Van Horn Automotive Donates to Two Local Gala Events

3/1/16

Van Horn Employees were present at two events this past Thursday (February 25, 2016) in order to donate a total of $1,700 to local businesses. The two events were the Annual Sheboygan County Chamber Champions Gala held at the Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake, WI and the Samaritan's Hand Annual Gala held at the Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, WI.

2/25/15 - Banquet table at the Annual Sheboygan County Chamber Champions Gala 

The Samaratian's Hand Annual Fundraising Gala was a fundraising event for the faith based drug & alcohol outpatient clinic of the same name in the Sheboygan, WI. The gala included fundraising opportunities such as a silent auction, raffle ticket sales, a live auction, and a reverse auction (staring with a large dollar amount and having people promise a donation in that amount.) Over 200 people were at the event.

Van Horn donated $500 to the event and Teresa Van Horn designated an additional $50 donation per Van Horn Attendee at the event. With four employees at the event the final donation came to $700 to Samaritan's Hand. 

To find out more about their organization, please visit them at:
http://www.samaritanshand.org/index.html 

Testimonial given by Samaritan's Hand Participant

Bible passage center pieces that were auctioned off

Van Horn employees who attended. From left to right:

Sarah Rieder, Digital Marketing Specialist

Alex Laganowski, Customer Relations Specialist

Christine Lehmann, Customer Relations Manager

The Annual Sheboygan County Chamber Champions Gala was an awards ceremony that recognized local businesses for their success and achievements. More than 660 people attended the event.

Van Horn donated $1,000 to the event toward the Pay-it-Forward campaign. The Pay-it-Forward campaign takes donations and chooses a random Gala attendee to decide which Sheboygan County charity will receive the money.

Teresa Van Horn presented the check to Gregg Voigt of Curt C. Joa, Inc who was the random attendee picked. Voigt decided to donate the money to the Sheboygan County Cancer Care Fund.

To learn more about the Sheboygan County Chamber visit them here:
http://www.sheboygan.org/

To learn more about the Sheboygan County Cancer Care Fund visit them here:
http://scccf.org/

Teresa Van Horn & Gregg Voigt presenting the Pay It Forward check that will be donated to the Sheb. Co. Cancer Care Fund

Teresa Van Horn and Shannon Laehn choosing the Gala attendee to pick their charity of choice

Several Sheboygan County Chamber  awards

All the attendees at the Sheboygan County Chamber Champions Gala

Van Horn Automotive Group Donates to Sheboygan County Food Pantry

Today, Van Horn Automotive Group traveled to the Sheboygan Food Pantry to deliver a check for a $250 donation. The Sheboygan Food Pantry helps feed many families in the area by providing donated and government funded food. 

Jane Sukowaty, Secretary of the Sheboygan County Food Bank, says their hottest item right now is cranberries. "They [the government] thought cranberries were going to be the next big super food. They weren't. Something else took their place and now we have tons of cranberry products here to give away!," says Jane. That is great news for the people who want to boost their vitamin C intake!

Jane continued to tell us that the government provided food used to be things like cheese and milk and now they provide items such as turkey, chicken, and ham. She said it all depends on what kind of support the agriculture industry needs at the time. 

The money for the donation was raised from the annual Van Horn Christmas party by the employees and from multiple sponsors of the event.

Van Horn Employees Raise Funds to Donate to Local Food Pantries

This year the Van Horn Automotive group celebrated a belated Christmas with their annual Christmas Party at Elkhart Lake's the Osthoff Resort on January 9, 2016. The event helped raise over $1,000 in cash and prizes, as well as a conference room full of food donations! Thanks to outside sponsors such as Automark, VinSolutions, and others, we were able to donate prizes to our Christmas party raffle as well.

We are please to announce that we have donated the food and a $500 donation to the Plymouth Food Pantry, Sheboygan Food Pantry, and the Fond Du Lac Food Pantry!

In photo: Kayla Stobb, BDC Representitive, and Tim Goeckerman, General Manger, present food pantry check to the Fond Du Lac Food Pantry.

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Van Horn Automotive Group Announces Truck Center

The Van Horn Automotive Group has begun demolition 12/17/15 of buildings on Eastern Avenue in Plymouth (across from Chuck Van Horn Dodge and Joe Van Horn Chevrolet) on the site of its new Van Horn Truck Center, THE TRUCK FACTORY. The new dealership will feature the State’s largest inventory of new Ram and Chevy trucks and vans along with all other makes and models of used trucks, vans and SUV’s for both consumer and commercial customers. This new, 12 acre (total) facility will allow truck customers to select from over 500 new and used trucks and vans and over 200 SUV’s along with an off-road test track, pre-weighted trailers for demonstrating towing characteristics and a dedicated upfit facility for the installation of accessories, bedliners, commercial truck bodies and commercial van upfits. “We are very excited about bringing this new benchmark facility to Plymouth and all of the upper Midwest” stated Paul Miller, Fleet & Commercial Truck Manager for the Van Horn Group. “It will allow unprecedented access for customers to be able to see and drive the largest selection of retail and commercial trucks, vans and SUV’s all at one location”. “We are building this as the first “destination” truck/SUV dealership in Wisconsin that people will want to come to even if they aren’t in the market for a vehicle, much the same as some sporting goods stores become destination shopping locations just because they are a cool place to visit”. A Grand Opening celebration is scheduled for spring/summer of 2016 at 3003 Eastern Avenue in Plymouth.

The Van Horn Automotive Group includes 12 family-owned Wisconsin dealerships selling new Chevrolet, Dodge, Ram, Chrysler, Jeep, Hyundai and Mazda vehicles along with all other used makes and models in Plymouth, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Manitowoc and Madison (Stoughton). They have over 500 employees in Wisconsin. www.vhcars.com

Van Horn Automotive Group Raises $1000 for Pigeon River Elementary School

On November 7th The Van Horn Automotive Group partnered with Pigeon River Elementary School during their Artist, Craft, and Vendor Fair.  During the Fair, The Van Horn Automotive Group held a Sign and Drive Event and for every vehicle that was test driven, $10 was donated.  The vehicles that were found at the Fair include the Chevy Tahoe, Jeep Grand Cherokee, and two models from Hyundai including the Tuscon and the Santa Fe.  Money raised from the event will help fund field trips and other student initiatives for Pigeon River Elementary School. 

Van Horn Auto Group Raises $1,000 for Plymouth Soccer Club

The Van Horn Automotive Group partnered with Plymouth Soccer Club for a Sign and Drive Event this October.  Chevrolet donated $25 for each vehicle that was test driven and Van Horn Automotive Group matched that amount. Chevrolet vehicles in the line up for the event included the Tahoe, Suburban, Silverado, Traverse, and the Equinox.