Local Dealership, MMAC, United Way—'Driven to Give'

The United Way of Millburn-Short Hills, and the Millburn Municipal Alliance Committee are teaming up with Maplecrest Ford Lincoln to keep kids safe on the roads this weekend.

The dealership will provide crucial tips, educational clinics and demos geared toward teens on Saturday, April 20 at the first annual 'Driven To Give' event in the Millburn High School parking lot during the Krug Baseball Tournament.

“Many of us at Maplecrest are parents of teen drivers,” Stephen Giordano, the Dealer Principal at Maplecrest Ford Lincoln on Springfield Avenue said. “We understand how scary it can be for kids (and their parents) when these children turn 17 and suddenly they have mounds of responsibilities on their shoulders."

For every test-drive taken at the event, Maplecrest Ford Lincoln and The Lincoln Motor Company will donate $20 per test drive (up to $8,000) to The United Way-Milburn Short Hills to help support local health and human care programs to benefit our community. 

"These collaborative projects are imperative to promoting health and education in our community," Rose Twombly, Executive Director of the United Way-Millburn Short Hills said. 

The dealership will also hold auto safety and car care clinics on topics such as safely jump-starting your car battery, knowing the signs on your dashboard, proper parallel parking technique and more.   

'Driven to Give' will begin at 10 a.m. and will run till the end of the Phil Krug Baseball Tournament on late Saturday afternoon.

Giodano added, "We feel it’s important for kids to know more about the safe ways to take care of themselves as drivers and what they need to know about the cars they drive.”