Ford Dealers Put Some Muscle Behind Kiwi Kids

Ford Dealers Put Some Muscle Behind Kiwi Kids

Dealer team enters Variety Trillian Bash

A trio of Ford New Zealand dealers will be at the New Plymouth start line when the 25th Anniversary Variety Trillian Bash kicks off from New Plymouth onMarch 7.

Ford head office has supported the Variety Bash for 25 years, but Stevens Motors Lower Hutt, MS Ford Nelson and South Auckland Motors, Manukau wanted to do more. So they’ve kitted out a 2002 Ford Fairlane Ghia with lights, sirens, music and LED flashers, fettled its mighty V8 engine, shoulder-tapped a team of drivers and raised the hefty donation to Variety – The Children’s Charity required to join the Bash convoy.

That donation goes to help give disadvantaged children a hand-up – whether it be equipment to help overcome physical or mental disability, a sports grant, or clothes to help a foster child fit in at a new school.

Paul Bond from Stevens Motors says, “Every living soul needs to give back, especially when not everyone in this world has the simple things in life we take for granted. And time is the most precious thing you can give.”

This is the third time the dealer team will join the Bash, a road rally of classic and quirky vehicles that will circle the North Island entertaining backblock kids, shaking fundraising buckets, and handing out grants to children in need. Bond says “I was hooked from my first invitation to join the Bash in Ford’s classic Zephyr. I can close my eyes and think of so many great experiences, and so we got together and decided we’d like to do our bit too.”

Bond says the fun the Bashers have along the way is part of the appeal, but that’s not what got these dealers together – it’s meeting some of the people they help. “Every day on the Bash is a humbling experience, and getting choked up is part of that experience. If the Bash doesn’t touch your emotions, you’re not doing it right!”

Bond says the crew hopes Ford fans will keep an eye on the Bash facebook page, and turn out to say hi wherever the Bash passes through. “We’re hoping they’ll drop some change in our buckets too,” he says. “Because that’s one thing we’ve discovered since joining the Bash – it takes less than you’d think to make a life-changing difference to a Kiwi kid in need of a hand.”

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