The 2024 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award

The 2024 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award

We are honored to be nationally recognized by Subaru of America, Inc. for our dedication to our community, and the Subaru Love Promise.

The 2024 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award recognizes elite Subaru retailers who provide an exceptional customer experience at every interaction with Subaru. These retailers have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to supporting passions and causes in their local communities in important areas such as environment, community, health, education, and pets.

What is the Subaru Love Promise?

Subaru and our retailers believe in making the world a better place and the Subaru Love Promise is our vision of respecting all people. This is our commitment to show love and respect to our customers and to work to make a positive impact in the world.

The 2024 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award
The Subaru Love Promise
Did LaFontaine Subaru go above and beyond, provide exceptional service, or support causes that are important to you? We'd love to hear about it.
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Did LaFontaine Subaru go above and beyond, provide exceptional service, or support causes that are important to you? We'd love to hear about it.

Love Promise Stories from LaFontaine Subaru

Subaru and LaFontaine Subaru believe in making a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work. We uphold that belief through our Love Promise Community Commitment. Every month, we select inspiring stories from customers and partners from around our area who strive to support our collective commitment and feature them here.

Thank you from Lighthouse and our families. - Christie D.

We just want to thank LaFontaine Subaru for the generous gift of coats this year. Our families were grateful that their children got new spring coats. The families were so appreciative and wrote wonderful thank you cards that we will forward on to Subaru. Thank you for supporting our community and our families. Lighthouse

Lafontaine Subaru Santa Paws 2023 - Lauren A.

We at Almost Home have loved our partnership with LaFontaine Subaru in Commerce Township. We have partnered with them over the last 10 years and have done many events with them that have been very successful!! In particular, the last event we did was our annual Santa Paws event and it was our best one yet!!! Almost all of our animals were adopted that day which was about 20 adoptions!! Everyone at LaFontaine Subaru is such a pleasure to work with, especially Audrey Ryskamp, who is the person we worked closely with. It's obvious her love and dedication to her job and animal welfare is her main priority! Here is a love story from Daisy♥️ I was rescued from an over crowded high kill Shelter in Texas. I was found straying the streets. The shelter I was at was running out of space which was a very scary time for all of us here. A volunteer from the shelter saw me in my steel kennel. I didn’t have a blanket or water. She looked at me and I began to shake with fear. You see I wasn’t treated nice. The volunteer knew this because my family called and said they didn’t want me anymore. The volunteer was mortified at how they seemed to not care a bit about me. The volunteer opened my cage and slowly picked me up. She hugged me and I felt her love. Sadly, because the owners didn’t want me I was going to be euthanized for more room. The volunteer lady would not stand for that. She was determined to save my life. She called all kinds of places but no one had any room. Then she heard about Almost Home in Michigan. She heard that no is not in their vocabulary. Almost Home and the volunteer got me out just in the knick of time. The nice lady put me on the transport van to Michigan. I started shaking real hard but the nice lady hugged me and told me my life was going to be wonderful. Well, she was right, but little did she know she didn’t just save one life but she and Almost Home saved TEN LIVES! You see I was pregnant with 9 babies. I’m adopted  now and my babies will be up for adoption soon. Merry Christmas to all! I’m so happy and grateful as my life is full of Love, happiness and Joy! Love, Daisy xo ❤️ Thank you Lafontaine Subaru, Audrey, and the entire staff for your partnership and support!! Can't wait until next time!!

Almost Home Animal Rescue

Spreading Love & Joy to Pets on Santa Paws - Farjana B.

The holiday season is a time of spreading joy and love, not just to our fellow humans but also to our furry friends. Known for their exceptional service and community involvement, LaFontaine Subaru recently sponsored Twelve Oaks Mall's remarkable event, Santa Paws, dedicated to creating an unforgettable experience for pets and their families. Each pet in their unique and adorable outfit, received unwavering attention and love from Santa while taking the most endearing photos together. The Santa Paws event at Twelve Oaks Mall brought laughter and smiles to pet families as well as onlookers who came solely to witness the extraordinary experience. LaFontaine Subaru stands out for their unwavering commitment to making a positive impact on the community and this sponsorship was sincerely appreciated. Thank you, LaFontaine!

Twelve Oaks Mall

Greater West Bloomfield Community Coalition thanks LaFontaine Subaru! - Lisa B.

