“Time to Help” for Three Metro Detroit Car Dealers

Nov. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Three local car dealers are offering more than holiday specials this time of year—they’re also offering a hand to bring holiday joy to local homeless families.

Employees from Meade Lexus of Lakeside ( http://www.lexusoflakeside.com ), Meade Lexus of Southfield (http://www.lexusofsouthfield.com ), and Meade Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram ( http://www.meadedodge.net ) are joining together with many more volunteers to give homeless children and parents a day to remember this holiday season. The day is Saturday, December 4th, and the occasion is an annual Christmas party put on by Mitch Albom’s “A Time to Help” organization.  

"A Time to Help" ( http://www.atimetohelp.org/ ) began in 1997 to encourage volunteerism in Detroit—staging more than 100 projects thus far that include home-building, food delivery, repairs to homeless shelters, and the aforementioned annual Christmas party for homeless children and their parents. The special upcoming holiday party will bring joy to them in the forms of needed gifts, food, games, arts and crafts, and, of course, Santa.

Meade Auto employees and other volunteers will be meeting at Booth Evangeline Salvation Army in Detroit this Saturday morning, dedicating part of their day to helping create a heart-warming atmosphere that shelter residents have grown to cherish.

The Meade Auto ( http://www.meadeauto.com/ ) holiday spirit is being spread even further with holiday toy drives taking place at each dealership until December 13th to benefit local children fighting cancer, as well as through more plans to volunteer with the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries later this month.

Part of The Meade Group’s mission is to share its good fortune by supporting a variety of programs that nurture the health, education, and well-being of those in need in the Detroit metropolitan area.

This holiday season, these automotive dealers continue to do just that.

About Meade Lexus
In 1971, Ken Meade was selected by Chrysler to operate its new Dodge flagship store in Detroit. In a very short time, the store went on to become one of the top-selling Dodge dealers in the country. Then in 1989, Meade Lexus of Lakeside became one of the first Lexus dealerships in the country. Today, Meade Lexus of Southfield and Lakeside are among the top-selling Lexus dealers in the Midwest. The Meade Group also believes in sharing its good fortune by sponsoring a variety of programs in the Detroit metropolitan area, including the Meade Pediatric Hematology Oncology Center at St. John Hospital. A recipient of Elite of Lexus awards and a Michigan Emmy for its sponsorship of "Due Process," hosted by prominent Michigan attorney Henry Baskin, The Meade Group remains one of the most successful automotive retailers in the state.