For the month of April, Franklin Sussex Auto Mall has turned purple!   Purple signage, purple balloons, purple shirts…all for an amazing reason.  We are participating in the March for Babies this year to help bring awareness and support to the families of these little ones in our community. We want to give hope to those born too soon, or too sick.   The money we raise will support the March of Dimes programs right here in Sussex County.  These programs help to educate mothers, assist them in having healthy, full-term pregnancies, and fund research to find answers to the serious problems that threaten our babies, like premature birth.  Premature birth affects more than a half a million newborns in our country each year…making it the #1 cause of newborn death.  In addition, more than 120,000 babies are born with serious birth defects.  That’s why Team FSAM is walking together…to help give every baby a healthy start.

Franklin Sussex Auto Mall will donate $50 from every vehicle sale toward our goal of $5,000.  Our Team Captain, Kelly Cart, is also collecting donations of $1 or more at the Welcome Center in the showroom, and through our team page:  www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1511073  Please visit us in person, or online, with a donation to help us reach our goal.  Polio was almost completely eradicated by donations of a dime per family….imagine what a dollar per family could do! 

Our event this year will take place on April 30th, at the New Jersey State Fairgrounds, in Augusta.  We gather at 8am for breakfast refreshments, warm ups, music and pep talk…than the 3 mile walk kicks off at 9am.  When you are finished, please stay for a while, and enjoy all the free vendor booths!  That brings me to the TEDDY BEAR CHALLENGE!  At the Franklin Sussex Auto Mall table there will be a beautiful 2010 Furious Fuchsia Challenger R/T filled with stuffed animals.  Any one who attends the event is eligible to guess how many stuffed animals are in the car.  The winner gets a Sony Bravia 31.5″ flat screen LCD HD TV!  And since all the funds raised are for our local area, the stuffed animals will be delivered to children in Haiti affected by the earthquake of 2010, which claimed the lives of over 315,000 people. 

Please join our team by clicking on the link above and walk with us on April 30th, or donate today. Franklin Sussex Auto Mall is proud to be apart of this fundraiser, and proud to call April, “March of Dimes Month” at FSAM.  If you have any questions regarding donations, or joining our team, please contact Kelly at 973-875-3188.  ♥