Audrey and LaFontaine Subaru have been one of our longtime supporters. They help us help the West Bloomfield School District students. They helped us create and continue to support meditation in our 9th grade health classes. These students get 8 weeks of meditation so they can learn a healthy coping mechanism and be able to be resilient as they navigate life. LaFontaine also supports bringing in Mr Peace for our elementary students. This year they focused on Leadership. We thank LaFontaine for their continued support in our mission to help our students reduce high-risk behaviors and grow to their greatest potential..

Greater West Bloomfield Community Coalition

Who says there are no free lunches? Not LaFontaine Subaru! - Jennifer Z.

In October we were blessed once again to be on the receiving end of delicious lunches delivered to 50 of our fabulous staff members at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital. LaFontaine Subaru has been a great partner to us and continues to honor our hospital and team members every year with this special treat. For this year’s gift, we wanted to honor our staff who play critical roles behind the scenes, such as our operators who expertly handle the influx of incoming calls and our IT staff that keeps our systems running smoothly. We thank LaFontaine Subaru from the bottom of our hearts for your kindness and generosity.

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

Supporting West Bloomfield while supporting the planet! - Abby B.

West Bloomfield Parks would like to thank LaFontaine Subaru for their continued support of our longstanding goal to spark a passion for nature while providing opportunities for community well-being. As a partner of our 2023 Earth Day Celebration, LaFontaine Subaru graciously donated a TerraCycle Recycling box which aids in the recycling of materials that typically end up in a landfill. We are grateful for the opportunity to not only reduce our community’s waste but also for the opportunity to educate West Bloomfield residents on the importance of proper recycling and other green practices. Thank you LaFontaine Subaru for supporting our community and for supporting the goal of a cleaner and greener planet!

WB Parks

Cozy Comfort - Mallory S.

My name is Mallory and I work for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®. I am so thankful that this was my second year being able to help LaFontaine Subaru and Mott Children's set up a time to get patients these amazing blankets! I love seeing the joy on the hospitals face when these come in. They are so important to many patients. As a blood cancer patient myself I always had to have a cozy blanket with me. We are so thankful for LaFontaine Subaru generous donation!

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®

LaFontaine Loves our HVSH Healtcare Workers - Holly G.

DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital (HVSH) would like to recognize LaFontaine Subaru of Commerce Township for all they do. Recently, they generously donated more than 50 meals to our hospital staff including our Emergency Department and Security team. As a community hospital in the Huron Valley area, partnerships like these are valued and appreciated. On behalf of the entire HVSH team, thank you for your continued support!

DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital

Lunch Deliveries Partnership Ascension Providence Foundation - Christa W.

On April 1st LaFontaine Automotive Group generously provided Tropical Smoothie beverages to all of the associates at Ascension Providence Hospital, Novi campus. The staff was so excited and thrilled to receive these tasty treats from the LaFontaine Automotive Group. Thank you LaFontaine Automotive Group for providing a respite for our Ascension Providence Hospital staff. It truly made their day! Christa Williams Senior Development Officer Ascension Providence Foundation

Ascension Providence Foundation

LLS/Subaru Blanket Drop Off - Mallory T.

I just want to thank LaFontaine Subaru for making a very special drop off with us here at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Last week LaFontaine donated over 80 blankets and 25 arts and crafts kits to the Mott Children's hospital at U of M in Ann Arbor. We are so thankful for the very generous donation! The blankets and the arts and crafts kits will be going to children who are cancer patients at the hospital. Thank you again LaFontaine Subaru!

LLS

Supporting Neighbors in Need - Rebecca G.

Forgotten Harvest is so grateful to have a community partner like LaFontaine Subaru, their gift allowed us to be able to rescue and deliver nearly 30,000 meals to those in need throughout metro Detroit! The gift came right in the thick of the pandemic, when our neighbors needed it most. Forgotten Harvest can't do the work we do without amazing partners like Lafontaine Subaru! We look forward to many more ways we can partner and share even more love to the metro Detroit community.

Building a drug-free community with LACC - Joan B.

LaFontaine Subaru has been a supporter of Lakes Area Community Coalition in preventing youth substance use and addiction through their generous donations for our fundraiser events. LaFontaine Subaru also donated use of a showroom after hours for our coalition to meet in a social-distanced space during COVID. They are generous, creative community supporters and we love partnering with them to build a healthy, vibrant, drug-free community!

