Second annual "Car Pros Cares" Back-to-School Supply Drive collects more than 12,000 items for students in California and Washington
RENTON, Wash., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "Car Pros Cares," the charitable arm of Car Pros Automotive Group hosted its second annual Back-to-School Supply Drive, which collected and distributed 12,142 school supplies to students across Southern California and Western Washington. The drive ran from August 1-20, 2025, with donation boxes placed at each of the nine Car Pros dealerships. Employees, customers, and community members joined together to support local K-12 students with the tools they need to start the school year prepared and confident.
This year's drive represents a 35% increase from 2024, when nearly 9,000 supplies were donated. Items collected included backpacks, binders, notebooks, calculators, rulers, pens, markers, crayons, folders, and water bottles, essential tools for students that helped ease the financial burden for families. Each dealership partnered with a local school or organization to ensure donations supported children most in need.
Car Pros managers, executives, and staff personally delivered the donated supplies during the last week of August to local schools and nonprofits, including Arlington Elementary and KidVantage NW in Washington, as well as Waymakers Huntington Beach Youth Shelter; Aldama Elementary School; El Monte School District; Serrano Elementary; and Lillian Street Elementary in California.
"Supporting the communities we serve is core to our mission at Car Pros," said Matthew Phillips, CEO of Car Pros Automotive Group. "We're proud to see this year's Back-to-School Supply Drive grow by more than a third compared to last year, and even prouder knowing these supplies, in some cases, filled critical gaps caused by budget challenges, and helped students walk into the classroom ready to learn. I want to thank our Car Pros team members, customers and vendors for their compassion and generosity."
"Car Pros Cares" is the philanthropic engine of Car Pros, a leading automotive group, whose goal is to give back to, and strengthen ties with, the communities in which Car Pros dealerships are located. Car Pros Cares has organized initiatives including Thanksgiving food drives, holiday toy donations, and sock drives benefiting organizations like Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA). Since 2021, Car Pros Cares has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to local nonprofits, including the Downtown Women's Center of Los Angeles, the Salvation Army of Long Beach, and the Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC).
Car Pros, which is committed to changing lives through high-performance and values-led dealerships, was founded in 1993 by the Phillips family as a small used car lot with two employees. Since then, CEO Matthew Phillips and his team have grown Car Pros into one of the fastest growing dealership groups in the United States today, with more than 700 employees and nine dealerships in Western Washington and Southern California. Car Pros serves customers in the communities of Renton, Tacoma, Los Angeles, Glendale, Huntington Beach, and Moreno Valley.
About Car Pros Automotive Group
Car Pros Automotive Group is a leading automotive sales and service group, with dealerships representing Kia, Hyundai, Honda, BMW and MINI. Founded in 1993 by Ken Phillips, Car Pros currently has annual sales of more than $1 billion and is the top selling Kia retailer in the nation, having retailed over 185,000 new Kia models. The retailer is committed to changing lives through high-performance and values-led dealerships. Led by CEO Matthew Phillips, Car Pros is shaping the future of automotive retail: Franchise, professional, tech-savvy, values driven, and people focused. Visit https://www.carpros.com to learn more.
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