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Meet Kim Vincent (second from left) of North Attleboro. She is the Grand Prize Winner of this fully installed garage from Guaranteed Builders of Douglas MA. The garage was raffled off as part of the Imperial Cars Grand Opening Celebration now going on. Kim sent in the official ballot from our direct mail flyer and Kevin Meehan (left), owner of Imperial Cars, pulled her winning entry. To the left of Kim is Tracy Sharkey and Fred LaRock of Guaranteed Builders. Other winner are below. See, it pays to shop Imperial Cars!


(left) Yvette Remillard from Blackstone is presented a laptop compute by Jason Maille, parts manager. (right) Tara Ferrante of Milford won a $100 Ameican Express gift card.


(left) Steve Sinko of Uxbridge won a $100 Walmart gift card and (right) Robert Gebelein of Mendon won a laptop computer.


(left) Richard Malo of Millis won a 32" Plasma TV as did Raymond and Karol Moreau (right) of Harrisville, RI.


(left) Pricilla Koopman of Northbridge won a $100 American Express Gift Card as did Mike Boyd (right) of Walpole.


(left) Mike Aicardi of Mendon won a 32" LDC TV and (right) Maria & Robert Roy of Bellingham won a $100 Visa gift card.


(left) John Mespelli of Whitinsville won a laptop computer and (right) Herbert Wood of Mendon won a $100 Visa gift card.


(left) Guy Hemond of Milford won a GPS navigation system and (right) Elizabeth Bailey of Millville won a $100 Walmart gift card.


(left) Darlene MacDonald  of Uxbridge won a GPS navigation system and (right) Bettyann Bernard of Uxbridge won a 32" Plasma TV.


(left) Audie Quick of Upton won a GPS navigation system and (right) Alfred Lanzetta of Milford won a $100 Visa gift card.


Clair Laplante of Woonsocket, RI won a $100 Target gift card.

Other Winner: Linda Kennedy of Uxbridge won a $100 Target gift card (no photo available).

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It has come to our attention that a nationwide mail fraud campaign is underway using the Imperial Chevrolet name. Please be advised to ignore any mail piece delivered to your residence with a check included in the package and DO NOT deposit the check. We have notified the authorities and they are investigating.

Thank you,
Imperial Cars

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The little towns of Mendon and Upton rocked hard and dug deep for their education foundation, raising over $10,000 at the Oct. 17 Rock and Roll for Education fundraiser. The money will be used to fund innovative educational programs in the towns’ four schools.
 
The fundraiser for the Mendon Upton Education Foundation (MUEF) was held at the Imperial Ford showroom at 8 Uxbridge Rd, (Rte. 16) in Mendon, against a backdrop of rock and roll memorabilia and 50’s style neon signs.

Imperial Cars owner Kevin Meehan donated the use of the showroom for the event and supplied the 2008 Dodge Caliber at cost for the raffle. MUEF President Anna Morin said she was pleased beyond all expectations by the turnout and the generosity of the community.
 
“It was overwhelming to see so many people come out in support of education, particularly with times being difficult now,” said Morin. “We feel very fortunate that MUEF will have the resources it needs to inspire and reward our teachers with grants, especially now when budgets are so tight.”
 
Early signs were that the fundraiser would be another casualty of the economy. Ticket sales for both the car raffle and the cocktail party lagged during the weeks leading up to the event. But interest grew in the days before the fundraiser. Some 150 people turned out for the event. Then, as the clock ticked toward the moment of the drawing, Kevin Meehan spurred a last-minute rush toward the raffle ticket table by offering to match all ticket sales. MUEF sold 160 raffle tickets in three hours.
 
“All night, people were digging deep into their pockets to support the education foundation, but when Kevin made his announcement, he really kicked sales into high gear,” said Camille Harvey, MUEF trustee and chair of the Rock and Roll for Education fundraiser. The winner of the drawing was Leslie Morgan of Franklin.
 
Some familiar faces stopped by including State Senator Richard Moore from Uxbridge and State Rep George Peterson from Grafton. The MC for the evening was Dick Ferrucci, from Mendon, who works for WMRC radio.

