{"id":12964,"date":"2015-08-28T16:06:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=12964"},"modified":"2015-08-28T16:06:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T20:06:03","slug":"scanlon-auto-supports-local-events-and-nonprofits-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2015\/08\/28\/scanlon-auto-supports-local-events-and-nonprofits-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Scanlon Auto supports local events and nonprofits in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Scanlon-Auto-Group-black.tif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12856\" title=\"Scanlon Auto Group (black)\" src=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Scanlon-Auto-Group-black.tif\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2015) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scanlonauto.com\" target=\"_blank\">Scanlon Auto Group<\/a> will support the following charitable events during the month of September.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->On Sept. 3, Scanlon Auto will serve as a Bronze Sponsor for Gulfshore Business\u2019 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual 40 Under 40 Awards Celebration at Harborside Event Center. Recipients are younger than 40 years old and excel in their profession and in community service. Winners are honored at the gala and featured in the magazine\u2019s September issue.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 29, Scanlon Lexus will host the Junior League of Fort Myers\u2019 monthly membership meeting at the dealership. As part of the Junior League\u2019s 50<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary, Scanlon Auto is serving as the title sponsor for the Junior League\u2019s Taste of the Town event for 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScanlon Auto has always supported a wide variety of charitable endeavors and community events,\u201d said Jay Scanlon, vice president of Scanlon Auto. \u201cSouthwest Florida has been very good to us, and we want this community to thrive so that others may pursue their dreams here as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scanlon Auto Group supports a number of charitable events and organizations through monetary support and materials including vehicles for golf tournaments, parades and races. Annually, Scanlon Auto donates more than $100,000 locally. As a Lexus dealer, it provides support through various corporate programs including The Lexus Pursuit of Potential, Dealer Matching Funds, the Lexus Eco Challenge, Champions for Charity golf events and more.\u00a0In addition to being major sponsors of the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital of Southwest Florida, Scanlon Auto is also a major contributor to The United Way of Lee County, Arts for ACT, the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Lee County, The Harry Chapin Food Bank, and many other organizations that support people and the arts in our area.<\/p>\n<p>The Scanlon family has been operating car dealerships in Southwest Florida since 1980. Today, Scanlon Auto Group includes Scanlon Lexus and Scanlon Acura, both located south on U.S. 41 in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 239-433-2277 or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scanlonauto.com\/\">www.scanlonauto.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2015) \u2013 Scanlon Auto Group will support the following charitable events during the month of September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}