CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ally
Financial, Alex Bowman, driver of the Ally-sponsored No. 48
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE of Hendrick
Motorsports, and Best Friends Animal Society are
teaming up to improve animal welfare across the U.S.
Ally will donate $33,000 to Best
Friends-affiliated shelters—$1,000 to a shelter in each city that
hosts a NASCAR Cup Series race. The donations start this month with
the NASCAR event at Phoenix Raceway on March
14, when Bowman, a strong supporter of animal rescue, will
drive a Best Friends-inspired paint scheme in honor of the hundreds
of thousands of dogs and cats the nonprofit works to save. At a
future date, Best Friends will auction off Bowman's race-worn
helmet, which also dons a special paint scheme, to benefit the
organization.
"One of the lessons of 2020 for many—including Alex and me—is
that our pets mean more to us than ever. This donation is a great
way to leave a positive, lasting impact on local host communities
by helping their shelters care for rescued animals and find them
happy homes," said Andrea Brimmer,
chief marketing and public relations officer, Ally Financial. "We
hope to raise awareness and support for the important, lifesaving
work of Best Friends through our donations and the incredibly cool
paint scheme that Alex will sport in Phoenix."
Bowman, who has a rescue dog at home, will personally match each
of Ally's $1,000 donations to local
shelters in NASCAR race markets. In addition, Ally will increase
its Best Friends donation to $10,000
in any community where Bowman wins a race in 2021. These collective
donations will provide a boost to dozens of no-kill shelters and
will help fund vital efforts, such as spays and neuters,
trap-neuter-return programs, shelter adoptions, educating the
public about animal welfare, adoption events and more.
"Ally has taken a big interest in my passions and this
relationship with Best Friends could not be a better fit," said
Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48
Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE.
"Knowing each week when we go into a new race market that we are
helping a local shelter is going to be special. The dedication the
Best Friends organization has made to ending kill shelters by 2025
is definitely admirable. Having a rescue pup myself, Roscoe, I know
firsthand how special it feels when you sign those adoption papers
and you know you are going to give that pet a great life. Running
this special scheme on our No. 48 Chevrolet at my home track is
going to be really cool. Hopefully we can park it in victory lane
and make an even bigger donation to the shelter in the area."
Halo Animal Rescue in Avondale,
Arizona, will receive the donation for the NASCAR Cup Series
event at Phoenix Raceway, which Bowman considers his home track.
The driver grew up in Tucson,
Arizona.
A leader in the no-kill movement, Best Friends works in
collaboration with its nationwide network of members and partners
to "Save Them All." The nonprofit is actively working to ensure
that every shelter in the country is no-kill by 2025, meaning all
shelters receive the community support needed to save every dog and
cat who can be saved.
"As we race toward the 2025 goal, we are so grateful to have
allies like Ally and Alex Bowman
supporting Best Friends Animal Society and our network partners,"
said Marc Peralta, chief program
officer at Best Friends. "These generous donations are going to
make a big difference for homeless pets across the country and will
also raise awareness of how people can help shelters in their own
community. We welcome every pet lover to join our efforts."
To donate and learn more about Best Friends, visit
BestFriends.org/AlexBowman.
About Ally Financial Inc.
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a leading digital
financial-services company with $182.2 billion in assets
as of December 31, 2020. As a customer-centric company with
passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions, we
are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted
financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and
corporate customers. We are one of the largest full-service
automotive-finance operations in the country and offer a wide range
of financial services and insurance products to automotive
dealerships and consumers. Our award-winning online bank
(Ally Bank, Member FDIC and Equal
Housing Lender) offers mortgage lending, personal lending, and a
variety of deposit and other banking products, including savings,
money-market, and checking accounts, certificates of deposit (CDs),
and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Additionally, we offer
securities-brokerage and investment-advisory services through Ally
Invest. Our robust corporate finance business offers capital for
equity sponsors and middle-market companies.
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Ally Financial
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