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?
The Subaru Love Promise® is our vision to show love and respect to all people at every interaction with Subaru. Subaru and our retailers believe every day gives us an opportunity to positively impact the world around us – by how we support each other, our customers, and our community. Together, we are committed to making the world a better place. \n\n The Love Promise is what makes Subaru More Than a Car Company® and a Subaru retailer More Than a Car Dealer®. It sets a standard that we are committed to living every day. \n\n What is the Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment? \n\n At Subaru, we believe in being a positive force in our community, not just with donations, but with actions that set an example for others to follow. We aim to make the world a better place through several key initiatives that help support and protect people, pets, and our planet:
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
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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
Driving Education Forward: Subaru of Missoula Donates to Support Arlee High School Students - Jacob H
As part of the annual Subaru Loves Learning Event, Subaru of Missoula proudly donated $3,000 to Arlee High School, advancing equity in education within our community. The contribution will benefit six classrooms and 150 students, providing essential resources to help them succeed. Back-to-school season offers the perfect opportunity to strengthen our partnership with Arlee High School and make a meaningful impact in preparing local students for their future. Through Subaru Loves Learning, Subaru of Missoula continues to support education and high-needs schools by giving teachers the funding they need to equip their classrooms and empower their students to thrive.
Supporting Those Who Served: Giving Back to Local Veterans - Jacob H
In April, Subaru of Missoula once again partnered with our local VFW Post 209, donating $20,350 to support their ongoing efforts for the Missoula-area veteran community. These funds help VFW Post 209 care for local veterans in need through a variety of programs—providing holiday dinners for struggling veterans, meals for those experiencing housing instability, and career training to assist with post-service job placement. Each year, they also purchase gifts for Toys for Tots, ensuring local children have a brighter holiday season. Subaru of Missoula is honored to stand beside VFW Post 209 in their mission, showing that Subaru is truly more than a car company.
Subaru of Missoula Shares Warmth and Hope with Cancer Patients at St. Patrick Hospital - Jacob H
At Subaru of Missoula, giving back to our community is at the heart of everything we do. Subaru believes everyone deserves the chance to live a healthy, hopeful life—which is why, for the past decade, Subaru and our retailers have proudly partnered with Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). Together, we’ve provided warm blankets, patient care kits, and handwritten messages of hope from Subaru team members and customers to support those battling cancer. This year, our team personally delivered blankets that fold into pillows to patients at Providence St. Patrick Hospital, offering both comfort and encouragement during treatment. Through this partnership, we’re also helping cancer patient households receive financial relief for non-medical expenses like transportation, food, housing, and utilities—because at Subaru of Missoula, caring for our neighbors goes far beyond the road.
Growing a Greener Missoula: Subaru Loves the Earth Tree Giveaway - Jake H
At Subaru of Missoula, we were proud to celebrate the Subaru Loves the Earth event by giving back to our community in a way that will grow for generations. This year, we donated Sugar Maple, Red Maple, and Yellowwood sapling trees to Missoula community members—each one a small start with a big impact. These trees will help clean our air, provide shade in the summer, support local wildlife, and add natural beauty to our neighborhoods. It’s our way of saying thank you to a community that values the outdoors as much as we do, and investing in a greener, healthier Missoula for years to come.
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.
