MT. LAUREL, N.J. -

ARI and parent company Holman Automotive Group recently revealed the generous financial pledge made by their employees to the United Way of Camden County New Jersey.

With 1,800 employees in south New Jersey, Holman Automotive and ARI became the first company to donate more than $1 million to this United Way chapter, pledging a total of $1,092,457

Officials said ARI employees alone contributed more than $570,000.

Likewise, related and unrelated volunteer efforts connected ARI employees with deserving organizations from September through December, as set forth in founder Steward Holman’s mission to “give back to the communities that support their success.”

In conjunction with the United Way fundraising campaign, more than 40 ARI employees donated their time to Holman-organized “Days of Caring” that involved interacting with residents of a senior community, cooking at a soup kitchen, boxing food for needy families, and landscaping work at a school for students with special needs.

Aside from the United Way campaign, the company highlighted additional community service projects were run by corporate or organized by employees. 

Again, more than 40 employees helped to assemble the first “boundless” playground in south New Jersey.  Plus, employees adopted 10 local needy families for the holidays and purchased both practical gifts and those on the families’ dream lists. 

Furthermore, officials highlighted two drives were made to collect coats and blankets for the homeless in Philadelphia and pet supplies for a local animal welfare shelter.

“Our company acts on a corporate principle for philanthropy,” stated ARI senior vice president and chief quality officer Bill Kwelty.

“Our employees embody the same commitment to their neighbors, and we are extremely proud of the significant contributions they make, giving financial, hands-on and emotional support to those less fortunate than themselves,” Kwelty added.