The 2025 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award
We are honored to be nationally recognized by Subaru of America, Inc. for our dedication to our community, and the Subaru Love Promise.
The 2025 Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment Award recognizes elite Subaru retailer who provide an exceptional customer experience at every interaction with Subaru. These retailers have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to supporting passions and causes in their local communities in important areas such as environment, community, health, education, and pets.
Here at Subaru, we love our community as much as we love our vehicles and are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of all of our customers and neighbors.
What is the Subaru Love Promise?
Subaru and our retailers believe in making the world a better place and the Subaru Love Promise is our vision of respecting all people. This is our commitment to show love and respect to our customers and to work to make a positive impact in the world.
How is Subaru of Missoula dedicated locally to the Love Promise?
Our Love Promise can be seen in various partnerships with local charities and non-profits. We're grateful for the opportunity, not only to be a part of our community, but to serve it as well.
Western Montana Humane Society
VFW
Love Promise Stories from Subaru of Missoula
Subaru and Subaru of Missoula believe in making a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work. We uphold that belief through our Love Promise Community Commitment. Every month, we select inspiring stories from customers and partners from around our area who strive to support our collective commitment and feature them here
Subaru of Missoula Delivers Hope - Tovi E
On June 16th, Subaru of Missoula partnered with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and Providence St. Patrick Hospital Montana Cancer Center through the Subaru Loves to Care initiative. This partnership involved delivering blankets and messages of hope to cancer patients. Through Subaru of Missoula’s participation in these programs, it shows they care. Subaru of Missoula consistently shows up and shows out for their community, and that impact was felt on the delivery day. Providence St. Patrick Hospital Montana Cancer Center was a joy to work with, and we were so happy they were the recipients of Subaru of Missoula’s donation. We are so grateful to work and live in a community that takes care of one another. Thank you, Subaru of Missoula and thank you Providence St. Patrick Hospital Montana Cancer Center for being firm in your mission to help others.
Subaru of Missoula Supports Youth Homes - Joshua S
Imagine going without a coat, shoes, or even socks. For millions of children and adults experiencing homelessness and other urgent need situations across the country, even here in Missoula, this is a harsh reality. Helping others strengthens communities, which is why Subaru of Missoula is partnering with Operation Warm®, a national nonprofit focused on connecting children with the resources they need to thrive. Through this partnership and other Subaru Loves to Help® efforts, Subaru and retailers like Subaru of Missoula have helped nearly 900,000 children and adults in urgent need. On 01/17/2025, Subaru of Missoula donated 120 coats to Youth Homes. These essential items not only help keep children protected, warm, and dry, it can have a significant impact on a child's mental and emotional well-being.
Subaru Loves To Help: Missoula Aging Services - Emily L
Each year, Subaru of Missoula donates two Subaru vehicles per month to Missoula Aging Services (MAS). Missoula Aging Services uses these two vehicles in a variety of ways to assist and benefit our community's older adults. One of the vehicles is used exclusively for their nutrition program, Meals on Wheels. Five times per week, eight individuals in Missoula have scheduled meals delivered right to their front door, to ensure they receive the nutrition and connection they need. This was part of the 123,237 total meals delivered to homes in and around Missoula last year. The Meals on Wheels vehicle is also used for client check-ins when a driver shares that a particular client isn’t doing well. The second vehicle is used for the delivery and installation of home modification supplies such as grab bars and handrails, which allow older adults to age in their own homes safely. MAS shared, “The Subaru is spacious enough to carry heavy, big items that you would think a truck is necessary for, and it’s just very reliable and safe.” By providing two vehicles annually to Missoula Aging Services, Subaru of Missoula is lending a hand to older adults in the Missoula area. Thank you to Subaru for being much more than a car company!
Subaru Loves Pets: Finding Homes for Furry Friends - Holli H
On October 19th, Subaru of Missoula partnered again with Missoula City-County Animal Control for a pet adoption event held in the Service Department, as a part of the annual Subaru Loves Pets Event. Converting the service bay for a day, to help find forever homes for cats and dogs of the shelter, Subaru of Missoula became a one-stop shop for pet adoption. Outside of the day-long adoption event, Subaru of Missoula further partnered with Missoula City-County Animal Control throughout the entire month of October, donating $100 for every pet adopted. Over the course of October, 30 furry friends found their forever homes. Subaru of Missoula donated a total of $3000 to help support the animals of the shelter still waiting to meet their new parents. With Subaru pet care kits available to adopted animals throughout the month, Subaru of Missoula lent a hand in creating a warm, welcoming home to those critters meeting new families for the first time. According to the ASPCA, 6.3 million companion animals enter shelters across America each year. In a pet-loving community like Missoula, Subaru of Missoula helped connect those in need of a family and those with warm, happy forever homes. This is another way Subaru of Missoula demonstrates they are so much more than just a car company.
Subaru Loves To Learn - Big Sky High School - Jennifer C
As a part of the Subaru Loves Learning Event, Subaru of Missoula partnered this year with Big Sky High School. Though Big Sky High School provides top-notch education and extra-curricular activities, more than 92% of classrooms have students whose families cannot afford the supplies necessary to shine in their academics, according to AdoptAClassroom.org. To help fund the supplies required to provide students a fair and equal opportunity to a quality education, Subaru of Missoula donated $3,000 to Big Sky High School. Across its various departments such as Physical Education, Health, Science, Art, Social Studies, and Mathematics, the items a student needs to succeed can feel financially overwhelming to many. In an effort to provide and fund those critical learning supplies, Subaru of Missoula proudly collaborated with Big Sky High School to inspire and enable the brilliant, young minds of our community. This is just one of the ways Subaru of Missoula has lent support within our community, and demonstrated Subaru is more than just a car company.
