Toyota is partnering with Dallas On the Road Lending team for Underserved Communities

May 30th, 2017 by

Moving its headquarters to Plano Toyota has worked to be part of the North Texas community. Helping with donation money as well as time to nonprofit organizations.Toyota made partnership with Dallas-based on the Road Lending. This is an organization putting focus on low income North Texans to get the cars they need for their family life and jobs. With this latest partnering Toyota donates three grants totaling more than $1 million for Dallas based On the Road Lending.

This helps people get low interest loans, choose the right car and getting financial mentoring.The organization is with those clients during the loan providing support and mentorship.This is usually about five or more years.

“The ability to move freely and easily opens up a world of possibilities, and On the Road Lending is an excellent example of helping people overcome transportation barriers so that they can access jobs and improve their quality of life,” said Al Smith, group vice president, Toyota Social Innovation. “It is also representative of the types of social innovation programs we aim to implement, helping solve societal issues by sharing our resources and know-how.”

With this grants there will be built IT infrastructure and for the expanding services. Toyota will share principles of know-how advance productivity and to boost assets at the non profit.

“We truly believe that a better car leads to a better life, and are pleased to partner with Toyota to help improve quality of life in our communities through mobility,” said Michelle Corson, founder and CEO of On The Road Lending. “Through our model, we helped single parents, domestic violence survivors, veterans, working families, and many others improve their credit and purchase fuel-efficient, reliable cars.”

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