PORT ANGELES — On Sunday, community members can test-drive a new Ford or Lincoln and help Port Angeles High School at the same time.
Price Ford Lincoln of Port Angeles has teamed up with Port Angeles High for the Drive One 4 UR School fundraiser, set at Walmart, 3471 E. Kolonels Way, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For each test-drive taken by a participant, $20 will be donated to the high school.
The goal is 300 drives, which would result in raising $6,000 for the Career & Technical Educational Leadership and Science Clubs, said Price Ford’s Joel Elliott, sales manager at the dealership and a PAHS graduate.
“There’s no pressure to buy,” Elliott said, adding that from the time people register — which will be done by high school students — to the time a drive is finished will take about 10 minutes.
The program is in its fourth year, with two events having been done in the first year.
“We’ve raised a little more than $24,000 for the high school doing this,” Elliott said.
There is a limit of one test-drive per address. Each driver must be 18 or older and have a valid driver’s license. Car seats cannot be accommodated for this event.
Nationally, the Ford Motor Co.’s Drive One 4 UR School program began in 2007 and since then has sponsored 1,500 events in 49 states, raising more than $5 million for before- and after-school activities in high schools across the country.
Funds raised during the Drive One 4 UR School programs ensure that extracurricular activities such as sports and music program, plus career and technical education programs, continue in local communities, organizers said.
