NEW STANTON, Pa. -

One auto auction family has personal reasons to support efforts to fight breast cancer: Its patriarch and founder of the family business, which has been in operation for more than 30 years.   

Pittsburgh Auto Auction founder Clo Angelicchio is a breast cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. 

Management and staff of PAA, along with their dealers, rallied to show their strong support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, offering education and research funding for breast cancer, this week.

On Tuesday, PAA auctioned a selection of vehicles donated by a group of loyal consignors, then donated 100 percent of the proceeds the Foundation, in the amount of $13,130.

In addition to the car donations by dealers, PAA also matched the amount of donation proceeds to Susan G. Komen-Pittsburgh. 

“This foundation has special meaning to our family,” said general manager Chris Angelicchio. “My grandfather, Clo Angelicchio, who established Pittsburgh Auto Auction, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. Since then we have been celebrating his breast cancer survival and wanted to show our support for others that have been affected by this disease.”

Susan G. Komen-Pittsburgh is an affiliate of Susan G. Komen, Angelicchio noted, and is “significantly successful” at raising funds and awareness in the fight against breast cancer.

“They teach us to celebrate breast cancer survivorship, and honor those who have lost their battle with cancer,” he said. “This kind of dedication helps us create a very popular promotion with our dealers, and makes it easy to get donations and participation from our sellers for such a great cause.”  
 

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