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 retailers 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.
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.
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.
Subaru and its retailers partner with Operation Warm® to visit local homeless shelters and support agencies to provide children with brand-new necessities like coats, shoes, and socks.
Community
Providing comfort, hope, and confidence to children in urgent need.
Subaru and its retailers partner with Operation Warm®️ to visit local homeless shelters and support agencies to provide children with brand-new necessities like coats, shoes, and socks.
These essential items not only help keep children protected, warm, and dry, they can also have a significant impact on a child’s mental and emotional well-being.
Through this partnership and other historical Subaru Loves to Help efforts, Subaru and retailers like us will have supported over 1 million children and adults in urgent need nationwide.
At Subaru, we believe what we leave behind is a reflection of who we are.
Environment
At Subaru, we believe what we leave behind is a reflection of who we are. That's why Subaru and our retailers partner with the Arbor Day Foundation (TM) to provide and distribute 100,000 regionally appropriate trees across the country. We're proud to establish the largest corporate tree distribution ever. Through this and other Subaru Loves the Earth initiatives, Subaru and our retailers have helped distribute and plant over 1.1 million trees.
Subaru believes we should all have a chance to lead a healthy life.
Health
Subaru believes we should all have a chance to lead a healthy life. That's why for the past 10 years, Subaru and its retailers like us have partnered with Blood Cancer United® and our local hospital or cancer treatment center to give warm blankets and encouraging messages of hope, written by our staff and customers to support patients facing cancer. Through our efforts during this decade-long partnership, we've supported nearly 500,000 cancer patients nationwide. Together, we are proud to be Blood Cancer United's largest automotive donor.
Subaru and its retailers, like us, are continuing our support of education and high-needs schools in our communities through Subaru Loves Learning(R) by providing teachers across the country with funding to purchase the school supplies and resources they know are needed to help students thrive in the classroom.
Education
Subaru and its retailers, like us, are continuing our support of education and high-needs schools in our communities through Subaru Loves Learning(R) by providing teachers across the country with funding to purchase the school supplies and resources they know are needed to help students thrive in the classroom. Through our partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org, Subaru and its retailers have supported more than 950,000 students nationwide and are proud to be their largest corporate supporter.
Subaru believes all pets deserve a loving home.
Pets
Subaru believes all pets deserve a loving home. That's why retailers like us partner with our local animal welfare organization every October to provide direct financial assistance through a grant distributed by the ASPCA® and host pet events to help animals find loving homes. Through our partnership with local and national organizations, Subaru has donated over $70 million, supporting the rescue, adoption, and health of over 700,000 animals. We're proud to be the largest corporate donor to the ASPCA.
Subaru and its retailers believe in giving back to our communities.
The Subaru Share the Love ® Event
Subaru and its retailers believe in giving back to our communities. That's why for every new vehicle sold or leased during the Subaru Share the Love event, Subaru and its retailers, like us, makes a donation to national charities that our owners care about and to over 2,700 local charities where Subaru owners live and work.
Now, after 17 years, Subaru and our retailers have donated nearly $320 million to charity all to give back and to make the world a better place.
How is Grand Forks Subaru 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.
Humane Society | Circle of Friends Animal Shelter | Journey Home Animal Shelter
Meals on Wheels/Grand Forks Senior Citizen Center | Northlands Rescue Mission | United Way Backpack Program/Kidz Closet | Disabled American Veterans and American Heroes Outdoors | Shop with a Deputy Program/Northern Valley Law Enforcement Memorial
Lake Agassiz Elementary School | Winship Elementary School | Lewis & Clark Elementary School | Valley Middle School | Riverside Christian School
Downtown Development Association | Grand Forks Parks & Recreation
Make-A-Wish | Altru Cancer Center/Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Hospice of the Red River Valley | The Sunshine Home | Hope, Inc. | American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Thank you for giving back! - Scott J.
During this Holiday season, we were so happy to have the GF Subaru team to our facility in East Grand Forks. They generously donated their time to help pack food for children in our Backpack Program. It was great working alongside and getting to know you all! With so much need out there, it's wonderful knowing there's people and businesses like you who care and give so much back to the community. We can't thank you enough! - North Country Food Bank
Salvation Army Angel Tree - Michelle B.
