Lexus Volunteer Scholarship Awards: Voting Contest Kicks Off Tomorrow!

2014 Lexus Volunteer Scholarship Awards Finalists: Natalie Lemire,Jackson Pellegrini, Mariah Roasa, Alex Manu & Caitlin Stuewe

Lexus of Stevens Creek, in association with Cal-Hi Sports and the non-profit organization 19 for Life, presents the Lexus Volunteer Scholarship Awards to local high school athletes who exemplify the balance of a successful college bound high school curriculum while excelling in athletics and actively volunteering in the community!

All high school volunteer athletes who have been chosen and recognized by Cal-Hi Sports as the “Volunteer of the Week” during the 2014-2015 season are eligible to enter the contest for a chance to win one of five scholarship cash prizes. The Lexus Scholarship Volunteer Awards will be presented at the Cal-Hi Sports Award Banquet on May 18th at EA Sports.  

The first phase of the program kicks off Wednesday, March 25th with a Facebook voting contest in which family, friends and the community have the opportunity to vote for their favorite volunteer athlete. The voting period will last three weeks, through Wednesday, April 15th, and the top ten participants will move on to the second phase, the essay portion. From there, a panel of judges will choose five volunteer athletes to be interviewed and then awarded at the banquet. The awards include (1) $3,000, (2) $2,000 and (2) $1,500 scholarship cash prizes!

Please follow us on Facebook for updates. Best of luck to all of the volunteer athletes and thank you for your time, dedication and service!

Lexus of Stevens Creek Hosts Donation Drive to Help the Homeless

Lexus of Stevens Creek has partnered once again this year with HomeFirst. The non-profit organization confronts homelessness by cultivating people’s potential to get housed and stay housed. In 2013, Santa Clara County Homeless Census and Survey found more than 7,600 people are homeless with 4,770 found in San Jose. HomeFirst serves about 500 people a day between the group's 3 shelters.

During the months of March and April, Lexus of Stevens Creek is hosting a donation drive at the LSC Service Center located at 300 Martin Avenue, Santa Clara. Guests who donate three new items including blankets, socks, towels and sheets will receive 10% off their service bill. All donations will be distributed to families transitioning from shelter living.

Lexus of Stevens Creek Guests Donate Hundreds of PJs & Books to Pajama Program!

Lexus of Stevens Creek Sales Consultant Domingo Gutierrez and Community Relations Manager Jessica Fragoso are loading up a new red Lexus NX 200T F Sport with hundreds of pajama and book donations!

For the months of January and February, Lexus of Stevens Creek partnered with the non-profit organization Pajama Program to host a drive at the Lexus of Stevens Creek Service Center. Generous Lexus guests donated a total of 369 book and 112 pairs of pajamas!

Dropping off the donations at the 8th Annual Open Your Heart Pajama Sorting Party at the Fairmont

The Pajama Program provides new pajamas and books to children in need in our community. On Friday, February 27th, the group hosted the 8th Annual Open Your Heart Pajama Sorting Party at the Fairmont Hotel. Folks were able to drop off donations, and volunteers sorted through thousands of pjs and books, boxing them up to be distributed to children in foster care and shelters.

"The mission goes with giving those children dignity of bedtime, and so children in foster care particularly are often there by no fault of their own and end up with just the clothes on their back," says Pallie Zambrano, Pajama Program Bay Area Chapter President. "Giving them the opportunity to transition to bedtime with a new pair of pajamas that are theirs to keep, a book for bedtime stories to read on their own time, it gives them that opportunity."

"We are so inspired by the Pallie and all of the volunteers behind the Pajama Program," says Jessica Fragoso, Community Relations Manager at Lexus of Stevens Creek. "They work incredibly hard to give children in foster homes and shelters the gift of a bedtime story and warm pajamas. And we thank our guests for their kind hearts and donations!"

If you would like to learn more about the organization, please visit www.pajamaprogram.org/chapters/CA-Bay-Area.