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  • Carwash Operators Teaming Up With Fundraisers
    Carwash Operators Teaming Up With Fundraisers By Lisa Lyons Decades ago it became clear that this nation's waterways, bays, estuaries and oceans were becoming polluted from waste dumped by ever-growing industry and population growth in our towns and cities. Congress passed ...More
    January 1, 2002 Lisa Lyons
    Posted in Articles, Marketing, Operations
  • Long Island Carwash Comes Through In Troubled Times
    Long Island Carwash Comes Through In Troubled Times Fundraising effort dedicated to WTC victims By Tracy Charuhas Lakeland Avenue Car Wash cleans an average of 100,000 cars a year. Not long after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, Lakeland Avenue Car Wash in Bohemia, N.Y. ...More
    November 1, 2001 Tracy Charuhas
    Posted in Articles, Marketing
  • Carwashes Aid Terrorism Survivors
    HARTFORD, Conn.-- Karen Ciccotti of Hartford, Conn., recently spent eight days selling bumper stickers at carwashes in central Connecticut to raise funds for survivors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The $3 bumper stickers say "United We Stand" and feature the Statue of ...More
    October 22, 2001
    Posted in News, Marketing
  • MCC Advisory Board Member Honored for Fundraising
    MODESTO, Calif.--Norm Porges, founder of the Prime Shine Express Car Wash chain and a member of the Modern Car Care Executive Advisory Board, has been recognized by the Yosemite Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals as Outstanding Corporate Donor. He will ...More
    October 15, 2001
    Posted in News, Marketing
  • CCA Plans Earth Day Fundraiser
    CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. - The Connecticut Carwash Association is teaming up with SoundWaters, a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection of the Long Island Sound and its watershed through education, to raise funds for the group and heighten awareness of ...More
    April 16, 2001
    Posted in News, Marketing
  • Armor All Sponsors Canadian Carwash Day
    TORONTO -- According to a recent study, 95 percent of drivers interviewed reported that driving a clean car cheered them up. The Clorox Company of Canada is hoping to help cheer up communities across Canada by inviting interested local charity and community groups to ...More
    March 12, 2001
    Posted in News, Marketing
  • Walt Gislason: An American Original
    Walt Gislason: An American Original Minnesota operator honors U.S. veterans By Tracy Charuhas Customers line up for a 10-minute oil change at Walt's Car Wash in Willmar, MN. It took 32 years for an American helicopter pilot to be thanked for his service in the Vietnam War. ...More
    September 1, 2000 Tracy Charuhas
    Posted in Articles, Marketing
  • Promotions and Benefits Build Community Relations
    Promotions and Benefits Build Community Relations Gas House shows it's fun to be a good citizen. By Tammy Lawing The sign said something like: "If it's green, it's free!" And that's how sometime back in the early '70s Gas House Car Washes in St. Louis launched its ...More
    November 1, 1998 Tammy Lawing
    Posted in Articles, Marketing