Garber-Chevy Youth Baseball Winner! (update)

As many of you know Garber Chevrolet in Green Cove Springs, has been sponsoring the Green Cove Springs Athletic Association for the past three years through a Chevrolet and Major League Baseball program called Chevrolet Youth Baseball.

In 2006 Chevrolet teamed-up with Major League Baseball and Chevrolet Dealerships to create the Chevrolet Youth Baseball Program. Since 2006 the program has Given Community Youth Baseball programs the opportunity to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars through Donations in Equipment, T-Shirts, a $500 dollar check from their local Chevrolet Dealership and a unique fund raising opportunity.

The program sponsors a sweepstakes that allows participants to provide a donation to their local Youth Baseball League in exchange for a chance to win a new vehicle. ALL donations collected by each individual league stayed with that League to assist with their effort to provide for their leagues needs. This Year Chevrolet offered a Chevrolet Malibu or a Chevrolet Equinox as the Grand Prize.

Joe Riley from Garber Chevrolet announced today “We are excited to recognize Dawn Johnson, of Green Cove Springs, as the official Grand Prize winner in the Chevrolet Youth Baseball program for the South Eastern United States.”

Dawn Johnson was notified on July 16th, , by Chevrolet, that she was the unofficial grand prize winner and has since claimed the Chevrolet Equinox as her prize! Joe Riley said, “I have been involved with this program for the past three years and can tell you that the Green Cove Springs Athletic Association and Garber Chevrolet is dedicated to this program! Because of the fund raising potential they have been able to assist families that could not otherwise afford to allow their children participate in their baseball program and provide needed equipment to their players.

Dawn Johnson had a 1 in 88,000 chance to win the Grand prize as there were 300 dealerships that participated region wide from North Carolina to Florida.

Ron Harris, managing partner of the Garber Automall said “We are extremely excited that we have had the opportunity to be involved in assisting our local community and youth. To have a local resident as a grand prize winner is great news!”

The G.C.S.A.A. Is a charitable organization and relies on sponsorships from local business' to be able to purchase equipment, maintain their baseball fields, pay the utility bills and assist families that cannot afford to allow their children to play baseball. Garber Chevrolet has provided 10 equipment kits along with a $500 dollar donation and other opportunities to raise money each year for the past three years.