Sheehy Auto Stores Raises More Than $120,000 in 50-Day Annual Campaign to Benefit Susan G. Komen Foundation

Gaithersburg, MD (July 6, 2012) – Sheehy Auto Stores, Inc. and its family of 16 auto dealerships have announced they have raised more than $120,000 to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation as part of their 15^th annual 50-day campaign that concluded last week. 4842 automobiles were sold from May 9 – July 2, just under the company’s “5000” goal. 

 

“This is by far our most successful and long-running annual campaign that each year gains more momentum,” said Vince Sheehy, President.  “In addition to setting a more aggressive goal of selling 5000 cars in 50 days, we included another outreach program that provided free mammograms to those in our community.  Our ‘Sheehy 5000’ campaign is one that has been embraced by each of our dealerships, our employees and every community we serve.” 

 

Highlights of the annual campaign included a visit by the GW Mammovan to Sheehy Ford/Nissan Springfield that provided free mammograms; “Cards of Hope” stations at each dealership whereby the community was invited to create personal messages to a loved one, survivor or stranger fighting breast cancer; a Sheehy Team rally with nearly 100 employees who gathered to run/walk in the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Global Race for the Cure in Washington, D.C.; and a “Show & Shine” Car Show at Sheehy Ford Gaithersburg that raised an additional $3,000 to benefit the cause. 

For more information visit www.sheehy.com or call 703-802-3480.

 

Sheehy Auto Stores, Inc.

 

Sheehy Auto Stores began in 1965 as a small, suburban, family-owned Ford dealership just off the brand new Washington, D.C. Beltway.  Because of customer response to their innovative approaches, Sheehy was immediately successful and by 1975 had become the largest Ford dealership in the country.  Today, the company is still primarily family-owned and has grown to more than $900 Million in sales with nearly 30,000 vehicle sales per year.  Sheehy’s 16 locations and 21 import and domestic brands serve customers in the Baltimore, Annapolis, Richmond and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas.  Sheehy’s mission is “ONE TEAM building a lasting relationship with each customer based on trust.”

 

Susan G. Komen Foundation
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-800 I’M AWARE.