Page 48 - Club Braman Magazine Fall / Winter 2018

THE SEASON OF GIVING
Families in need get to enjoy the holidays, as they eat and play the Braman way.
By Robin Hodes
Braman Motorcars is as proud of its contributions to the community as it is of the extraordinary cars they sell...if not more so. Its vast selection of exceptional vehicles does indeed feed the desire for luxury and the need
for speed, but nothing
is more gratifying than
feeding the hungry.
Braman kicked o the
“Season of Giving” with
its team volunteering
at the “Feeding South
Florida” food distribu-
tion center headquar-
ters.
Pictured at right,
Braman Motorcars em-
ployees Devin Jackson,
Michael Roy, Petagaye
Royal and Jordan Mars-
man helped package
boxes of food, contain-
ing dry and canned
goods, fruits and vege-
tables, to bene t the less fortunate.
Then, on November 13th, 2018, the
race to the nish line continued with a multi-day test drive event that fueled 200 meals per drive by its customers. Braman approached the e ort this year with a more powerful hunger than ever, aspir- ing to provide even more meals than the astounding 77,000 ones it did in 2017.
Once the driving to end hunger ends, the giving is just beginning. Braman hopes to surpass last year’s Toy Drive, in part- nership with WPTV, which resulted in the donation of nearly 3,000 holiday toys to underprivileged children.
Club Braman members are encouraged to donate toys at any or all of its events.
“We pride ourselves in community e orts as shown through our endless support,” says Jackson. “It is our duty as citizens to give back to those who might not be as
fortunate as we are... especially during the holiday season.”Thank- fully, with ever-increas- ing generosity, these e orts have grown bigger with each pass- ing year. The 1st year of the drive, 1,100 gifts were collected, and last year, that number jumped to 2,900 toys. “We expect to surpass that amount, since every year the WPTV Toy Drive has received more exposure and at- tention from the pub- lic,” says Cristina Otero, Integrated Media Sales Executive for WPTV.
Anyone can bring a new, unwrapped toy to Braman or WPTV throughout the drive, which takes place from November 23rd
– December 7th. WPTV will also hold an all-day drive at the station on December 7th from 7:00 am-6pm.
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Braman began collecting toys years ago, but in 2016, decided to join forces with WPTV. “We were already planning our own toy drive, so we gured, why not partner with the station and contribute to their e orts as well,” says Devin Jack- son, who handles marketing and events for Braman. Once again, every Braman Motorcars dealership will have a drop-o area where people can bring toys. Also,