Lakes Area Community Coalition

Lakes Area Community Partner - Laura B.

The Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce would like to thank and recognize LaFontaine Subaru of Commerce Township for ALL they do! Their ongoing support for our LACC, other community organizations, fellow Chamber member businesses and the community as a whole never waivers. From hosting pet rescue events, their promise to be green, programs to support schools and learning, as well as, their partnership with Feeding America all demonstrate they are committed to giving back to the community and making the world a better place. Thanks for being a valued Chamber Member and Community Partner!

Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce

Henry Ford Health System & LaFontaine - Romy S.

Our team at Henry Ford Health System is so inspired by the LaFontaine team and their commitment to transforming healthcare in our community here in Southeast Michigan. At Henry Ford, we know that we can’t take care of the health of our community alone. We rely on trusted partners in health – like the LaFontaine Subaru family as well as the U Can-Cer Vive Foundation team – to do this work. For the past two years, members of the LaFontaine Subaru family have visited our cancer infusion center and spread joy to our cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy by gifting U Can-Cer Vive teddy bear care packages. These bears mean so much to our patients. One patient who received a U Can -Cer Vive bear in 2019, brought it to all her chemo treatments – that bear was her best friend, and gave her hope throughout her healing journey with us. The U Can-Cer Vive Foundation, along with members of the LaFontaine Subaru family, also made a gift in 2018 of almost $500K to support Henry Ford Health System and our pancreatic research efforts, specifically the work of Dr. Gazala Khan’s and Dr. Fred Valeriote’s. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer, and we’re so inspired by the U Can-Cer Vive Foundation and their commitment to creating a cancer-free world. Henry Ford Health System is so proud of our relationship with LaFontaine Subaru and the U Can-Cer Vive Foundation. LaFontaine Subaru and U Can-Cer Vive team: you make the world a better place! Thank you!

Henry Ford Health System

We Love Our Partnership with U CAN-CER VIVE - Audrey R.

We so love and appreciate the support that LaFontaine Subaru always gives to us at U CAN-CER VIVE. Each year, we are so proud to be their chosen Hometown Charity. Due to great companies like LaFontaine Subaru, we are able to help fund more research grants that helps us and our mission to provide vital funding for cancer research to create a cancer-free world. We love partnering up with LaFontaine Subaru!

U CAN-CER VIVE Foundation

LaFontaine Subaru Loves Our Dogs! - Ann B.

The residents and visitors to the Village of Milford are so excited about the new Dog Park installed last fall! Located next to the extremely popular Milford Trail, the dog park has been a dream for locals for years. The LaFontaine Family and LaFontaine Subaru stepped in with a generous donation of a Water Fountain---for dogs and their owners. What a treat! Pets will have their own place to hydrate, while hikers and bikers will also ---for the first time---have a place to fill their water bottles and quench a thirst. This was such a thoughtful gift to the community. LaFontaine Subaru kindly asked the community how it could help, and within days offered to pay the full cost for the equipment and installation of the fountain. It will be installed as soon as the weather breaks. Thank you LaFontaine Subaru and the LaFontaine Family! Ann Barnette, Executive Director, Milford Downtown Development Authority (Photo credit: Susan Bromley, Milford Times)

Village of Milford

LaFontaine Subaru Santa Paws - Lauren A.

We at Almost Home have loved our partnership with LaFontaine Subaru in Commerce Township. We have partnered with them over the last 8 years and have done many events with them that have been very successful!! In particular, the last event we did was our annual Santa Paws event and it was our best one yet!!! Almost all of our animals were adopted that day which was about 15 adoptions!! They also collected donations for us and stuffed a Subaru!!! Everyone at LaFontaine Subaru is such a pleasure to work with, especially Audrey Ryskamp which is the person we worked closely with. It's obvious her love and dedication to her job and animal welfare is her main priority! Here is a love story from Farfel: I’m Farfel and I had the best Christmas ever! You see me and my five brothers were found at an abandoned barn. A passerby heard us whimpering from a distance. All there was was us and empty paper dishes. We were starving, cold, and thirsty not to mention frightened. Well next thing we knew, we were at Almost Home. They took us to the doctor and gave us the royal treatment. We got real good food. Then, when we were feeling better we went to this amazing Christmas Place called LaFontaine Subaru. I got lots of attention, treats and I even got to sit in Santa’s lap. Santa was so nice he gave me lots of treats and a toy too. Then a miracle happened! I didn’t think it could get any better than this..... I got adopted by a really super nice family. Thank you LaFontaine Subaru for believing in us and Almost Home too! Love, Farfel.¿¿¿¿¿ Here are a few of my brothers who got adopted too!!!

