Adelaide500 Supercars sees Kids with Cancer fly around track with CoolDrive backed Blanchard Racing Team
Announcement posted by Kids with Cancer Foundation 05 Dec 2022
CoolDrive Auto Parts arranged tickets to the Adelaide500 for kids with cancer and their families, as well as two special group pit tours and grid walks. Kids with cancer and their families had the opportunity to meet the BRT Drivers and sit in the BRT Mustang.
“We are extremely humbled that we are in a position to make a difference to the lives of others,” said John Blanchard, Chief Executive Officer CoolDrive Auto Parts.
“A cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment is a traumatic experience for the families involved, we are so very grateful to charities such as the Kids with Cancer Foundation – which aims to make today easier for these kids and their families through providing financial support, Care Packs, wigs, experiences to uplift, as well as helping to fund children’s hospitals and research.”
CoolDrive Auto Parts also donated a percentage of sales from its November Summer Cooling promotion to the Kids with Cancer Foundation which ran throughout November. A percentage of sales from every air conditioning compressor sold going towards helping the littlest members of the community struggling with this terrible disease.
Kids with Cancer Foundation CEO, Todd Prees said: “We are exhilarated to team up with CoolDrive Auto Parts and the Blanchard Racing Team for this incredible initiative which provided a truly memorable and uplifting experience to kids with cancer at the Adelaide500, raise awareness of the near 800 children diagnosed with cancer every year, and fundraise to help us further our work which is dedicated to making today easier for these families.”
“It is through the support of our partners and supporters – such as CoolDrive – that we have been able to help kids with cancer and their families for almost 25 years, and we are committed to increasing the important work we do into the future.”
About Kids with Cancer Foundation
Kids with Cancer Foundation (Australia) supports children with cancer and their families through providing financial support, critical hospital salaries and infrastructure, cancer research, Care Packs, wigs and more. 100 per cent of direct donations made to Kids with Cancer Foundation go directly towards supporting kids with cancer. To fund operational costs, Kids with Cancer Foundation runs three $2 ‘Winners Choice’ lotteries each year. Visit www.kidswithcancer.org.au
About CoolDrive Auto Parts
CoolDrive Auto Parts has established a long-term reputation as the leader in the field of auto air conditioning replacement parts, components, accessories and supplies.
The compressor range carried by CoolDrive is all-encompassing, with solutions available for practically every popular make and model found in the Australian car parc.
Compressors are now available from a range of market-leading suppliers, including CoolDrive’s own Jayair range, Sanden, Denso, Valeo, Doowon, York, Delphi, Unicla, Delco and Harrison, amongst others.
In addition to compressors, CoolDrive also stocks every imaginable component type, including filters, blowers, condensers, evaporators, fans, fittings, heater taps and parts, heater cores and assemblies, hoses and pipes, idler pulleys, service kits, refrigerants, thermostats and more.
CoolDrive Auto Parts is the only dedicated air conditioning wholesaler to offer an in-house recovery and buy-back scheme for used refrigerant, which meets the Australian Government’s environmental regulations, with the service extending to all sectors of the market.