Mister Car Wash Celebrating the Grand Opening of the Former Grand Prix Car Washes With a Benefit for the Humane Society of Tampa Bay
Tampa, FL May 13, 2008- Friday and Saturday May 23 & 24th from 8 am to 6 pm, Mister Car Wash will celebrate the grand opening of the newly renovated (former) Grand Prix car wash locations with a charity event to benefit the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. In exchange for cash donations, Mister Car Wash will be giving away free Express Drive-Thru Washes both days at 4 Hillsborough and Pinellas locations. In addition, Mister Car Wash will be providing door prizes, free hot dogs and sodas to all customers.
“We are very excited about the upcoming grand opening event and hope to collect plenty of cash for the Humane Society and beautify Tampa traffic by producing a lot of clean, shiny cars,” said Mike Hogan, Vice President of Operations. “Our goal is to wash 7,000 cars and collect $10,000 in donations over the 2 day period.”
Participating Mister Car Wash Locations:
Seminole 10471 Park Blvd
Brandon 328 W. Brandon Blvd
Tampa 3622 Gandy Blvd
2230 N. Dale Mabry
Saturday May 24, the Humane Society will have adoptable animals and pet health and safety information on site at the Brandon location from 11-2. 102.5 The Bone will host a radio remote with Jeff Slater, a long time supporter of the Humane Society. He will be on hand to distribute both station and car wash prizes.
The Humane Society of Tampa Bay was established in 1912 and operates under the mantra to “speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.” It is one of the oldest corporations in the state of Florida. Over the past 80 years, they have helped over a million animals thanks to the generous people of the Tampa community. For more information visit www.humanesocietytampa.org
Mister Car Wash was founded in 1969 in Houston, TX with a single store and a handful of employees. Today, they have 60 locations, 2500 employees and are headquartered in Tucson, Arizona with operations in Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Washington and Texas. Mister Car Wash’s goal is simple: deliver the cleanest car possible, quickly, with the highest level of customer service. Form more information visit www.mistercarwash.com