Toyota of Muncie

We all know that Toyota is coping with below-normal production levels, these days.  As such, the Japanese automaker, has ordered non-production days, while their suppliers are recovering from this spring devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. But instead of paying employees to sit still, the Japanese auto maker has decided to pay them to help and bring support in a variety of community services.

This is how, more than a hundred Toyota employees recently became

Aiming to mobilize deserving nonprofits, Toyota Motor Company invited qualifying organizations to apply to the "100 Cars for Good" program via their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/toyota), from March 7-21. The Japanese automaker then brought in an independent panel of philanthropic and social-responsibility gurus to judge the submissions. After much deliberation, 500 finalists, representing all sectors of the nonprofit world (i.e., animal welfare, arts, education, environment, health and human services) have been chosen