Laurie Bokulic speaks with a prospective volunteer
Driver, Bill Chesnutt, prepares to take passenger, Shirley Jackson, home from her math class at Howard Community College.
County Executive, Jim Robey, helps kick off Neighbor Ride's services on November 17th, 2004
Young Volunteers in training
Driver, Bob Jackson, welcomes
his passenger
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article regarding Neighbor Ride in the Columbia Patch Newsletter
Neighbor Ride Provides 10,000th Trip of the Year!
On Monday, May 23rd, volunteer Driver, Bruce Fulton, provided Neighbor Ride's
10,000th trip of the fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). Pictured are Colleen
Konstanzer (Community Outreach Coordinator), Ethel Sturdivant (10,000th trip
passenger), Bruce Fulton (volunteer Driver) and Patrice Cerwonka (Volunteer
Coordinator)
YOU WILL NEVER RECEIVE LESS THAN $300/VEHICLE
YOU WILL NEVER PAY OVER $125 FOR TOWING
NO TOW FEE ON JUNK VEHICLES
ONLY $85 FOR 0-50 MILES
WE DO AN AUTOCHECK (similar to CarFax) ON ALL OF YOUR VEHICLES FREE OF
CHARGE! WE CLEAN ALL OF YOUR VEHICLES INSIDE AND OUT FREE OF CHARGE! WE SELL YOUR VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE!
We know that you are already working with other auctions and towing companies;
however, we are willing to offer you lots of free stuff others charge you for.
Not to mention better rates and services, donations generated through our
marketing, pay on time, integrity, transparency, and so much more.
Our FLAT RATE towing:
0-50 miles $85 and 51-125 miles $125. We tow up to 125 miles! NEVER PAY OVER
$125 for towing. Not to mention if we get the vehicle and it runs through
auction for several weeks and we have to junk it we will pay you a $300 flat
rate with no tow fee; even if we went 125 miles and picked it up.
We enjoy transparency in our relationships & we pay on time.
You can expect payment at the latest 7 days from the close of the auction week.
The Auction week closes the Friday following each Saturday auction. At the time
of payment you will receive a check (minus our tow fees mentioned above), a copy
of the completed title (i.e. buyer/dealer name, address and sale price of the
vehicle); a vehicle condition report for each vehicle (completed at the time of
pick up by our tow truck drivers); and the bill of sale for each vehicle sold.
Notice the tow fee is the only fee we charge you for our services.
The Bill of sale, vehicle condition report, and the copy of the title are to
ensure transparency. We want you to know the sale price of each vehicle and to
see that the title has been filled out by the buyer. We make our money off of
the Buyer's Fee when the vehicle sells through auction. The more it sells for,
the more we both make! This is our incentive to get the most at auction and not
let your vehicles go cheap like many auctions are, sadly, famous for. Bigger
auctions cannot do for you what we do for you! We take the time and give the
attention needed for each vehicle.
We offer you donations
from donors for charities through our Marketing campaign. We advertise “Donate
your vehicle here.” The donations generated are offered to those charities we
already deal with. We can add you to the list!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE!
Thursday, February 9th, 10:00AM
Wednesday February 29th, 6:00PM
Neighbor Ride
volunteers are recognized as nominees at the 2010 Howard County Volunteer of the
Year Ceremony - Photo provided by The Business Monthly
Kennedy Wins Horizon Foundation's Transformative Leadership Award
Neighbor Ride, AMC Theatres, Autism Society and Montalvo Also Winners
Former
Columbia Association president Padraic Kennedy is this year's winner of The
Horizon Foundation's Richard G. McCauley Award for Transformative Leadership. He
and other Horizon Foundation award winners will be honored at a breakfast on
June 24 at the Hawthorn Center. Kennedy was Horizon's second board chair,
serving from 2004 to 2006. Pat took the board to the next level of development
following its early formative period, said Horizon president and CEO Richard
Krieg. He was involved in some key initiatives, including the Foundation's youth
asset development programs and our initial work in community emergency response.
He brought a finely-honed understanding of the community into every discussion
he had as board chair, Krieg added. He brings wisdom and focus to everything he
does, and The Horizon Foundation was no exception." Kennedy called the award a
great honor. McCauley, who was the first chair of Horizon's board, has done so
much for Columbia and Howard County, Kennedy said. He's been such an incredible
leader. To receive an award in his name really is a great honor.
Every year,
The Horizon Foundation honors individuals and organizations that have made
significant contributions to community health and wellness. Neighbor Ride, which
provides affordable, reliable transportation for seniors, is one of this year's
winners of a Health Action Award. In the past year, the organization's 245
volunteers have provided 7,200 trips to medical appointments, cultural and
social gatherings, fitness and educational classes, religious services, shopping
and other day-to-day activities.
AMC
Columbia and the Howard County Autism Society also won a Health Action Award for
their sensory-friendly films. Because autism often causes hypersensitivity to
light and sound, the theater volume is turned down during sensory-friendly
screenings, and the lights are left on. The program began in 2007, when Elkridge
resident Marianne Ross suggested special screenings to then Columbia AMC manager
Dan Harris. More than 300 people turned out for the first show. Three years
later, sensory-friendly screenings are available at 93 AMC theaters in 47 cities
nationwide.
Elisa Montalvo, a Hispanic Achievement Specialist for the Howard County Public
School System, is this year's winner of Horizon's Youth Development Award. Montalvo
joined the Howard County Public School System just over thee years ago as its
first Hispanic Achievement Specialist. Since then, she has launched ENCUENTROS,
the school system's Spanish-language television program for parents, and formed
a Howard County Public School System Hispanic Youth Leadership Team, which
builds community among Hispanic high school students, promotes academic
achievement and higher education, reinforces positive ethnic identity and helps
students develop leadership skills. She also initiated the school system's
Hispanic Youth Mini-Symposium, which is planned and presented by students,
promoted the growth of Hispanic youth clubs in Howard County middle and high
schools and graduated three classes of Spanish-speaking parents from the Parent
Academy.
The Horizon Foundation, Howard County's largest philanthropy, addresses
community health issues through strategic grants, community programs and
partnerships with private and public institutions. For information about the
Horizon Foundation, call 410-715-0311 or visit
www.thehorizonfoundation.org.
Neighbor Ride Receives
Benchmark Award for Business
Howard
CountyCommission on Aging 2010 Recognition
Awards
On May 10thNeighbor Ride was honored with the 2010
Benchmark Award for Business by the Howard County Commission on Aging. The
award is presented to a for-profit or non-profit business located in
HowardCounty or providing services in
HowardCounty. It recognizes businesses that
provide products and services that meet the needs of adults 60 and above and
their families; workplace policies that support employment opportunities for
adults 60 and above; or initiatives that address community aging needs. In
receiving the award, Neighbor Ride was recognized as a business whose practices
serve as a performance model for other organizations.
