Our February Charity of the Month is the Canadian Red Cross – Oakville

Mark’s Auto Service will donate $4.00 to the Canadian Red Cross – Oakville for every online appointment scheduled this month. Schedule your Online Appointment Here.

When booking an appointment online, please select the charity you want to donate to from the Charity Drop-Down Box.

Thank you for helping Mark’s Auto Service support the Canadian Red Cross – Oakville!
Learn more about this charity on their website at www.redcross.ca.

Mark's team gathers with the toys collected for Toys for Tots this holiday season. Left to right: Shawn Edwards, Steve Handojo, Amory Ramroop, Bill Woldhuis

Over $3,927.00 plus toys and gifts were donated to Toys For Tots this holiday season led by Mark’s Auto Service and four other local automotive repair shops.

THANK YOU to our valued customers for helping us raise money and toys for the Toys For Tots Charity during the 2011 holiday season. Along with our customers’ Rewards Card Dollar donations, Mark’s Auto Service donated over $689.00 along with many toys and gifts to Toys for Tots.

Together with your help, $3,927.00 along with toys and presents were donated by our group of repair facilities and customers to Toys For Tots this holiday season!

Learn more on the Toys For Tots website.

Our January Charity of the Month is the Canadian Red Cross – Oakville

Mark’s Auto Service will donate $4.00 to the Canadian Red Cross – Oakville for every online appointment scheduled this month. Schedule your Online Appointment Here.

When booking an appointment online, please select the charity you want to donate to from the Charity Drop-Down Box.

Thank you for helping Mark’s Auto Service support the Canadian Red Cross – Oakville!
Learn more about this charity on their website at www.redcross.ca.

Don’t forget to bring in your Toys for Tots toy donations into our shop by Monday, December 12th! We are especially looking for gifts for children ages 12-16, who are often forgotten this time of year.

How Can You Help?

• Drop off your Toy Donations at Mark’s Auto Service now through Monday, December 12th!
  
• Donate your existing Mark’s Auto Service Rewards Card Dollars towards purchasing toys. 
We will use your Rewards Card Dollars to purchase toys for underprivileged children this Christmas through Toys For Tots. Call or come into our shop for details. 905-844-1111

Learn more online at the Toys For Tots website.

Our December Charity of the Month is TOYS FOR TOTS.
Toys for Tots’ mission is to ‘bring the joy of Christmas to needy children’.

Mark’s Auto Service will donate $5.00 to Toys for Tots for every online appointment scheduled this month. Schedule your Online Appointment Here.

When booking an appointment online, please select the charity you want to donate to from the Charity Drop-Down Box.

Thank you for helping us support Toys for Tots!
Learn more about Toys for Tots here.

Some insurance companies are offering discounts for using Winter Tires – Ask Yours!

Mark’s Auto Service  offers these great services:

The facts about winter tires and why all-season tires just won’t do.

Ever since the introduction of the all-season tire, Canadian drivers have slid and spun their tires through the coldest months of the year. Here’s the kicker: it doesn’t seem to matter whether there’s snow on the ground or not.

Unlike all-season tires, winter tires (identified by mountain and snowflake symbols on their sides) have tread patterns and softer rubber compounds that are tailored for colder conditions. And that helps them perform better once temperatures plummet, whether or not they have to dig through the white stuff.

All-season tires can turn into four round black rocks when the cold hits. Even on dry pavement, this starts at about 7c. So have them installed at Mark’s anytime after Labour Day. Don’t wait until November, it may be to late for black ice. And a study conducted by the Quebec Ministry of Transport showed that a proper winter tire can improve braking by up to 25 percent over an all-season radial and CAN IMPROVE COLLISION AVOIDANCE BY ABOUT 38 PERCENT!

Just add 2? No, it’s not your grand dad’s old Buick any more, where 2 snow tires were on the back to get moving . Today’s cars are lighter and use low profile all-season tires and in Winter you need 4 Winter tires. To maintain control in turns and to Stop. Have you ever tried to walk in snow with 1 running shoe and 1 winter boot? Well you car wouldn’t like it either.

One last note, the temperature can easily slide from 5 degrees to -15 degrees overnight, dropping tire pressure as much as 4 p.s.i. If you have an under-inflated tire, that could put you into the danger zone. Tires should be checked monthly. This is why we check the tires with every service.

Cheers Mark

Mark’s Auto Service has teamed up with seven other automotive repair facilities to support the Toys For Tots campaign this holiday season. Each one of these seven participating facilities will be donating $500 in cash along with all the presents collected for Toys For Tots.

With your help, we are collecting toy donations at our shop now through December 12th! We are especially looking for gifts for children ages 12-16, who are often forgotten this time of year.

How Can You Help?

• Drop off your Toy Donations at Mark’s Auto Service now through Monday, December 12th!
  
• Donate your existing Mark’s Auto Service Rewards Card Dollars towards purchasing toys. 
We will use your Rewards Card Dollars to purchase toys for underprivileged children this Christmas through Toys For Tots. Call or come into our shop for details. 905-844-1111

Toys for Tots’ initial objective, which remains the hallmark of the program today, is to ‘bring the joy of Christmas to needy children’. Its goal is to deliver a message of hope that will build self-esteem and motivate children to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders. Learn more on the Toys For Tots website.

Our November Charity of the Month is TOYS FOR TOTS.
Toys for Tots’ mission is to ‘bring the joy of Christmas to needy children’.

Mark’s Auto Service will donate $5.00 to Toys for Tots for every online appointment scheduled this month. Schedule your Online Appointment Here.

When booking an appointment online, please select the charity you want to donate to from the Charity Drop-Down Box.

Thank you for helping us support Toys for Tots!
Learn more about Toys for Tots here.

Expires 11/15/11