MotorWorld Gives Multiple Donations to Local Charities

In October, Rick Osick, President of MotorWorld, met Karen Evans Kaufer, Executive Director, Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity, at a home being built for a deserving family in the area to present a $5,000 donation from MotorWorld Toyota.

MotorWorld has selected Habitat for Humanity as part of their ongoing charitable giving efforts in the community, with 2017 being their second year of support. 

Left to Right: Jay Thomas, Brand Manager, MotorWorld Toyota, Rick Osick, MotorWorld Division President, Jessica Suda, Artistic Director, KISS Theatre Company, George Barron, Board Member, KISS Theatre Company, Bob Edwards, Brand Manager, MotorWorld Toyota 

KISS Theatre Company in Wilkes-Barre received a $2,500 donation from MotorWorld to assist in their mission to educate, entertain, and enrich the lives of young people through the arts of theatre, dance and song.

The donation will go towards maintaining the programs they offer students, including workshops in improvisation, technical theatre, movement, makeup and wardrobe management, monologue, comedy, musicianship, ensemble building and the audition process.

Left to right: Jay Thomas, Brand Manager, MotorWorld Toyota, Rick Osick, MotorWorld President, Roderick Blaine, Operations Manager, The Commission on Economic Opportunity, Amanda Brueckler, Marketing Director Weinberg Food Bank, Gene Brady, Chief Executive Officer, The Commission on Economic Opportunity, and Bob Edwards, Brand Manager, MotorWorld Toyota

In an effort to fight hunger during the holiday season in the Wilkes-Barre community, MotorWorld donated $2,500 to the Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO), Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank's Thanksgiving Project.

The Regional Food Bank distributes food to charitable organizations that feed the needy throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. In the past year, the Weinberg Food Bank distributed over 5 million pounds of food to more than 160 agencies. MotorWorld is proud to help community members, ensuring no family is without food this holiday.

MotorWorld President Rick Osick said “MotorWorld Toyota is proud to continue our philanthropic dedication to local organizations and non-profits that first and foremost help disadvantaged families and children. Organizations such as the United Way, Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO) / Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank, KISS Theatre Company and Habitat for Humanity are key to the region’s success and well-being. All of us at MotorWorld take great pride in our ability to help those in need throughout northeastern Pennsylvania.”