she will have a place in line for treatment when the free medical clinic opens at 4:30 that afternoon.  Now, with the efficiencies instituted in the clinic – thanks to the partnership with Toyota – she can arrive later with assurance she will be seen that day. Since January, members of the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi have partnered with Tree of Life Clinic to provide on-site support – free of charge – helping to improve the clinic flow while preserving doctor/patient interaction time.  The improvements include increasing the number of patients seen while reducing waiting time for those patients by an average of 24 minutes and decreasing the length of the clinic workday for volunteers by an average of one hour. Established in 2010, Tree of Life Clinic is a free medical clinic that provides basic medical and dental care for people in North Mississippi that is fully staffed by volunteers and 100% funded by donations.  Open two days a month (1st Wednesday and 3rd Saturday), the clinic sees approximately 80 patients on Wednesdays and 120 on Saturdays for those who do not have health insurance, cannot afford to pay for medical care or may not be eligible for Medicare/Medicaid. Read more here.

[gallery] On Tuesday, June 18th, 2013, Susan Campbell, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House (PRMH) and Linda Parry, the Director of Volunteers at PRMH arrived at Ardmore Toyota to accept a very generous donation from Max Paul. The Max Paul Family Organization through Ardmore Toyota, provided PRMH with two new 2013 Toyota Sienna vans to provide reliable transportation to and from the hospital for families staying at PRMH while their children receive lifesaving medical care. This year marks the 23rd year that the Max Paul Family Organization has been providing PRMH with vans to transport their families. Every three years Ardmore Toyota replaces the vans with new vans at no cost to PRMH. The van services enable families to maintain their well-being by helping to reduce their transportation-related stress and expenses during their time at our House. Every day from 9am to 9pm, the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House provides scheduled van transportation service to and from eight area pediatric hospitals, with the majority of volunteer-provided shuttle trips to and from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. All families staying at PRMH are eligible to utilize the van service. Families meet in a dedicated meeting spot outside of our kitchen area prior to our regularly scheduled van departures and reminders about departing vans are issued via the House intercom system. In 2012, we provided approximately 3,500 van runs to the hospital. Without the generosity of the Max Paul Family Organization, this daily service to families would not be possible.

Hymie’s Deli of Merion uses Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota as their official vehicle of transportation for their World Famous Deli. To learn more about Hymie’s click here. Question of the day:    What is your favorite Deli meal?

On Thursday May 2nd, Sales Associate Bobby Tahmas was surprised by his customers Candy & James when they came to pick up their new 2013 Toyota Rav4. They arrived at the dealership with 2 freshly baked Cakes and cupcakes with a Toyota Theme! Check out the pictures of the tasty treats that they had for Ardmore Toyota employees. Thank you Candy & James for a wonderful treat, and more importantly we wish you all the best with your new 2013 Toyota Rav4 on behalf of your sales associate Bobby!

On Saturday April 20th, 2013 Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota participated in the 32nd Annual 5K Run for Clean air. In observance of Earth Day, we had a Toyota Prius V on hand for participants and guests to see and to learn about. Our Technology Genie Peter was on hand answering questions for everyone about the Prius and the amazing technology in this Toyota Hybrid? Want to learn more, or see our selection of Hybrids? Click here. Over the past 32 years, the 5K Run for Clean Air has grown into Philadelphia’s largest Earth Day Celebration, become a certified green event, added a 3K walk, and more. Located on the beautiful banks of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, the Run is a celebration of sustainability, clean air, and improvements in the region’s environmental health. To learn more about the event and to see the results, click here.

On Thursday April 18th, 2013, Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota hosted a celebration for all new owners. With a fully catered buffet from Hymies, customers had the opportunity to meet the Service Directors of both Ardmore & Central City, as well as the Technicians and advisors. Some customers won prizes and all left with a goodie bag. Customers learned about vehicle maintenance and technology during the celebration. Do you want to attend a future New Owner Celebration? Email us at events@ardmoretoyota.com to find out more. Thank you to the over 60 new owners of Toyota models who came to the celebration!

In conjunction with Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April, Teen Vogue and Toyota announced on April 4 th, 2013 “Arrive in Style,” a safe driving campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving among teenage girls and inspire them to make a mutual commitment with their mothers to drive safely. In conjunction with the launch of “Arrive in Style”, Toyota released new findings from the Study regarding driving behaviors of teen girls: •Sixty-two percent of teen girls report using a cell phone while driving (handheld and/or hands-free). •Nearly one in three girl teens (30 percent) reads a text or email once or more every time they drive. •Almost a quarter of girl teens (23 percent) respond to a text once or more every time they drive. •Almost one in five (19 percent) of teen girl drivers report that they have extended conversations via text message while driving. •More than half (51 percent) of girls say they search for music on a portable music player, such as an iPod, while driving. •Twelve percent of girls report that they update or check social media, such as Facebook or Twitter, while driving. •Seventy percent of teen girl drivers report they drive with two or three teen passengers and no adults in their car, which is associated with a doubling of a driver’s risk of being killed in a crash, as compared to having no passengers Click Here to watch a Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaqlN3EN4Us&feature=share&list=UUr7ZFxNlDvb3waeoTN1_3mA Click Here for the Full Story: http://pressroom.toyota.com/releases/teen+vogue+toyota+partner+safe+driving+campaign+april4.htm?view_id=39839

On Tuesday February 5 th, 2013, Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota hosted several dozen members of the Ardmore Business Community to discuss plans for their involvement and marketing to an estimated 170,000 visitors during the 2013 US Open at Merion. Among the attendees were USGA Championship Director Hank Thompson, USGA Volunteer and Player Services Liaison John Coppins and Lower Merion Police Lt. Dave Snyder Click here to read the article written by the Ardmore Patch