Vision Automotive Group
Vision Automotive Group Rochester, NY
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Community Involvement
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| Our Vision Is To Give Back To The Community That So Generously Supports Us! Vision
Automotive Group takes great pride in supporting hundreds of charitable
and community based organizations in our community through direct
financial support, vehicle donations and volunteerism. | ||
 ANNUAL TOY DRIVE "Hundreds of children who have spent all or part of the holidays in the hospital or those being treated in our clinics have something to smile about thanks to the generous partnership of the Vision Dealerships." - Larry Denk MD, Medical Director of Rochester General Pediatric Associates. Each year the Vision Automotive Group holds its "Reason for the Season" toy drive benefiting the pediatric patients being treated at Rochester General Hospital. The dealerships provide a free oil change certificate to anyone who donates a new unwrapped toy between Thanksgiving and Christmas, The drive is kicked off by Vision with a "Santa Shop" at Wal-Mart where each of the the six store's General Managers dress in full Santa Regalia and buy cart fulls of toys that are donated to RGH courtesy of each Vision dealership. www.rochestergeneral.org | ||
 GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL VEHICLE DONATION "Vision's generosity has made a very positive impact on Golisano's Children's Hospital and the lives of the children we serve." - Betsy Findlay, Assoc. Director for Special Events Golisano Children's Hospital is devoted to the ability to save children's lives and support their families, while offering top-quality health care that's close to home. Vision Automotive Group shares that commitment by donating a vehicle to assist in raising funds for the Children's Hospital. This year's vehicle raffle allowed the hospital to raise over $12,000 for the children and their families. www.gchas.org | ||
 SEABREEZE CAMP OUTING "The Vision Automotive Group's annual Seabreeze trips are looked forward to by our children more than any other event. The ticket, the money, and especially the goodie bags Vision provides each child, makes this day an extremely happy and memorable one for our children and for all of us that volunteer." - Jane Lyth, Director Since 2003 the Vision Automotive Group has hosted a two-day event for the 80 or more children that are enrolled in Camp Smile, a free summer day camp for the blind and visually impaired. With Vision's support, the children of Camp Smile enjoy two unforgettable days at Seabreeze Amusement Park. www.campsmile.org | ||
 CLOTHING & HOUSE WARE COLLECTION "We are grateful to the Vision family for its support of our mission to provide programs, services, and jobs to people in our community who are blind or visually impaired." -A.Gidget Hopf, Ed. D.,President*CEO The Vision Automotive Group uses its advertising dollars to assist in promoting an annual ABVI-Goodwill clothing and house ware drive. For a three week period donation boxes are set up by ABVI-Goodwill inside each of the six Vision Dealerships. For each donation received, Vision rewards the contributor with a free oil change certificate in an effort to increase donations to this worthy cause. www.abvi-goodwill.org | ||
| The Vision Automotive Group and its employees are contributors to multiple youth, school district, and community based programs and charites including: | |||
| American Diabetes Association | IACC Gala (Missing & Exploited Children) | ||
| ARC Foundation (Golf Tournament) | The Jimmy Fund - Hope on Wheels | ||
| Autism Speaks | Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | ||
| Brighton Fire Department | Light The Night Walk | ||
| Brighton Police Department | Make-A-Wish Foundation | ||
| Camp Arrowhead | Multiple Sclerosis | ||
| Camp Good Days and Special Times | Penfield Youth Football | ||
| Dance Rochester | Performance Plus Dance Studio | ||
| East Rochester Baseball | Rochester Regional Physician Association | ||
| East Rochester Soccer | Ronald McDonald House | ||
| East Rochester Youth Soccer | Rush Henrietta Fire Department | ||
| Easter Seals New York (Golf Tournament) | Rush Henrietta Police Department | ||
| Faith To Faith Fellowship | Rush Henrietta Rotary Club | ||
| Gates Chili Fire Department | St. Rita's Church | ||
| Gilda's Club | Spencerport Hockey Booster Club | ||
| Gilda's Gala | Spencerport Junior Baseball | ||
| Greece Community Partners | Spencerport Rotary Club (Golf Tournament) | ||
| Greece Police UPA (Shop with a Cop) | United Way | ||
| Greece Rotary Club | Wease Cares | ||
| Greece Teachers Association - Eagles for Education | Wayne Football | ||
| Hillside Children's Foundation (Golf Tournament) | Webster Firemans Association | ||
| Hilton Apple Festival | Webster High School | ||
| Hilton Applefest Auto Show | Webster Police Department | ||
| Hilton Football | Webster Thomas Football | ||
| Holley Rotary Club (Golf Tournament) | WXXI Auction | ||
| Hospice Foundation | YMCA Youth | ||
| Humane Society | |||