Grand Forks Subaru partnered with Salvation Army of Grand Forks to collect Christmas gifts for local children in need. The angel tree was displayed in the showroom at Grand Forks Subaru. Thank you to employees, customers, and the public for donating enough Christmas gifts to fill up an entire Subaru Ascent! The Salvation Army of Grand Forks provides enough gifts for 2,000 children=525 families, and each family also receives a food basket. Grand Forks Subaru loves giving back to our community!
Subaru Loves Pets - Megan P.
During the mont of October Grand Forks Subaru was kind enough to feature our rescue's underdogs on their social media and then hosted an adoption event at their new store! We had a great afternoon with lots of adoption interest and love for our dogs that attended. A few dogs received applications for adoption and a few people signed up to help volunteer. We are so thankful for this great partnership and appreciate Grand Forks Subaru supporting Journey Home Animal Rescue!
Subaru Adopt A Classroom Phoenix Elementary School - Kevin O.
On behalf of Phoenix Elementary School's students, parents, and staff I would like to say "Thanks" to Subaru and our local Subaru dealership for supporting education. Our teachers have received $500 to use toward supplies for their classrooms. Subaru has donated an amazing $5,000 to our school. We are so grateful that these teachers will not have to spend their own money to purchase classroom supplies for their students. Thanks to Michelle & Matt Bredemeier for always giving back to our Grand Forks community. You will see in the attached pictures our staff, the teachers selected and the Subaru leadership team! Please help me in saying "thanks" to the Subaru team if you stop by the dealership. Their support of education is noticed and appreciated. Principal - Kevin Ohnstad
Grand Forks Central FBLA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California - Trevor L.
Each year, student members of the Grand Forks Central Future Business Leaders of America have a chance to compete in business related events at the State Leadership Conference. If they do well enough, these students earn the opportunity to compete on the national stage. The FBLA National Leadership Conference has over 10,000 students from across the country competing in events ranging from objective tests to performance based events. During the 2024-2025 school year, Central had three students qualify in separate events and were given the opportunity to attend the national conference in Anaheim, California. These three students were very excited for this opportunity, but there was a huge factor in their way, the cost. Each student was responsible for raising $2,165. The three students knew this was a trip they were passionate about so they got to work right away raising money. They thought of Grand Forks Subaru and they called to tell them their story and what was needed. GF Subaru helped defer the cost for our students and helped them make their way to California and to compete at the National Leadership Conference. Thank you Grand Forks Subaru for your donation and commitment to education in the community.
Grand Forks Subaru - A Great Community Partner! - Brenda K.
Grand Forks Subaru has been partnering with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for several years through the Subaru Lover to Care Initiative, blessing blood cancer patients with gifts of soft, warm blankets and messages of hope. Subaru of America and its retailers are committed to positively impacting the communities where they live and work, and have partnered with LLS to send hope, love, and warmth to patients facing cancer. Michelle Bredemeier of Grand Forks Subaru shared why this partnership is meaningful to her stating, “Heather and the whole staff at Altru Cancer Center are amazing human beings for the care and compassion they provide to the patients. Jil and Katie Fiemeyer drove over 3 hours to be part of the presentation of the blankets. Their daughter/sister was a patient at Altru Cancer Center and, unfortunately, passed away a few years ago from the disease. We were impacted by their story of what they went through as a family; it seems like everyone is affected by cancer in some way. I, personally, was able to give blankets to a couple of patients that were present. It brought joy to my heart to see the smiles on their faces when they received their blankets.” The Altru staff also expressed how meaningful it was to have the Fiemeyer family participate in the delivery and their gratitude for the Subaru team for supporting their patients. These partnerships between community partners like Subaru, healthcare workers like the Altru staff and those who are working to support the cure for blood cancer and improve the quality of life of patients are making a real difference for patients!
Grand Forks Subaru Teams Up to Support Local Community - Shellee B.