For more information about the Mendon Upton Education Foundation and to view a list of this year’s and past grant recipients, please visit www.mu-regional.k12.ma.us. Click on Education Foundation.

Top left photo: The crowd really enjoyed themselves. Top right: The MC for the evening, Dick Ferrucci. Bottom left: Kevin Meehan holds the winning ticket for the brand new 2008 Dodge Caliber raffled off. Bottom right: Leslie Morgan holds the winning check with Camille Harvey, MUEF trustee and chair of the Rock and Roll for Education fundraiser on her right and Anna Morin, MUEF President, on her left.

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ImperialCars is hosting the Nipmuc Art Society traveling art exhibit at the Imperial Ford Showroom, 8 Uxbridge Rd., (Rte. 16) “in the little town of Mendon” now through December 31, 2008. Stop by and take a look at some truly original artwork from students at the Nipmuc Regional High School.

Members of the Art Society consisting of parents, professional artists, and art instructors have selected the final collection on display.

ImperialCars.com has proudly donated money to the Nipmuc Art Society with the sole purpose of offering art scholarships to the Nipmuc Regional High School graduating class of 2008. We invite everyone to stop by and take a look at the student's inspired works of art.

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ImperialCars.com is proud to sponsor the Mendon Lions Club Country Fair Fun Tractor Pull Saturday, October 11 (rain date Oct. 12) at the Mendon Twin Drive in on Rte. 16 in Mendon, MA beginning at 10:00 am.

This is a great event for the whole family. Enjoy pony rides, crafts, great food, hayrides and live country music. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded. All proceeds go to Mendon Lions charities.

See you there!

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The Milford Lions Club held its 21st Annual Car Show on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Plains Park in Milford, MA and ImperialCars.com was one of the sponsors.

Over 1000 smiling faces stopped by to see over 200 cars, trucks and motorcycles participating. Trophies went to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in 34 different classes. The coveted “Best of Show” award went to Rick Schissler of Norton, MA with his 1954 GMC pickup that was perfectly restored.

The event raised over $9,000, with all the monies going to Milford Lions Club charities. ImperialCars.com salutes the Lions for their continuing efforts and is proud to be a sponsor of this car show.

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ImperialCars.com on Rte. 16 in Mendon, MA hosted the second car wash fundraiser, Saturday, Sept. 20 for the Blackstone Valley Tech Girls’ Volleyball Teams. This fundraiser was run by the freshman, J.V, and varsity teams and it was their third fundraiser of the season.

Over 50 cars were washed on this bright, sunny day and the team raised over $1,300 from their 2 car washes at ImperialCars. The girl’s are raising money for new warm up suits, practice shirts, and team towels. The team’s schedule runs from September through October and districts run through the middle of November.

The teams will be donating their time Saturday, Sept. 27 to do the Walk for Diabetes in Worcester in the memory of Christopher White from Milford. We salute them and encourage everyone to help support them and this great cause.
 
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ImperialCars.com hosted the Mendon Lions Club’s Cruise Night Friday, September 5. This was the fourth car show of the season and it rocked the house again! Perfect weather greeted the crowd of over 1,000 who stopped by to see everything form antiques to dragsters. The parade of cars started early and kept coming and coming.

Folks were entertained with rockin’ music of the 50’s and 60’s by DJ Kev Tev. Even the Boston Bruins representatives were on hand raffling off an autographed puck by Phil Kessel. They were handing out Bruin buttons, shirts & hats to anyone lucky enough to grab one. A special congratulations goes out to Greg White of Natick, the winner of the Phil Kessel autographed puck.

Guaranteed Builders of Douglas, MA was on hand showing off their line of custom built garages. They are partnering with ImperialCars.com to give away a fabulous 2 car garage with loft on display at ImperialCars on Rte. 16 in Mendon. Look for our flyer in your mailbox for all the details.

