LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The National
Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
Educational Fund will welcome Toyota as presenting sponsor of the
NALEO 31st Annual Conference in San Diego. The nation's
largest gathering of Latino elected officials, the NALEO
31st Annual Conference runs from Thursday, June 26 to Saturday, June 28. The
2014 Toyota Highlander Hybrid will also serve as the conference's
official vehicle.
"Toyota is a strong partner of NALEO Educational Fund and a
great supporter of the Latino community. We are thrilled to
have them join us as presenting sponsor of this year's annual
conference," said Arturo Vargas,
executive director of NALEO Educational Fund. "We also
appreciate Toyota adding to their support for NALEO Educational
Fund by providing us with a new Highlander Hybrid, which will allow
us to pursue our work across the region more effectively and with a
smaller environmental footprint than ever before. Protecting our
natural resources needs to be an even greater priority for all
Americans, and we hope our partnership with Toyota will help expand
awareness of the important role that hybrids and other green
transportation can have for Latinos nationwide."
"At Toyota, we are great believers in NALEO Educational Fund and
in its mission to expand civic engagement across the Latino
community," said Patricia Salas
Pineda, group vice president of Hispanic Business Strategy
Group at Toyota. "We are pleased to have the opportunity to
expand our long-standing support for NALEO Educational Fund this
year and to join NALEO's members in San
Diego for this very important conference."
The NALEO 31st Annual Conference will include more
than 1,000 Latino public officials and supporters from communities
across the country. 2014 marks
Toyota's seventh year supporting NALEO Educational Fund.
The 2014 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is an all-new vehicle.
Since it was first introduced eight years ago, Highlander Hybrid
owners have saved an estimated 1,511,075.28 tons of carbon dioxide
emissions and approximately enough fuel to drive around the earth
316,622 times.
About NALEO Educational Fund
NALEO Educational Fund is the nation's leading non-profit
organization that facilitates the full participation of Latinos in
the American political process, from citizenship to public
service.
About NALEO
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed
Officials is the leadership organization of the nation's more than
6,000 Latino elected and appointed officials.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE: TM), the world's top automaker and creator of the
Prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live
through our Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands. Over the past 50
years, we've built more than 25 million cars and trucks in
North America, where we operate 14
manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than
40,000 people (more than 32,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North
American dealerships (1,500 in the U.S.) sold more than 2.5 million
cars and trucks (more than 2.2 million in the U.S.) in 2013 – and
about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years
are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the
country, with a focus on education, safety and the
environment. As part of this commitment, we share the
company's extensive know-how garnered from building great cars and
trucks to help community organizations and other nonprofits expand
their ability to do good. For more information about Toyota,
visit www.toyotanewsroom.com
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