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When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kentucky Speedway, Chase Elliott, driver of the No.24 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, will be sporting new colors. The car that Elliott will drive will have a patriotic paint scheme that carries the red, white, blue colors along with stars and stripes.
NAPA Auto Parts has decided to run this paint scheme to honor the men and women in the United States Armed Forces and their families as they have in the past years. They announced in February that they have raised more than $21 million for Itrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF) through the foundation’s annual “Get Back and Give Back” campaign.
“It is an honor to support the men and women of our armed forces who have so bravely served our country,” Dan Askey, president of NAPA AUTO PARTS said. “NAPA takes pride in our large military family, including employees and customers, and we are honored to once again support the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. We hope to raise awareness for traumatic brain injury and psychological health conditions and enable the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund to provide care for the thousands of military families affected across the country.”
The “Get Back Give Back” campaign was officially launched in 2012 and it gives NAPA Auto Parts consumers the opportunity to contribute to the IFHF by purchasing T shirts on NAPAonline.com. Customers that spend over $25 at any NAPA Auto parts will receive a free NAPA/IFHF hat and NAPA will donate a $1 to the IFHF for each hat given away.
NAPA Auto Parts also donates a $1 for every redeemed mail-in rebate for all batteries, alternators and starters purchased in July, and they will donate $2 for any qualifying installations. Customers can all give all of or a portion of their mail-in rebates directly to the IFHF if they choose to.
With any of the donations made to IFHF 100% of it goes to their mission, which is to build nine Intrepid Spirit centers around the country that will diagnose and treat Traumatic Brain Injury and any psychological health conditions found in any U.S service members. There are Intrepid Spirit Centers that are already operational at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Fort Hood, Texas. Every Intrepid Spirit Center costs around $11 Million to construct and to provide the latest equipment in brain technology and treatment facilities. Each center measures to about 25,000 square feet.