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 Grand Forks, this is a harsh reality. Helping others strengthens communities, which is why Grand Forks Subaru 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 Grand Forks Subaru have helped nearly 900,000 children and adults in urgent need. On 01/30/2025, Grand Forks Subaru donated 300 coats to United Way of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Area. 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.
Grand Forks Subaru Goes Gaga For Golfers! - keith b.
Grand Forks Young Life exists to help kids experience food, fun and faith and every year a Golf Classic is held to help raise $ for Camp Scholarships! For the 5th year in a row Matt & Michelle Bredemeier and the Grand Forks Subaru team helped rally a sold out event raise record dollars for camp! One of the highlights for every golfer is a chance to win a NEW CAR COMPLIMENTS OF GRAND FORKS SUBARU by getting a hole in one. Although no winners this year Grand Forks Subaru shared the love with so many kids!
Drive Your Dreams: Love the Journey - Sara T.
Many organizations and businesses talk about the importance of connection, but few are able to accomplish it to the life-changing level that Grand Forks Subaru has achieved. The Grand Forks Subaru dealership believes in their slogan of love in such a tangible way that it has echoed through the halls of Community Alternative High School, a place filled with students who might need a little extra love and support than their peers. As a teacher at Community, connecting and helping students grow is a major part of what I do each day. When Marilyn Ripplinger and I approached Matt and Michelle Bredemeier with an idea that we thought had the power to impact many students and change the life of at least one, there was no hesitation on their part. Matt and Michelle dove in to support local students because they know what community is built from the ground up. To outsiders, giving away a car may seem like a one-off gift, but for the Subaru Crew, we saw the ripple effect as the plan came into focus. Many students at Community stay local, so we found it surprising that so many students graduated without their driver's license. These students would earn a diploma, but we wondered how successful can someone be without the option of personal transportation. Our goal was to boost the number of students graduating with their license, but we saw an increase in students finding employment, and remaining in good standing-often coming to find myself or Marilyn to update us on how close they were to being qualified to win a car. The student who was eventually selected met multiple criteria: being a high school graduate, having a driver's license, having a job, being in good standing, and being 18. We saw so many students push themselves to improve and qualify for the giveaway before the winner was announced at graduation. The student who won the car, Annika Surface, had this to say: "Winning a car means so much to me. I got my drivers license later than my peers but that was okay with me because at the time my family and I did not have the funds for a car. The car we were eventually able to afford is not reliable and things need fixing constantly. Winning a car now gives me the opportunity to go places and do things I wasn’t able to do before. Having this car brings me confidence in getting myself to places without the worry of something breaking or needing a jump start. This opportunity is something I’ve never thought I would even have the chance of receiving and I appreciate it with all my heart." The tears of gratitude that were shed by Annika and those close to her spoke volumes. We are so lucky to have Grand Forks Subaru in our community because they practice love in action. This wasn't just a gift of a car, for Annika, it was peace of mind, knowing she had reliable transportation as she continues to work and grow in the greater Grand Forks area. For the students who participated this year, this car pushed many to take their driver's license test, many students found employment instead of taking some time off, and many more students who are currently enrolled at Community know that they need to make good choices if they want a shot at the car next year. I am so thankful to Grand Forks Subaru for their excitement, support, generosity, and love this year and am amazed that they plan to continue to partner with our high school to change the lives of our population. For a group of students who don't always have as much support as their peers in the traditional high schools, I can't imagine what it feels like to know that a car dealership is rooting for you and wants you to succeed!
Grand Forks Senior Center - Michelle B.
Thank you, again, Grand Forks Subaru for being so generous! Meals on Wheels is so vital for seniors in our community and we greatly appreciate the opportunity to partner with you locally, as well as Subaru of America. We really are honored that you chose us as a hometown charity when there are so many deserving organizations to pick from, so thank you. Share the Love is such an amazing program and makes such a huge impact on the non-profits involved. We couldn't help all the seniors in need without the community around us and that definitely includes YOU!
Did Grand Forks Subaru go above and beyond, provide exceptional service, or support causes that are important to you? We'd love to hear about it.
