FREEDOM FORD NEWSLETTER
Ford is Full Throttle...
As a manufactor, no single brand has ever won as many automotive excellence awarad from Popular Mechanics as Ford did this year. As a dealer, we take pride in selling vehicles that Consumer Reports said has better reliability than the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord. With a wide range of quality products focusing on safety and reliability, it feels good knowing we sell innovative, safe, reliable vehicles to this community at a fair price.
Ford is known for their slogan "Built Ford Tough"... this is not only true for their F-Series which is the top selling pickup and truck for 33 straight years but as a company, who said no to the Feds for a handout, forged ahead, and came out on top winning the North American Car of the Year Award for the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and the North American Truck of the Year Award for the 2010 Ford Transit Connect. This is only the third time in 17 years that one maufacturer has won both titles.
I invite you and your family to come to Freedom Ford on Route 52 in Beacon and test drive one of our award winning vehicles like Ford Fusion, winner of the 2010 Motor Trend Car of the Year. You can also check out the user-friendly technologies in the 2010 Ford Taurus that won the Edmunds.com Technology Breakthrough Award and was dubbed Esquire Magazine's firest-ever "Car of he Year".
So Please stop in today and experience the Ford difference for yourself.
The Community Foundation
basket on Sunday or writing a yearly check to a group close to our heart. But of course we can't do it all, and it is almost impossible to know exactly where, if your giving is in the form of money, your donation is going.
The Community Foundation is your solution!
The Community Foundation is your first resource for everthing charitable. The Foundation umbrellas all local charities and areas of need by allowing individuals and groups to apply for grants and scholarships. A panel of professionals and local business people review all applications, verify need, legitimacy, local impace and lasting impact. Donations and fund monies go where they will make athe most difference. There is never a questions of "what is this money realley being used for?" Every donation absolutely makes a difference right here inour community.
Donors can choose a specific area of interest, for example, education, the arts, the environment, the needy etc., or a specifice geographical area they would like their funds to aid. Individuals can also set up funds that will last as their legacy, long after they are gone. Your fund donations ca be as speicif or general as you like. Contrary to what you may thingk, you don't have to start with a lot of money to make a lasting impact. we administer small and large funds, and everything in between.
In 2008 The Community Foundation awarded over $1.4 million in grants and scholarships in Dutchess, Putnam, Ulster and surrounding counties. In this time of finacial woes we have invested wisely and can report that we have beathn our benmarks and outperformed most community foundations nationally. Wow! All this right inour own backyard... and that is the point. We are your Community Foundations! If you'd like to learn more, give the Foundation a call at 845-452-3077 or visit us on the web at
www.cfdcny.org.
Nancy Brownell