Car dealership, Booster Club work together to raise funds for school

Mike Molstead of Mike Molstead Motors presents checks totaling $7,280 to Mark Sindlinger, president of the Charles City Booster Club. From left are Booster Club members Dawne Bilharz, Sam Ritter, Heather DeBoest and Mark Sindlinger, and from Mike Molstead Motors Mike Molstead, Jordan Molstead and Joshua Molstead.
Press photo by Bob Steenson

To The Press

Mike Molstead Motors, Charles City Schools and members of the local community raised $7,280 for Charles City’s Booster Club at a recent test-drive even, as part of Ford Motor Co.’s Drive 4 UR School Program.

More than 200 people test-drove a Ford vehicle at Mike Molstead Motors on April 28. Ford Motor Co. donated $20 per test drive, with funds going toward the new baseball complex and to the middle school, where funds will be used for activities, speakers, assemblies and teacher celebrations.

“I am more than thrilled that so many people from the local community turned out to support Charles City Schools and the Booster Club, and I am proud to be a Ford dealer,” said Mike Molstead, president of Mike Molstead Motors.

“Participants had the chance to take a fun, casual drive in one of our vehicles, while lending our students and community a much-needed helping hand,” he said.

Mark Sindlinger, president of the Booster Club, said, “With all the cutbacks in school budgets, finding creative ways to fundraise is imperative. The money from Ford will make a difference to our students and it says a lot about who they are as a company. The money raised on April 28 will help so many students and student athletes.”

To date, Ford dealerships across the United States have helped raise more than $35 million for local schools and nonprofits through the Drive 4 UR School and Drive 4 UR Community programs.