Subaru of America, Inc., along with Bob Baker Subaru donated a vehicle for use in advancing education at an El Cajon, Calif.-based Automotive Youth Education Systems "AYES" school.
A 2009 Subaru Legacy was donated to the Monte Vista High School program in Spring Valley, Calif. This is not the first time these companies have come together — they previously donated a 2006 Subaru Legacy to Ontario High School.
Kurt Anderson of Bob Baker Subaru worked with Daniel Page, southwest field service manager for Subaru, to make the donation a reality.
"The payback to all manufacturers through programs such as AYES cannot be measured, it is the future of our industry," Page says.
Monte Vista has an AYES program that is taught by shop instructor Mike Fleming, who is excited about the possibility of having a new car to help advance his students' education.
"The students will be thrilled to have such new technology as well as a turbocharged vehicle for learning," Fleming says.
Subaru of America, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of nearly 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru boasts the most fuel-efficient line-up of all-wheel drive products sold in the market today based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy standards. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.