A special raffle of a brand new Dodge Caliber was sponsored by the Mendon-Upton Education Foundations “Rock ‘n Roll for Education”. They were selling only 400 tickets for the car. The raffle will be October 17 at Cocktail party and silent auction at Imperial Ford.

The crowd enjoyed an abundance of food including sausage and burgers cooked up by the Mendon Lions Club. They did a great job.

We look forward to seeing you next season for our series of “Cruise Night Car Shows”




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Imperial Cars.com was in full force at the 14th annual Fun Ford Weekend at New England Drag way in Epping, NH, August 15, 16 and 17. (www.funfordevents.com). Great crowds attended the weekend event and even a few raindrops Saturday could not dampen the fun.

We had a couple of thousand people visit our ImperialCars.com Truck and hospitality tent to watch some racing on the flat screens as well as sit in the beautiful Roush 427R Orange Grabber Mustang. Most People could not believe they could buy that car for less than $40,000!

The crowds were not the only ones interested in our featured car and presentation, track officials were very happy too and invited us to be a more regular fixture at the drag way next season. We look forward to it!

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ImperialCars.com hosted the 2004 and 2007 World Series trophies won by the Boston Red Sox Friday, September 5th. Hundreds of people young and old stopped by to get a glimpse of history and have their pictures taken with the trophies. They were on display in front of the David Ortiz shirt that was pulled from the new Yankee Stadium back in March, which Kevin Meehan, the owner of ImperialCars.com, was the winning bidder and paid $175,100 of which all the money went to the Jimmy Fund to help fight cancer.

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A perfect day unfolded for the Blackstone Valley Tech Girls’ Varsity Volleyball Team as the held a car wash fund-raiser at ImperialCars on Rte. 16, in Mendon Saturday, August 23rd. The team hoped to raise $2000 for their upcoming season which kicks off September 9th. The team will play 20 games this season. BV Tech is located in Upton.

The girls participating in the car wash were:
Barbara King – Coach, of Millbury
Brittney Danniels – Captain, from Mendon
Becky Lebel – Captain, from Uxbridge
Shaina Krouner – Captain, from Uxbridge
Sam Apple, from Uxbridge
Sam Hough, from Uxbridge
Heather Wheeler, from Uxbridge
Courtney Gelinas, from Milford
Alicia Keefe, from Milford
Haley Bouchard, from Uxbridge
Danielle Small, from Uxbridge
Kerry Freddrick, from Bellingham
Nicole Corbin, from Upton
Kayleigh Dowden, from Upton
Amanda Michaud, from Uxbridge
And a special thanks to Missy Danniels – Team Mom who was on hand to collect the proceeds of the car wash.

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Hundreds of classic car fans gathered in Mendon Friday, July 25th at the Brand New Imperial Ford and Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep stores for the 2nd Cruise Night Car Show of the summer sponsored by Imperialcars.com.

There were antiques, classics, customs, street rods, muscle cars, etc. and it was a great night to relax with family and friends. The weather was perfect and the crowd was buzzing with music by DJ Kev Tev who played lots of old time rock and roll which complements the atmosphere of “Cruizzin’ the Night Away”.

"It was really great that IMPERIALCARS.com made it possible for so many classic car fans to present their cars. It was a perfect venue to showcase the rapidly fading memories of times gone by," said Richard Speroni, owner of a 1956 Continental Mark II.

Our next Cruise Night Car Show is August 22 from 6 pm to 9 pm right here at Imperial Ford and Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep and no registration is necessary. Just come and show off your car, meet other car enthusiasts like yourself and have fun.  Free raffles take place all night with gifts from Imperial Cars.com.

Admission is free to all entrants and spectators and open to all antique, classic and special interest vehicles.  It’s a great event to bring the whole family!

Here’s some random quotes from the crowd:

“We just like to come and walk around and look at the cars and dream”.
“Lots of interested people just come to view the cars and talk”
“Really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere.”
“This is the best and biggest cruise night in the area, and I go to a lot”.
“Great classics here tonight”.
“Some very unique cars on display”.

See you on Friday, August 22 for the next show!

By Francesca Quirk
ImperialCars.com




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