Subaru Share The Love Event - VFW POST 209 - Ron G
Partnering again with our local VFW Post 209 in April, Subaru of Missoula donated $15,750 to assist them in their support of the Missoula area's veteran community. VFW Post 209 uses the donated funds to take the greatest care of those, in and around Missoula, who have served for our country. They allocate those funds in a variety of different ways to lend a helping hand to those veterans who have fallen on hard times. They provide holiday dinners to less-fortunate veterans, meals to homeless veterans, and practical career training for post-service job placement. Additionally, VFW Post 209 annually purchases many gifts during the holidays to donate to Toys For Tots. Subaru of Missoula is proud to assist in their support of our local veteran community, to demonstrate Subaru is more than just a car company.
Subaru Loves To Care - Pillows & Blankets for Cancer Patients - Sheira W
Partnering again with Providence St. Patrick Hospital in June, Subaru of Missoula is proud to provide blankets to the patients of the Montana Cancer Center. The donated blankets come folded up as a pillow, that can be unfolded to create a soft, sherpa-lined blanket. This gives patients the opportunity to choose a pillow to snuggle up with or a warm blanket to take off the chill. When undergoing treatment, patients oftentimes don't feel their best. Having a cozy blanket or pillow can help them feel comforted in their time of need. This is just one of the way Subaru of Missoula lends support within our community and demonstrates Subaru is more than just a car company.
Thank you Operation Warm! - Taylor W
We are so grateful for the 190 new coats that Subaru of Missoula provided for our kids at the Youth Homes. This January, when temperatures in Montana reached the negative degrees, Subaru called and asked if they could get the coats to us ahead of schedule, so our kids would have new coats to face the harsh temperatures with. The next week, two car loads of people and boxes from Operation Warm arrived for our kids and helped us unpack them, despite the snow, ice, and cold! At Youth Homes and Partnership for Children, we serve kids from as young as two, to teenagers aging out of Foster Care. They are kids who are silly and bright and full of potential. They are also kids who have experienced neglect, exploitation and abuse. They have been unsafe at home, neglected, or fled. They are sad and angry and facing daunting emotional challenges alongside all the regular challenges of growing up. They are kids working hard to become healthy. They have felt like they do not belong, but with each new, warm coat, with each gesture of care and thoughtfulness, we tangibly welcome these vulnerable kids into our community. Every child and situation is very different, but we’d like to share one of their stories with you. This past year, a young man at our Linda Massa Home in Hamilton reintegrated into the community after being in residential care out of state for a significant amount of time. He has since reconnected with his family and they have started their healing journey together. Recently, he went ice fishing with his father for the first time. The trip was a success and we hope that he and his dad will go fishing again soon—this time, with a comfy new coat! Thank you for bettering the lives of 190 at-risk youth in our community, Subaru of Missoula and Operation Warm!
Subaru Loves to Nourish Community - Ashley W
Volunteering at the Missoula Food Bank & Community Center on November 19, Subaru of Missoula helped with the distribution of turkeys and fixings to our neighbors this Thanksgiving. Sharing in Missoula Food Bank's vision of food security for everyone, Subaru bundled up to aid in this year's Thanksgiving dinner drive-thru. As folks arrived at Missoula Food Bank, volunteers in charge of traffic control directed vehicles through to the loading station located behind the facility. There, they were kindly greeted by loading staff, volunteers who carefully filled their trunks and back seats with enough turkeys and fixings to ensure a hearty Thanksgiving meal for each of their families. In many instances, folks were picking up Thanksgiving goods for several families at a time, grabbing food for those who couldn't make it in because of health barriers, lack of transportation, or troubles with mobility. Providing a turkey, a squash, and a paper bag containing potatoes, pie crust mix, stuffing mix, cranberry sauce, and other holiday essentials, for each family to be fed, Subaru of Missoula helped ensure no neighbor went without this Thanksgiving. Nourishment goes beyond the scope of just food. Nourishment is about uplifting community, extending generosity, and inspiring togetherness.
Subaru Loves to Can the Cats - Paige M
Kicking off on November 4, Missoula led the charge in the annual Can the Cats Food Drive, an event sponsored by the University of Montana and the Missoula Food Bank & Community Center. Each year, prior to the Griz-Cat Brawl of the Wild, the state's biggest football game of the year, Bozeman's Montana State University Bobcat's and the University of Montana's Grizzlies host a friendly competitive food drive to support those in our communities confronting food scarcity throughout the holidays. This year, the 24th Annual Can the Cats Food Drive ran until November 18, the day of the Griz-Cat Brawl of the Wild. Proving there's more than one way to "Can a Cat," University of Montana volunteers collected more than 870,000 pounds of food and monetary donations, beating Bozeman's parallel Can the Griz Food Drive, who supporters took in nearly 600,000 pounds of food and monetary donations. Subaru of Missoula joined the food drive efforts for two consecutive weekends this year, the first weekend, placing doorstep flyers in local neighborhoodst to drum up Griz Spirit and donations people were willing to contribute, and the following week, collecting the donations folks had left out on their doorsteps. Blowing our community's donation goal of 500,000 pounds out of the water, Subaru of Missoula was proud to partner with the Associated Students of University of Montana, to not only beat the Bobcat's in a friendly food drive competition, but to also fill the pantries of those families in need this holiday season. Between knocking on doors and nearly filling an entire bus with non-perishable food items, Subaru of Missoula was happy to lend a hand in this years Can the Cats Food Drive and within our wonderful community.
