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Next 25 Winners Announced for Toyota 100 Cars for Good Program

Public Voting to Determine 25 Remaining Nonprofit Organizations to Receive Toyota Vehicle

• A total of 75 nonprofit organizations have been selected by the public to receive a new Toyota vehicle
• Five non-profit organizations will continue to be profiled on Toyota’s Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/toyota) each day through August 16
• One vehicle will be awarded each day through August 16, for a total of 100 vehicles

TORRANCE, CALIF. (August 4, 2011) – Toyota today announced the third set of 25 winners of the Toyota 100 Cars for Good program, which awards 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days to 100 deserving non-profits. Winners of the Toyota 100 Cars for Good program are determined based on voting from the public. Each day, five organizations are profiled on Toyota’s Facebook page where the public is invited to show their support by voting to determine the winning nonprofit organization.

Each daily winner will be awarded a new Toyota vehicle to help the organizations continue to do “good” in their local communities. The remaining finalists will each receive a $1000 grant from Toyota.

The third set of 25 winners spanned several categories including human services, animal welfare and protecting victim of abuse. From providing housing and supportive services to homeless families to working to prevent child abuse to distributing meals and food to those in need, a variety of worthy causes were shared on the finalists’ profiles and ultimately selected by the public to receive a new vehicle to further support their missions.

The third 25 winners in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program are:

Feeding South Dakota	Sioux Falls, SD	June 28, 2011
Blind Dog Rescue Alliance	Philadelphia, PA	June 29, 2011
CHS – Hutton House	Modesto, CA	June 30, 2011
Childhelp	Scottsdale, AZ	July 1, 2011
The Hope Institute for Children and Families	Springfield, IL	July 2, 2011
Ahimsa House	Atlanta, GA	July 3, 2011
Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse	Jackson, TN	July 4, 2011
Angels Rest Animal Sanctuary	New Richmond, OH	July 5, 2011
Dream Power Animal Rescue Foundation	Colorado Springs, CO	July 6, 2011
ACDS - Association for Children with Down Syndrome	Plainview, NY	July 7, 2011
Kentucky Blood Center	Lexington, KY	July 8, 2011
Paws'itive Teams	San Diego, CA	July 9, 2011
Food Bank of Lincoln	Lincoln, NE	July 10, 2011
Santa's Hide-A-Way Hollow	Middlefield, OH	July 11, 2011
Pennypack Farm & Education Center	Horsham, PA	July 12, 2011
Families in Transition	Manchester, NH	July 13, 2011
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Foundation	Louisville, KY	July 14, 2011
Friends of Chabad of Lake Success	Lake Success, NY	July 15, 2011
Meals On Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties	Massillon, OH	July 16, 2011
Feed'em Soup Community Project	Sycamore, IL	July 17, 2011
Quest Farm	Georgetown, KY	July 18, 2011
SafePlace	Austin, TX	July 19, 2011
The Louisville Zoo Foundation	Louisville, KY	July 20, 2011
Cascades Raptor Center	Eugene, OR	July 21, 2011
SafeHouse of Shelby County	Pelham, AL	July 22, 2011

Public voting for the 100 Cars for Good program opened May 9 and will continue through August 16. Voters may place one vote per day, each day, over the course of the program. Each day, the previous day’s winner will be announced and five new nonprofit organizations will be featured for voting.  Winning organizations can choose from the following vehicles: Prius, Tacoma, Tundra, Highlander Hybrid, Sienna or Sienna Mobility. Toyota will provide a six-year, 100,000-mile Toyota Vehicle Service Agreement to provide extended protection beyond the vehicle warranty.

The 500 finalists, from which the 100 winners are ultimately selected, were chosen by an independent panel of judges who are experts in the fields of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility.

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“It gives us great pride to announce the third set of 25 winners in the Toyota 100 Cars for Good Program,” said Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. “The voters have selected winners that provide valuable and much-needed services to their communities, and demonstrate what is possible when we put others’ needs before our own. We congratulate our third set of 25 winners and wish the remaining finalists the best of luck.”