LaFontaine Subaru delivers comfort to patients - Jamie R.

On Monday, July 22nd, the Michigan Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and LaFontaine Subaru had the pleasure of delivering 80 blankets to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital as part of the Subaru Loves To Care program. These comforting gifts were accompanied by personalized messages of hope written by the customers and staff of LaFontaine Subaru. This incredible act of generosity was warmly received by the staff who joined LLS & Subaru staff to distribute to patients on the 7th floor who were receiving treatment. Being able to deliver a small gesture of comfort that day and seeing their smiles, perfectly captured why the program exists. LLS is proud to partner with Subaru to spread hope, love and warmth to those fighting cancer, across the country and right here in the Ann Arbor community.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

LaFontaine Subaru Delivers Blankets - Jo B.

LaFontaine Subaru and LLS team up to give blankets out to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. LaFontaine Automotive Group has a long history of supporting cancer patients and C.S. Mott Children’s. Jon Bauer and Aubrey Ryskamp were overjoyed to participate in the Subaru Loves to Care program. Audrey said she looks forward to this every year and that it always makes her day! The staff of Mott’s were touched by Subaru’s generous gift. Thanks to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Subaru and LLS, we are making connections that count!

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Subaru and NWF Love the Earth! - Danita K.

Pollinator garden. Thanks LaFontaine Subaru! Studying the environment in our garden. In the spring!

National Wildlife Federation

WLW Bands Ride and Drive Thank You! - Gary D.

Hi Audrey, I wanted to thank you and LaFontaine Subaru for all your support the last two years for the Ride and Drive events to benefit the Walled Lake Western Band. The money raised has gone to support the purchase of new instruments, as well as scholarships for students who couldn't otherwise afford to participate in Marching Band. You have been an important partner for the band, and your support is truly appreciated! Thank You, Gary Dembinski WLW Band Boosters

West Bloomfield High School thanks LaFontaine - Lisa B.

West Bloomfield High School thanks Lafontaine Automotive Group for their generous contribution to WBHS Students Leading Students for Change (SLS) club. The club is looking forward to hosting two programs prior to the prom season with the contribution. SLS for Change will be bringing in a Distracted Driving Simulator from AAA to advocate against texting and driving in order to prevent deadly accidents. SLS will also take a day of silence and at the end of the day, they will showcase posters with statistics of students who make poor choices such as drinking, driving or using drugs and the deadly results. With this donation, the club hopes to make an impact on all of West Bloomfield High School.

Greater WB Community Coalition

LaFontaine Subaru is an Amazing Community Partner - Emily T.

LaFontaine Subaru has been an amazing Twelve Oaks partner for years. Their auto display at the Center has embedded them into the community. Last holiday season, they partnered with us on Santa’s arrival at the new Santa’s Flight Academy. Their generosity reached many families in the community, which created memories that families will cherish and remember. Their regard for community involvement is inspiring. Thank you for the years of support!

Twelve Oaks Mall

Last Day Dog Rescue Partners with Lafontaine! - Terry P.

Last Day Dog Rescue is a 501(c)3 organization that has rescued over 7000 dogs and cats. For the last 3 years, the folks at Lafontaine have partnered with us to hold on-site adoption events. Due to their support, we have been able to adopt several dogs locally and have been able to expose our rescue to more people in the community. They have also supported our annual Pets for Veterans event which helps to get dogs and cats adopted to local veterans. Lafontaine Automotive Group and their employees have been so great to us we just wanted to take a moment and thank them for all the support. Join us on Aug 26th 2017 from 11a-2p at their Commerce dealership and meet your next best friend!

Last Day Dog Rescue

Last Day Dog Rescue makes for a happy customer - Kelly P.

Kevin, I just saw a Facebook posting from Last Day Dog Rescue. Apparently they are having an event at your dealership. Very impressive! If I hadn't just bought a car from you, I'd have to admit that it would motivate me to look at your dealership first! I shared the Facebook posting with friends. Can't wait to see our new car! Kelly