A Commitment to Their Community Drives Success for These Owners of Arizonia Maaco and Meineke Locations

CHARLOTTE, NC (September 13th 2024) – Three Arizona entrepreneurs have turned their passion for serving customers with high-quality, trusted automotive repairs into a commitment to providing the communities where they do business with food, supplies, resources and even transportation for those in need, all in just a few years.

Freedom Brands LLC is a multi-store owner of five Meineke Car Care franchises and four Maaco locations, one of which is solely focused on fleet business across Phoenix, Tucson, and Prescott, Arizona. Since opening in 2020, they have experienced tremendous growth and success. For the team of Gene Boiseau, Jake Brown, and Jake Morrow, co-presidents of Freedom Brands LLC, success also means giving back to those in need in the community in which they live and work.

“We opened in June 2020, and the business has been booming ever since,” said Morrow. “We provide affordable paint jobs with collision repair for the car owner, and we provide our fleet customers a great combination of quality, speed and affordability for paint, collision repair, mechanical repair and maintenance all in one stop. It has really been a winning combination for us.”

The team doubled down on that winning combination to create a dynamic community philanthropy program.

“We are grateful to be in a position where we have a successful enterprise and are in a position to be able to give back,” said Boiseau. “We all believe strongly that when you have been fortunate enough to experience success, it is important to help others less fortunate for whatever reason."

One of the many ways that they have accomplished that is by providing reliable transportation to people in need through the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides® program. Their goal is to gift four vehicles a year.

So far, the group has refurbished and gifted three vehicles to a mother of four children, two of whom are autistic; a single mother escaping an abusive relationship; and most recently, the head of a multi-generational home with two children, her mother, and two other family members and no vehicle.

(Pictured from left to right: Jake Brown, the recipients of the latest gifting, Gene Boiseau

and Jake Morrow.)

“We believe very strongly about the importance of giving back to those in need, and the NABC Recycled Rides® program has given us the opportunity to do that with a turnkey program,” said Brown. “We always like to see the smile on the face of a satisfied customer when we deliver their car, but this takes it to a whole different level when you see the joy on the faces of these people struggling to take care of their families without a reliable vehicle. You realize that you are truly changing a life. It is humbling and rewarding.”

For the organization, giving back is a team sport. The technicians that work on the vehicles donate their time to do so, and forgo their commission for the work. And they all share in the joy of being able to present these vehicles to deserving recipients.

Other ways that the Maaco and Meineke teams support their communities are through participating in food drives, supporting local Rotary Club fundraisers, and holding backpack drives for underprivileged kids.

As further testimony to their philanthropy, the trio has created the Freedom Foundation, a charitable organization to allow them to expand their efforts to impact an even greater number of Arizona residents.

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About Maaco

Maaco is North America’s body shop, with 50 years of experience in providing affordable auto body repair and car painting. Maaco, with nearly 400 independently owned and operated franchises across the United States and Canada, has been named a top automotive franchise numerous times by Entrepreneur Magazine in its Annual Franchise 500 ranking and Franchise Times’ list of Top 400 franchises. Maaco is a member of Driven Brands, the largest automotive services company in North America. For more information about Maaco, visit Maaco.com.