The 2025 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 2025 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award recognizes elite Subaru retailer 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.
Here at Subaru, we love our community as much as we love our vehicles and are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of all of our customers and neighbors.
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.
How is Evergreen Subaru dedicated locally to the Love Promise?
Our Love Promise can be seen in various partnerships with local charities and non-profits. We're grateful for the opportunity, not only to be a part of our community, but to serve it as well.
Greater Androscoggin Humane So, Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills
Androscoggin Land Trust
United Way of Androscoggin C, Auburn Middle School
Chamber of Commerce, Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine, The Public Theatre
Move Me Forward Foundation, Patrick Dempsey Cancer Center, Lisbon Emergency, Safe Voices
Love Promise Stories from Evergreen Subaru
Subaru and Evergreen 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 LLS, EVERGREEN SUBARU! - Tasha M
For the past 10 years, Subaru of America and its retailers have partnered with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) through the Subaru Loves to Care initiative. The partnership has involved delivering blankets and messages of hope to cancer patients across the country. On June 24th, Evergreen Subaru personally delivered these items to The Dempsey Center. These blankets and messages of hope provide warmth and comfort to patients in treatment. The love and support shared through this cherished partnership means a lot to everyone involved! This year, Evergreen Subaru also opted to support the LLS Urgent Need Program, which will provide blood cancer patients financial relief to help offset non-medical costs associated with treatment, such as transportation, food, housing, utilities, etc. Thank you for your commitment to supporting your community as well as the LLS mission to create a world without blood cancer and improve the quality of life for patients and their families.
Hooray for another banner Subaru Loves Pets month in the books! - Donna R
All of us here at the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society remain grateful for our continued partnership and Evergreen Subaru’s ongoing commitment to our homeless and needy pets. Together we found loving homes for 141 pets during the month of October! We look forward to partnering for another fun adoption event and supply drive in January- see you all soon!
Evergreen Subaru Supports the Community Through United Way - Joleen B
United Way of Androscoggin County has had the fortunate opportunity to partner with Evergreen Subaru on their annual campaign for many years. For the last two consecutive years, the organization was the recipient of the Share the Love campaign! In 2023 United Way was selected as the hometown charity with a focus on early childhood initiatives. This campaign raised $50,000 to support programming. United Way was selected once again in 2024 as the Share the Love recipient focusing on homelessness. The amazing sales team visited agencies working with homeless youth, learned about the issues in our community and raised $80,000 to support United Way! The team also wrapped holiday gifts for area children and the dealership spearheaded a coat and shoe drive which was a great success! Our community experienced a mass shooting in October of 2023 that killed 18 people and injured many more. This devastating tragedy impacted our entire community, and United Way experienced a decrease in giving. Receiving this generous donation from evergreen Subaru and Subaru of New England helped support our community in countless ways. Thank you!
Evergreen Subaru Cares about their Community! - Eric R
My name is Eric, I am the Transition Coordinator for the Margaret Murphy Centers for Children in Lewiston, Maine. We are a special-purpose private school who work with kids with autism and other developmental disabilities. One of the things I do here is to find places in the community where our students can volunteer to help strengthen their vocational skills. Last year, I walked into Evergreen Subaru without an appointment to ask to talk to the Manager about potential volunteer opportunities. Chris Dunn was very welcoming and eager to talk about this proposal. He introduced me to Renee Bisonette, the Controller at Evergreen, who explained that there was a project they were working on that involved scanning documents into their computer system. I found this to be an ideal opportunity for some of our kiddos to gain some skills in an office environment. We started one of our students there the following week and she loved it. We have had up to four students working on this project throughout the week! Renee has been kind enough to set us up with our own cubicle, with mailboxes full of paperwork for each of our students to scan. All of the staff in the office are so friendly and eager to help if needed. I have watched our kids learn this project from the beginning and it is so rewarding to see them grow and learn in such a supportive and fun environment. Furthermore, their parents love to see pictures and videos of them on the job and are immensely impressed with their increasing levels of independence. We have had a couple of our students who have since graduated and moved into the adult world. Strict employment laws in Maine can sometimes mean it is much more difficult for adults to volunteer at local businesses than children. Because of this, Evergreen Subaru offered to hire our graduates to work there part-time and experience the pride of earning a paycheck. How amazing is that?! On behalf of our school, we want to sincerely thank the great folks at Evergreen Subaru for all they do for us and their community!
Blankets for Auburn Students - Sarah D
Evergreen Subaru had received a donation of homemade fleece blankets made by a customer. This bag stood nearly 4 feet tall and almost 2 feet in diameter. It was filled to the top with beautiful blankets. As an educator, customer, and spouse of an employee, Evergreen asked if Edward Little High School could use the donation. I immediately said "yes"! I loaded the blankets into the back of my Subaru Ascent and gave them to Sasha who assists families and students in need. She was so delighted with the donation and told me that she just recently had students asking her for blankets. The donation happened at a perfect time. The blankets have already been distributed to some of the at-risk students in our district. Thank you, Evergreen Subaru, for seeing the needs of your community and knowing ways to help!
