Rochester Hills Shop Donates Medical Supplies To Troy Hospital

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI — A local business recently donated nearly 100 N95 masks to Beaumont Hospital in Troy to help workers on the front line during the ongoing battle against the new coronavirus.

CARSTAR Hamlin, a collision repair facility in Rochester Hills, said in a news release that it was able to source 97 N95 masks to donate to the medical facility.

“We use these masks throughout the repair process so we donated all of the masks we had to Beaumont,” Chris Homrich, the owner of CARSTAR Hamlin, said. “We also worked closely with our vendor to help buy more to donate, to help make our contribution more impactful.”

Homrich and other officials at CARSTAR commended its team members and franchisee owners’ commitment to its communities in the face of a worldwide pandemic. The company said that to date it has donated more than 1,000 pieces of medical supplies and over 1,000 pounds of food have been donated to local shelters. There also have been hundreds of homemade masks made for team members.

“Every day our team members, franchisees and those other crucial front line workers across industries make sacrifices to serve their larger communities through this COVID-19 epidemic,” says Michael Macaluso, Paint, Collision & Glass Group President, Driven Brands. “Not only have we pivoted our business to provide contactless options, but an overwhelming amount of our franchisees and team members have been going above and beyond to help those who need it most right now.”

CARSTAR has also committed to donating $10,000 to the Atrium Health Foundation in Charlotte, N.C. and $10,000 to the St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation in Hamilton, ON. The $20,000 donation is in honor of the CARSTAR facilities, and in the respective regions of the U.S. and Canadian CARSTAR head offices.

“This is about celebrating all of the compassion coming out of a time that has created unprecedented challenges for our world,” Macaluso said. “It is important in times like these to recognize all of the singular individuals, raising the collective disposition in communities across North America.”