Cypress, Calif.
- Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.,
raised more than $11,000 through its recent "Assembled in U.S.A." Grizzly Giveaway. The
funds will be split evenly and donated to the Honored American Veterans Afield
(HAVA) and Feed the Children (FTC) charities.
Through the fundraiser, which was launched last fall and ran
until April 23, Yamaha donated a one-of-a-kind 2012 Grizzly 700 FI EPS ATV
(MSRP $9,749) to help raise awareness and money for HAVA and FTC. Yamaha
collected $5 donations from individuals entering to win the new Grizzly.
William Rice from Newbury
Park, CA, was the
randomly selected winner of the new Grizzly ATV.
"Yamaha Outdoors was part of founding HAVA five years ago
and has been an ongoing sustaining sponsor in support of its mission to serve
disabled vets and wounded active duty military personnel in outdoor sports,"
HAVA Chairman Tom Taylor said. "HAVA is grateful for this additional
support which will allow for even more hunts and shooting events for the
American Heroes the organization serves."
"We are so thankful for the generosity shown by Yamaha and
their employees in supporting children and their families," Feed The Children
spokesman Tony Sellars said. "Efforts of companies like Yamaha help us
put food on the table for families that otherwise might have gone without."
The Grizzly 700 FI EPS is Yamaha's flagship ATV with
top-of-the-line features like Electric Power Steering (EPS), fuel injection,
Ultramatic automatic transmission, On-Command push-button four-wheel-drive,
four wheel independent suspension and much more, making it the toughest, most
off-road capable ATV in its class.
"Yamaha donated its top of the line Grizzly 700 ATV to help
raise the most money possible for HAVA and FTC, two organizations that Yamaha
is very proud to support," Steve Nessl, Yamaha's ATV/SxS group marketing
manager, said. "Yamaha congratulates Mr. Price for winning the Grizzly and
thanks everyone who made a $5 donation as part of this sweepstakes."
The Grizzly that William Price won is Steel Blue with cast
aluminum wheels and has a unique red, white and blue U.S.A.-themed graphic
kit. It was one of the first Grizzly 700 ATVs to come off Yamaha's
production line in Newnan, GA,
last May; significant because it marks Yamaha's long-term strategy to move the
production of more ATV models to the U.S.
Yamaha is a founding sponsor of HAVA (www.honoredveterans.org),
an organization created to help disabled soldiers and veterans with the healing
process through active participation in outdoors sports. Yamaha has worked
with Feed the Children (www.feedthechildren.org) for more than 10 years raising
several hundred thousand dollars and feeding tens of thousands of
children. Yamaha will donate all money raised through the raffle evenly
between the two organizations.
