Community Involvement
Committed to our community
A core belief throughout the All American Auto Group is that it's up to us to give back and be involved as much as possible within our communities. That's why when it comes to sponsoring a local sports team, donating a gift basket for a raffle event or helping out families in need around the holidays, we do all we can to help out.
We are extremely strong supporters of our community heroes; those who give so much to our area and its residents on a daily basis. These community heroes include, but are not limited to, police officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, military personnel, nurses, doctors, teachers and more. We are happy to be able to offer a variety of Ford rebates and incentives offered to those who are in these professions and there is no one is better at helping customers get maximum savings from Ford than us! We have an amazing relationship with Old Bridge Police Department and many other local first responders and community heroes.
JAR of Hope
JAR of Hope is one of our main charity partners and is an organization that we all hold close to our hearts. It was founded by Jim Raffone to bring awareness and raise funds directed to the ongoing research in the hope of eliminating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Jim set out on this mission as he is trying to save his son, Jamesy, who was diagnosed with DMD in 2013. For the past two years, we attended and sponsored multiple events, including the Stadium Run, golf outing, JOH gala, a '69 Mustang raffle, and a Texas Hold 'em tournament. All American Ford has not only been one of the main sponsors at many of these events, but we also donated three Ford trucks to be used in their 'Pulling For A Cure' truck pull challenge and was home to the '69 Mustang while it was being raffled. On October 19th, 2020, the township of Old Bridge embraced an amazing record-breaking achievement.
The community came together to cheer on the completion of a 260-mile walk from Washington D.C. to Old Bridge, New Jersey in just under 8 days. This journey was finished by James Raffone, Founder & CEO of JAR of Hope, along with a dedicated team known as Team Jamesy 24/7. The last check point before the finish line was All American Auto Mall in Old Bridge, as we helped raise over $88,000 for JAR of Hope and a check was presented amongst a crowd of JAR of Hope family and supporters. The crowd along with our employees then walked 2 miles from the dealership to Lombardi Field in Old Bridge to the official finish line. Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry and Congressman Chris Smith were there waiting for the team at the field to cross the finish line of their record-breaking 260 mile journey.
Drive 4 UR School
Every year, we participate in Ford's Drive 4 UR School event. This program is a test drive event from Ford that focuses on our dealership ensuring that customer have the opportunity to try out new models, while getting the maximum donation from Ford. Over the past few years, we have raised over $4,000 per year for one of our local schools, including Old Bridge High School and Freehold High School.
Old Bridge Police Department & Local First Responders
Our local police departments work hard to keep our communities safe and we are proud to be a supporter of theirs. During the holiday season, we teamed up with New Jersey 101.5, the New Jersey State PBA and our local police departments for the Feel Betters Bears campaign. The goal was to collect brand-new stuffed animals to be given to children on the scene of a crisis situation as first responders will carry these stuffed animals in their vehicles and give them to children in emergency situations to comfort them. We kept boxes in all of our showrooms and service drives to collect the stuffed animals and we were able to get the boxes completely filled, on multiple occasions! We collected 7,500 stuffed animals to donate to help comfort children in crisis situations. We work hand-in-hand with our hometown heroes at the Old Bridge Police Department as well. We donated a passenger van to hold their crew and equipment while they honored fallen officers by riding in the Unity Tour.
Sammy's Hope Animal Welfare and Adoption Center
For the past 7 years, we have proudly partnered with Sammy's Hope Animal Welfare and Adoption Center in Sayreville, NJ to help animals find their forever homes. They have participated in our annual Pet-A-Palooza adoption events in our Subaru showroom each year to a great success. In 2020, with the Covid-19 pandemic, an in-person adoption event was impossible. So we worked together with Sammy's Hope to create the 2020 Pet-A-Palooza Video Series that aired throughout the month of October on YouTube and Facebook. Many of the animals featured in the video series have since been adopted and we couldn't be more proud to have helped Sammy's Hope achieve their goal. From adoption events to their great golf outings, All American Auto Mall and Sammy's Hope continue to work together to raise funds, awareness, and try to get all the animals we can into their loving forever homes.
Manalapan Girls Softball Club
We are proud to support the Manalapan Girls Softball Club, the only recreational organization offering softball to the Manalapan Community! On October 1, 2022 members of the team came to our dealership to sell pumpkins, apple cider, donuts and coffee to support their organization. We are very happy to be partnered with this great team and can’t wait to see them play next season!
Plus Many More Local Businesses!
We also actively support our local restaurants such as Bubba’s 33, Friendly’s and FruttaBowls in Marlboro. Sammy's Hope and Old Bridge Animal Shelter, the Tommy G Show and so many more! Partnering with our surrounding local businesses and organizations is just one way we like to say thank you to our community for the support they show us!
If you have an idea for a partnership, sponsorship or donation opportunity, please reach out to Jason@aafordnj.com or contact us.