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Savannah Rickli
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January 20, 2011
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Sarah Alessi
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Co's Auto Group donates $8,800 to the Women's Resource Center
FORT COLLINS –Co's Auto Group, consisting of Co’s BMW Center and MINI of Loveland, donated $8,800 to the Women's Resource Center. A donation was made for every vehicle sold by Co’s Auto Group during the months of October, November and December, totaling $8,800, to honor breast cancer awareness. The donation will be used by the Women’s Resource Center to continue to connect women in Larimer County to affordable dental, breast and cervical care.
“Co’s Auto Group is a valued community partner and we are so appreciative of their support of the Women’s Resource Center and the women we serve,” said Annette Zacharias, executive director of the Women’s Resource Center. “To work in partnership with Co’s was mutually beneficial; it allowed them to raise funds while going about their business of selling cars, and it allowed us to focus on our job of serving women in Larimer County. We hope in the future to develop similar cooperative partnerships with other businesses in the community.”
Without affordable health care, most low-income women don’t have the opportunity to thrive and be healthy. They aren’t aware of or can’t afford preventive health practices, such as basic dental hygiene, regular well-woman check-ups and recommended mammograms and PAP tests. These women have a greater risk of late stage cancer diagnoses, higher mortality rates and serious oral health problems. The Women’s Resource Center is here to help them with prevention as well as when larger health and dental issues arise.
Because money shouldn’t be a barrier to a woman’s health.
Please see attached photo. PHOTO CAPTION- Christina Dawkins, owner and dealer principal of Co’s Auto Group, and employees of Co’s Auto Group present Annette Zacharias and Christina Nilsson of the Women’s Resource Center with a donation for every vehicle sold by Co’s Auto Group during the months of October, November and December, totaling $8,800.
About the Women’s Resource Center - The Women's Resource Center is dedicated to increasing access to health and dental care for low-income, un/underinsured women through outreach, education and connection to low-cost services. We are a community-based, grassroots organization that has been contributing to the well-being of women in Larimer County since 1975. For more information visit www.womens-resource.org.
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