Community - Keys to Success

For 43 years, Edmonton has supported Sandy Lane Auto. For that reason, we keep community initiatives close to home. Keys to Success supports three charities that provide Edmontonians with three essential ingredients needed to achieve success: nourishment, shelter, and education.



E4C's School Lunch Program

An empty stomach makes learning near impossible. E4C's school lunch program feeds 2000 children at 10 high needs schools every day, shifting classroom attention from hunger to learning for Edmonton's 1 in 6 children who live in poverty.



Homeless to Homes

The Bissell Centre believes the first step in facing any life barrier is to address housing needs. Their Homeless to Homes (H2H) program houses 6-8 people a month and provides community integration, financial education, and other life skills programs to ensure participants find stability in their new homes. With a 95% success rate, the Bissell Centre comes closer to reaching their 10 year goal to end homelessness in Edmonton.



C.O.W. (Classroom on Wheels) Bus

Literacy is the key to success in education, career, and health; however, 40% ofadult Albertans struggle with literacy. The Centre for Family Literacy believes that number can be reduced if literacy starts in families first. The C.O.W. Bus visits nine Edmonton neighbourhoods on a weekly basis, lending children's books for free and engaging families in programming that assists parents in supporting their pre-school children's literacy development.

As a client of Sandy Lane Auto, you are helping to make a difference in the communities where we live and grow. Here is how Keys to Success helps our community year round:

FALL

For every $100 you spend to maintain your vehicle from September to November, a child receives lunch.

WINTER

Sandy Lane contributes to the C.O.W. Bus library and would like to add to yours. Enter to win an adult and children's reading collection each month, from December to March.

SPRING

Sandy Lane Auto collects household items from April to June for Homeless to Homes participants working to transform their new residences into homes.

SUMMER

Sandy Lane Auto employees spend half a day at a high needs school, meeting students and teachers and providing a BBQ lunch to end the school year.