What's New At Stanley Subaru?

Last month, Krystal and Heather ran a little rescue mission with the help of one our guests, Karen.

"I was there for a routine service, and it was a very warm day, probably the warmest day we've had so far this year. I was in the waiting area, and there was a big kind of commotion, and people were oohing and ahhing over something in the service department," says Karen. It was baby squirrels!

We're partnering with Healthy Acadia to support community health programming across the Downeast region. Our detailing guests this month will have the option to have us donate to one of Healthy Acadia’s local efforts: early childhood development, tobacco prevention and cessation, and anti-hunger/food security work.

“We are honored to work with Stanley Subaru to highlight these community health needs”, shared Shoshona Smith of Healthy Acadia. “And it’s wonderful to think you can get a car service and feel like you’re making a positive difference in the community at the same time.”

Patients in the Mary Dow Center received a special delivery on June 27 as Stanley Subaru delivered 80 blankets and 10 arts and craft kits to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital as part of a partnership with Subaru of America and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Stanley Subaru Sales Manager Charlie Skovgaard says, “we’re excited that Subaru is offering this program, because it gives us another way to support patients in our community.” Since 2009, Stanley Subaru has raised over $12,000 for cancer care at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital through Test Drives for the Cure each October.

A huge thanks to all our guests for making this possible and for showing up to support us. We made these improvements to make our business better for you, and we couldn't be more grateful. As part of that thanks, we are inviting everyone to visit our open house, either June 17th from 11 am - 2 pm or June 24th from 11 am - 2 pm (or both!). We want to show you what we did and how that will benefit you.

We are an officially certified Eco-Friendly Dealership! Subaru’s Eco-Friendly Dealership process is a voluntary program for dealerships that want to make a positive impact on their local community and environment.

Photograph courtesy Laurie Cote

Stanley Subaru has one more graduate of Leadership Hancock County in our ranks! Spencer, our Communications Coordinator, graduated earlier this month and joins Dawn (our Comptroller), Jen (Service Advisor), John (Sales Manager), Kevin (Sales Manager), and Neil (Service Manager) as a one of our local leaders.*

Spencer showing off his certificate

On April 29, 2017 the greater Ellsworth area community came together to raise funds for new, three-dimensional mammographic imaging technology for the Breast Clinic at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital.

?Over 400 guests toasted the successful fundraiser and danced the night away at this year’s event, raising over $60,000. Stanley Subaru's support for the event included the photo booth sponsorship which provided guests fun keepsakes for the evening.

We spent last week driving to dozens of local schools to thank educators as part of Teacher Appreciation Week!

Jackie taught Jason and all of his kids!

We are nearly done with our remodel! We have a few final touches, but we are proud to give guests access to the new and better Stanley Subaru, the best dealership in downeast! We are back to our wonderful drive-through-access service area on the east side of the road–remodeled, refined, reinvigorated to provide you on-demand access to our award-winning service department. Our connected showroom is once again available there, too. (Don't worry, we still have our showroom on the other side of the street ready to help you, too!)

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Subaru Express Service is a fairly new feature available to our neck of the woods. Heather gives you the scoop on what it is and how it'll keep you on the road.

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Subarus are fun. You've seen the commercials. They do all kinds of stuff! Sometimes it's hard to think beyond your day-to-day with your Subaru, but Jen wants to give you a couple ideas for getting out and about.

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We try to make buying a car as easy-going, transparent, and enjoyable a process as possible. Your relationship with your car is idiosyncratic, and it is something that, even when it's an easy process, takes some care. Tony has a lot of experience finding the right car for the the right person, and he shares the top three things that will help you pick the perfect car for you.

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Cleaning your car is great. A clean car is pleasant to drive, improves road visibility, increases the lifespan of your car, and raises trade-in/sale value of your car. Reconditioning and detailing expert Jeremy enumerates the three things that will help you the most.