Springfield, New Jersey, December 24, 2009
Donald Toresco, President & CEO of Autoland was recently deeply moved by an article he read in the Star Ledger. Frank Bruno, the Somerset County Surrogate, has been collecting gift cards, calling cards, and iTunes cards to give to soldiers in the amputee wards at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for several years. This year he was disappointed at the devastating level of donations.
Despite the turn in the economy, Autoland in Springfield, NJ still had a successful 2009. As a Vietnam Veteran himself, Donald M. Toresco has always had a lot of compassion for our GI’s and veterans. He decided to give sixty phone cards to Bruno for the soldiers in Washington to show his appreciation of the sacrifice of our veterans. Thanks to his contribution, Bruno will now have something to give to the soldiers this year as well.
“Our veterans have always stepped us for us and I felt it was our patriotic duty to step up for them and offer them any support we can, especially this holiday season,” states Mr. Toresco.
About Autoland – In the early 1980's, Donald Toresco purchased Autoland's current location - 26 acres of land on Route 22 East in Springfield, New Jersey and began construction of the world's first automall. Mr. Toresco had successfully created a single location where customers could shop in a comfortable environment. Autoland is now New Jersey’s largest full service dealer, offering Toyota, Scion, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep. Autoland has been a family business since 1945, and for over sixty years they have believed customer service is number one before, during, and after the sale. Autoland offers service to all nationalities and have employees that speak Spanish, Polish, Korean, French, Chinese, Arabic, Nigerian, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Guyanese, Pilipino, and Hindi. Not only is their new showroom the largest in the area, they also have over one hundred service bays.