Four not-for-profit groups were each given a free Toyota car last week to undertake work that will benefit the Hobsons Bay community for years to come.
Toyota Australia gave the cars, which are among the last Camrys made in Altona, to groups supporting homeless youth, senior citizens and people living with a disability.
The car recipients were Latitude: Directions for Young People, Laverton Community Integrated Services, Gateway Community Services and LINK Community Transport.
Toyota Australia president Dave Buttner said gifting the cars was the company’s way of giving back to the area it had called home since 1995.
“The donation of these vehicles … will support these local organisations in providing essential services to some of the most in-need and vulnerable groups within the community,” he said.
The Latitude organisation will use the car to support homeless youth in Melbourne’s west. Laverton Community Integrated Services chief executive Michael Pernar said the car would be used for crisis intervention and for the WynBay L2P program.
Gateway Community Services general manager William Kelly said the car would help transport some of the most socially and economically disadvantaged residents of Hobsons Bay, while LINK Community Transport chief executive Rick Lawford said the car would help the aged and disabled maintain their independence and stay in their homes.
