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Wednesday • November 28th • 2012
Chicagoland Dealers Care Contest
Oak Lawn Toyota selected Restoration Ministries as its partner charity in Chicagoland Dealers Care – a program designed to deliver year-round support to local nonprofit organizations and amplify the efforts already put forth by
Chicagoland dealers. Restoration Ministries is enlisting the public to cast their vote for them in the Facebook based contest. Individuals are able to vote once a day for Restoration Ministries through
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December 12, 2012 at Facebook.com/DriveChicago. The grand prize winner will receive a $3,500 donation and a Chicagoland Dealers Care public service announcement to boost marketing efforts; second prize is a donation of $2,500; and the third place winner will receive a $2,000 donation. Oak Lawn Toyota’s owner Ronnie Colosimo is a board member and longtime supporter of Restoration Ministries, a nonprofit located in Harvey that provides life-changing opportunities to recovering addicts, at-risk youth and families struggling in poverty. Last year, Restoration Ministries served more than 3,500 individuals through its 22 programs that include Harvey House and Tabitha House, Christianbased residential recovery programs, Harvey Boxing Club, After-School Homework Help & Tutoring, Gallery of the Arts Education Center, and a Food Pantry. “We are extremely grateful to Ronnie Colosimo and Oak Lawn Toyota family for their steadfast support of Restoration Ministries and for selecting us as their partner charity” said Ray Banks, executive director. “We hope that the community will vote for our organization and help us benefit from special opportunity.” “Chicagoland Dealers Care has provided additional financial support to local auto dealers’ philanthropic efforts since 2008,” said Chicago Automobile Trade Association Board of Director Ray Scarpelli. “With the contest, our hope is to shed additional light on the existing charitable contributions put forth by the dealer community and to heighten public awareness of the significant causes supported by local nonprofit organizations.” For more information, call Restoration Ministries at 708333-3370 and for more information on Chicagoland Dealers Care, please visit ChicagolandDealersCare.com. About The Chicago Automobile Trade Association Founded in 1904, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association is the nation’s oldest and largest metropolitan dealer organization. It is comprised of about 400 franchised newcar dealers and an additional 150 allied members. The group’s dealer members employ about 19,000 people in the metropolitan area. The association has produced the world famous Chicago Auto Show since 1935. For more information please visit CATA.info. About DriveChicago.com DriveChicago.com is the area’s most comprehensive, local online source for researching and purchasing new and used cars. Owned and operated by the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, DriveChicago.com is Chicagoland’s largest local inventory listing and has more than 100,000 new and used vehicles. For more information, please visit DriveChicago.com.
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Two Open Park Board Positions The Lan-Oak Park District will be accepting nominating petitions for the position of Park Commissioner for the consolidated election of April 9, 2013. Nominating petitions and supporting election documents from candidates must be filed with the Park District Board Secretary at the Administration Office, 17551 Chicago Avenue, Lansing, Illinois during the filing period of December 17 through December 24, 2012 during normal business hours of 8:00am to 4:30pm. On the last day of filing, December 24, the Administration Office will be open until 5:00pm. The Park District will have two park board positions expiring. Each position has a term of six years. Potential candidates should call the Cook County Clerk’s Office at 312603-1121 for information regarding the legal requirements for the elected position and the mandatory election forms that are required to be filed with the Park Board Secretary.