By Abby Walton
The Arc of Greater Boone County is in need of the community’s help. This local nonprofit recently learned it’s a national finalist in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program.
“The foundation was accepting up to 2,500 applications from which they would select 250. We were thrilled when we were selected,” said Marcia Clutter, the Community Relations director of The Arc of Greater Boone County. This program will award vehicles to 100 nonprofit organizations based on the public’s votes. Starting Oct. 1 Toyota will showcase five nonprofits per day for the next 50 days on its Facebook page and at www.100carsforgood.com. Visitors to the page will have two votes each day to select two organizations they feel are deserving of a new car. The Arc of Greater Boone County will be featured for voting on Nov. 19.
The Arc of Greater Boone County is encouraging the local community to vote for the organization in its quest for a new Toyota Sienna Mobility van with wheelchair access. The agency assists people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by giving them work skill and life skill training. If they receive the most votes, it’ll be able to use this van to transport program participants to work sites, to volunteer in the community, go to the library or take field trips. The agency’s current van is old, lacks a working air conditioner and is not wheelchair accessible.
If you’d like a reminder to vote, visit the 100 Cars for Good Facebook page, find the listing for Arc of Greater Boone County and click on the Remind Me tab. Through programs like Arc, people with disabilities and others in need from Boone County, are given opportunities to be contributing members of the community. A new van from Toyota would help continue that mission. To learn more about The Arc of Greater Boone County, go to www.thearcgbc.org.
