Test drive a Ford at Drive 4UR Community on June 1 and help raise some serious cash for 100 Mile House & District Soccer Association.
Sunrise Ford in 100 Mile House is holding the event between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Save-On-Foods parking lot and all it will take is 10 minutes of your time.
The more people who test drive a vehicle, the more money Ford of Canada will donate to the soccer association, up to a maximum of $6,000.
However, if 300 people take test drives, Sunrise Ford will double the amount to $12,000.
To sweeten the pot, everyone who drives a Ford will have their name entered in a draw for a free 45-minute airplane ride, a 2014 soccer registration that is transferable to any child, or a soccer ball.
Throughout the event, there will be a thermometer on site, tracking in real time, the number of test drives made and the money raised.
This will be the only fundraiser for the club this year, says Werner Heine, soccer club sponsorship and communications director, and its success is important.
“It will ensure our fields will be paid off next year,” he says, adding the total bill for construction of the new 100 Mile Soccer Park amounted to $1.3 million.
“All our efforts are on now to get 300 people to take a test drive, but we need to reach out beyond our typical soccer community.”
He notes that only one person from each physical address is eligible to count for the event.
As car seats will not be installed in the participating vehicles, there will be complimentary child-minding provided while people take a test drive.
