Toyota Donates $1 Million and Hybrids to The Smokies
Nicki Mayo
Advertisement
Text size: small | medium | large
By Nicki Mayo
Content Coordinator / TriCities.com
Published: June 27, 2008
Toyota has donated $1 million and three Prius Hybrid vehicles to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The donation is the largest single gift ever made to the country’s most-visited national park. It will fund environmental and cultural education programs for students and families.
Officials of the national park and Toyota hope the programs will help children form a better connection with the outdoors and encourage them to think about careers in science.
The donation was one of five made by Toyota to various national parks in honor of the carmaker’s 50th anniversary in the U.S.
Page 1 of 1
Post a Comment
(Requires free registration)
- Please avoid offensive, vulgar, or hateful language.
- Respect others.
- Use the "Report Inappropriate Comment" link when necessary.
- See the Terms and Conditions for details.
Click here to post a comment.
Can't find what you're looking for? Try our quick search:
Reader Reactions
Posted by ( Woody007 ) on July 19, 2008 at 12:22 pm
It’s time to BOYCOTT GM, FORD and CHRYSLER!!
Report Inappropriate Comment
Posted by ( Myra ) on July 09, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Biggest Donation? Doesn’t Dolly Pardon live in the smokies? With her park “Dollywood” there. Surely she isn’t going to let a motor vehicle company out donate her!!
Report Inappropriate Comment
Posted by ( Mary in Abingdon ) on July 05, 2008 at 1:45 pm
This is fantastic!
It’s a shame none of the big-three auto makers have nothing to brag about.
The glut of gas-guzzlers promoted by the Bush tax-incentive for 6,000lbs.
vehicles has helped create our gas price problems along with GM’s willingness to produce same guzzlers. Why didn’t domestic auto makers respond in the 19-seventies
when they could have started?
Now they can die or go bank-rupt!
Report Inappropriate Comment
Posted by ( tnamstaff ) on June 29, 2008 at 7:08 am
way to go Toyota!
Report Inappropriate Comment