{"id":208270,"date":"2026-06-02T10:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/208270\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:04:09","slug":"toyota-of-scranton-celebrates-community-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/208270\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota of Scranton celebrates Community Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WBRE;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WBRE\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Tue, June 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wbre_articles_226\/45ac535e2c31d1b68b85cf3dbbddad6a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 A local car dealership is giving back to the community in a big way. Toyota of Scranton is donating $25,000 to 10 nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>The donation is part of the dealership\u2019s Community Day and NEPA Gives Day of Giving.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of 10 organizations, listed below, each received a check on Monday to help them continue their work in the community:<\/p>\n<p>Individual Abilities in Motion<\/p>\n<p>Griffin Pond Animal Shelter<\/p>\n<p>Friends of the Poor and Catherine McAuley Center<\/p>\n<p>Pawsitively for the Animals<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful for the support that they continue to show our organization and it\u2019s really just an affirmation of how much they believe in the work that we do to support people with mobility impairments,\u201d Individual Abilities in Motion President Joe Salva said.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:28\/22 News I-Team Reporter Andy Mehalshick announces retirement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/28-22-news-team-reporter-221934821.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a028\/22 News I-Team Reporter Andy Mehalshick announces retirement\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is monumental, I mean as an all volunteer organization this isn\u2019t a job for us, this is a passion to save as many dogs as we can, they deserve better,\u201d Adopt a Boxer Rescue Director Dawn Karam stated.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fifth year Toyota of Scranton has hosted the community event.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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