What's New At Stanley Subaru?

So happy to give out some big news and a (literally and figuratively) big check to The Grand on the opening night of Wizard of Oz!

During the Subaru Share the Love Event, Subaru donates $250 for each new Subaru vehicle sold or leased to the customer's choice of one of four national or participating retailers’ local charities. We love working with the Grand. They've been wonderful partners, and they are continuously doing great things in our community, so we leapt on the chance to let our guests give them a little love, too!

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A long time ago (Tuesday) in a candlestick bowling alley really close by...

Rotary International's goal of ending polio is fantastic, and every year it gets closer and closer to reality. When we found out there was a bowling night to fundraise for the effort, Stanley Subaru had to put together a couple teams. Nothing goes together quite like friendly trash talk and philanthropy.

We always love showing up to support the people in our community working toward such noble causes. And everyone had a blast remembering how bad they were at candlestick bowling.

We heard a bird bump into the glass, and it was a matter of seconds before Spencer and Katie ran out to check on everyone. Thankfully, this white-throated sparrow was only stunned. It showed no mobility injuries, but it certainly sustained a good wallop to its head. Spencer and Katie stuck around to make sure it was protected, rested, and warm until it was ready to fly off on its own (which it did after about five minutes).

This is the tenth year of Test Drives for the Cure. For every test drive taken in October, Stanley Subaru donated $10 to Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital's cancer screening and treatment. Since the program started in 2009, Stanley Subaru has donated $17,500 to Northern Light Maine Coast's Breast Health Clinic and Mary Dow Center.

We make flu shots available to our employees, our guests, and their families for free at Stanley Subaru, because a flu shot is a quick, simple way to improve the health of everyone in our community. It helps the people getting the flu shot, their friends, their families, their neighbors, and honestly everyone they meet.

We love doing it, and we're so glad so many of our guests took us up on the offer this year. Thank you for doing your part!

Fill a Forester with supplies for shelter animals!

We are kicking off our drive for pet supplies Saturday, September 15th here alongside our friends at SPCA of Hancock County. They'll be here with pets for adoption!

We'll be gathering food and goodies from September 15th through September 28th here at the Stanley Subaru showroom. On September 29th, we'll have the Forester at the 10th Annual SPCA of Hancock County Pet Fair & Family Fun Day at Woodlawn Museum for a final push!

"We know a lot of teachers, and we know that many of them dip into their own pocket to help keep students fed, particularly at the end of the year like this," said Mark Politte, referencing the fact that 1 in 4 Maine children are food insecure. According to No Kid Hungry, most teachers spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on food for their students over the course of a year. "We're invested in helping these teachers continue to do the good work they do and letting them know that they're not alone."

We held a special invitation to our owners to be the first people in Maine to get an up close look at the all-new Subaru Ascent.

But we love to share, and we can't keep the excitement to ourselves, so we invited WABI TV5 to help us share the details!

And this being Teacher Appreciation Day and all, we couldn't neglect the opportunity to team up with our local Hannaford Supermarkets store to give $100 Hannaford gift cards to each teacher at a school selected by our guests.

We invited people to celebrate the success of Share the Love with The Grand this week. Grand executive director Nick Turner, Grand board members, and every guest who purchased a new Subaru during Share the Love were welcome to join us in appreciating our guests' accomplishment.

Stanley Subaru and our guests Wednesday presented Nick with a check for $15,000 raised through Share the Love.

The Subaru Ascent is Subaru's largest vehicle ever, the Ascent features three full rows, seats up to eight, has 5000-pounds of towing capacity, grips the road with Subaru's unmatched Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, 8.7" of ground clearance and is powered by a 2.4-liter turbo Subaru boxer engine. This all-new vehicle will be U.S. built to take you where you want to go.

If you're anything like us, your winter to-do list is long. The flu shot is an important part of winter prep, but it's not always on the top of the list. On November 13th starting at 11am, we are offering free flu shots to our team, our families, and our guests. Can't beat free! And you're not just getting a flu shot for you. You're getting a flu shot to protect your family, friends, and neighbors. On Monday, November 13th, be a good neighbor with us, and get your flu shot. On the house!

We were recently interviewed for the Subaru Eco-Friendly Newsletter about our certification! We're really proud of our achievements, and we were honored that Subaru wanted to talk to us about what we accomplished. The interview is reproduced below.

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Renovation Brings Green Opportunities for Stanley Subaru

Stanley Subaru in Ellsworth, ME, is loved by its community. So much so, its facility couldn’t handle the volume of business. That’s when dealer principal Mark Politte knew it was time for a major renovation.

Be like the Drs Pinkham! Sign up for Champion the Cure August 19th! Team Pink Stanley (that's us!) is going to be out en masse to support local cancer care. With over 80 team members between our team, our guests, and our partners at WLBZ 2, we're here for our community. Help us grow our team to support local cancer patients!