Evergreen Subaru Supporting Youth to Get Outdoors! - Alli N
We wanted to thank everyone at Evergreen Subaru again for being a sponsor for Tree Street Youth's Maine Summit Trek for Tree event. Tree Street Youth is a nonprofit organization located in downtown Lewiston, Maine and offers programs at no cost to families that serve over 700 youth each month. Our programs operate both in and out of school, offering programming from 7:30AM-6PM Monday to Friday. Evergreen Subaru's sponsorship helped make this event possible for the 300+ families, youth, and individuals to outside and spend time in nature. We had hikers ranging in age from 8-84! The top hiker as part of the event hiked an unbelievable 25 miles (!) during the 4 hour event. We are so grateful to Evergreen Subaru for supporting this community initiative and for supporting our programs!
Evergreen Subaru supports Auburn/Lewiston Boys & Girls Club. - Abby R
Thank you to Evergreen Subaru for supporting our Clubs in Auburn and Lewiston. Our five Clubs across Southern Maine provide youth development programs for young people especially those who need us the most. Our Clubs are safe places to learn, have fun and develop skills and interests that last a lifetime. Evergreen Subaru is a proud supporter of our Auburn and Lewiston events.
2024 Dempsey Challenge - Deneka D
We are so thankful for Evergreen Subaru and their continued partnership with the 2024 Dempsey Challenge. The Dempsey Challenge is an annual run/walk, ride and duathlon event and primary fundraiser for the Dempsey Center. The Dempsey Center was founded by actor Patrick Dempsey in 2008 after his mother’s experience with cancer and as a way to give back to his hometown community of Lewiston, Maine. Today, the Dempsey Center has grown to two locations in Lewiston and South Portland, Maine, a hospitality home in Portland, Maine, and has adapted to providing robust support virtually via Dempsey Connects. Our programs provide a wide range of holistic support that address the physical, functional, social, and emotional well-being of people impacted by cancer. All services are provided at no cost to cancer patients, survivors, care partners, family members, and friends. The Dempsey Challenge allows our service providers to continue their incredible work to help people managing the impact of cancer. Evergreen Subaru once again was the official SAG (Safety and Gear) vehicles to support our participants as they tackled a 10-, 25-, 35-, 50- or 65-mile cycling course, a sprinter van to support our duathlon event and provided a beautiful vehicle to support Patrick Dempsey and his security team - along with the insurance coverage needed to use them. This budget-relieving gift saved the event thousands of dollars in vehicle rentals and insurance - allowing more dollars to directly impact our clients. We couldn't be more grateful for the entire Evergreen Subaru team and look forward to a long-lasting partnership!
Much Thanks to Evergreen Subaru! - Eric R
My name is Eric, I am the Transition Coordinator for the Margaret Murphy Centers for Children in Lewiston, Maine. We are a special-purpose private school who work with kids with autism and other developmental disabilities. One of the things I do here is to find places in the community where our students can volunteer to help strengthen their vocational skills. Last year, I walked into Evergreen Subaru without an appointment to ask to talk to the Manager about potential volunteer opportunities. Chris Dunn was very welcoming and eager to talk about this proposal. He introduced me to Renee Bisonette, the Controller at Evergreen, who explained that there was a project they were working on that involved scanning documents into their computer system. I found this to be an ideal opportunity for some of our kiddos to gain some skills in an office environment. We started one of our students there the following week and she loved it. We now have four students working on this project throughout the week! Renee has been kind enough to set us up with our own cubicle, with mailboxes full of paperwork for each of our students to scan. All of the staff in the office are so friendly and eager to help if needed. I have watched our kids learn this project from the beginning and it is so rewarding to see them grow and learn in such a supportive and fun environment. Furthermore, their parents love to see pictures and videos of them on the job and are immensely impressed with their increasing levels of independence. On behalf of our school, we want to sincerely thank the great folks at Evergreen Subaru for all they do for us and their community!
The Dempsey Challenge Loves Evergreen Subaru! - Deneka D
We are so thankful for Evergreen Subaru and their amazing partnership for the 2023 Dempsey Challenge. The Dempsey Challenge is an annual run/walk and ride event and is the primary fundraiser for the Dempsey Center. The Dempsey Center was founded by actor, Patrick Dempsey, in 2008 after his mother’s experience with cancer and as a way to give back to his hometown community of Lewiston, Maine. Today, the Dempsey Center has grown to two locations in Lewiston and South Portland, Maine, a hospitality home in Portland, Maine, and has adapted to providing robust support virtually via Dempsey Connects. Our programs provide a wide range of holistic support that address the physical, functional, social, and emotional well-being of people impacted by cancer. All services are provided at no cost to cancer patients, survivors, care partners, family members, and friends. The Dempsey Challenge allows our service providers to continue their incredible work to help people managing the impact of cancer. Evergreen Subaru stepped up as a new partner this year and donated 9 SAG (Safety and Gear) vehicles to support our participants as they tackled a grueling 10-, 25-, 50- or 65-mile cycling course, a cargo van to support our brand-new duathlon event and provided a beautiful vehicle to support Patrick Dempsey and his security team - along with the insurance coverage needed to use them. This budget-relieving gift saved the event thousands of dollars in vehicle rentals and insurance - allowing more dollars to directly impact our clients. We couldn't be more grateful for the entire Evergreen Subaru team and look forward to a long-lasting partnership! You can view the entire Dempsey Challenge Impact Report and video at: https://dcimpact.my.canva.site/challenge-2023-recap
