AUTO STOP COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
WE BELIEVE IN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, NATION, AND THE WORLD.
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Our Charities
Auto Stop is involved in many charities locally, nationally, and internationally.
4 KIDS INTERNATIONAL INC. dba MILAGROS: Milagros is dedicated to helping those less fortunate around the world. We have several projects we are involved with.
Our biggest project right now is in Haiti. We have established in conjunction with others, a trade school to teach the automotive trade in Jeremie, Haiti. The school is a 3-year program which offers its students automotive repair training. This training provides them the skills needed to better compete for opportunities to secure jobs in a region of the world where the unemployment rate hovers somewhere around 70%.
The school’s first class began in 2014. As the students skill level increases the goal is to provide repair services for the community and to use any funds received through those repairs to become a self supporting operation. If we can make this model work in Haiti then we could use as a trade school model in other areas of the world.
We have also been involved in the very poor community of Tecate, Mexico, including construction of schools for a hillside community.
Pottery. You may have seen some Pottery around our shops. This pottery is made by an orphanage near Tecate and is sold to provide care for the kids at this orphanage.
We also our involved in supporting a childrens home in Brazil. The Quaresmas are a family of almost 40 kids including several with special needs. Though some of these children are older, there are still over 20 that remain at the house. Some of the older kids, who are now adults, have stayed to help run the family home.
We give support locally in several areas including youth sports leagues and helping to provide breakfast at a local homeless shelter in Alexandria.
Nationally we support the following organizations:
