This fund-raiser is truly a fun-raiser

Leslie Morissette, left, Grahamtastic Connection founder, and Prime Motor Group Customer Relations Manager Kathy Prior-Vaz are happy to be busy preparing for the charity's auction and dance tomorrow evening in Springvale. Prime is a major sponsor of Grahamtastic.

 SACO – Here’s a cause that Prime Motor Group and owner Ira Rosenberg are very pleased to support: Grahamtastic Connection, which provides laptops to seriously ill children to keep them connected with friends, families and schoolmates.

And it’s a special time of year for the Springvale-based charity, which is marking its 15th anniversary. Grahamtastic’s Fifth Annual Dance & Auction is set for 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. tomorrow night (Saturday, April 6) at the Nasson Community Center in Springvale. Tickets ($15) may be purchased online at www.grahamtastic.org, or at the door.

Prime Honda Wins National Award

The employees at Prime Honda, whose new facility on U.S. Route 1 in Saco is shown above, have been working hard to make the dealership one of the best in the United States – and their effort did not escape the attention of the American Honda Motor Company.

Last month, owner Ira Rosenberg and Prime Motor Group introduced Maine’s first “Generation 3” Honda facility, featuring Express Lane Service for drive-through oil and filter changes, a comfortable service lounge with flat-screen television and Wi-Fi, and a Kid Zone play area.

Prime Motor Group Urges Mainers to Help Pantries

Recently about 25 employees of the company teamed up with Radley’s Market in Old Orchard Beach and Hyundai Motor America to deliver 200 turkeys to the Saco Food Pantry.

Prime employees made the “Partners For The Hungry” project a cheerful event, loading Rosenberg’s vintage fire truck with 200 turkeys from Radley’s, and then dropping them off at the pantry. Video of the festivities is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR2nEm0iUeI&feature=youtu.be

“Watch the video, and see why I am so proud of my employees,” said Ira Rosenberg, owner of the Prime Motor Group. “When helping out is hands on like this, it really hits home how badly people need our help.”

Grahamtastic receives Toyota SUV

Leslie Morrissette, founder of Grahamtastic Connection, and Prime owner Ira Rosenberg celebrate Grahamtastic’s receiving a new Toyota Highlander last week, at Prime’s Toyota dealership in Saco. The charity was voted to victory in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program.

A Maine charity that has won many hearts within the state and across the nation received a brand new, 2013 Toyota Highlander last week.


Grahamtastic Connection, which supplies laptops and Internet access to hospitalized children who are undergoing treatment, won the Highlander as part of Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good, a national philanthropy
program in which the automaker donated 100 cars to 100 nonprofits over the course of 100 days.

Prime Motor Group Employees Make Strides, To The Tune of 10k+

Employees of the Prime Motor Group, supported by a $5,000 base donation by owner Ira Rosenberg and his wife Judy, have raised a total of $10,186.00 for breast cancer research.

The Prime employees participated in the October 14th Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Portland, sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Walks were held in several Maine towns and all across New England. The Portland walk began in Monument Square at 11:00 a.m., and the goal of the event was to help create a world “with more birthdays and less breast cancer.”

 A video report from the event is available here.

“The people who work for Prime are the hardest workers, let me tell you, and it’s no different when they’re trying to help out the community,” Rosenberg said. “I really appreciate the time and effort they devoted to raise all that money. I mean, wow, that’s not so easy in such a tough economy.”

To add to the walk’s festive atmosphere, Prime brought along their 1964 Ford fire truck, which Rosenberg purchased from the Owls Head Transportation Museum.

Prime Motor Group (www.PrimeMotorGroup.com) operates several automobile dealerships in Maine, along U.S. Route 1 in Saco and Scarborough. The company’s main phone number is 888-­674‐6809.

Prime walks with Making Strides

Prime Motor Group employees had so much fun at last year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Monument Square in Portland, they’re planning another outing on Sunday, Oct. 14. The annual fund-raising walks are sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

Prime Motor Group, owner Ira Rosenberg, and his wife, Judy, support many charitable causes. The focus of the company’s charitable work is helping children have better lives, or contributing to advances in
healthcare that improve the quality of life for Maine people.

Ira and Judy have made it a point to instill a charitable culture at all the Prime auto dealerships, which are located in Scarborough and along the U.S. Route 1 Saco Auto Mile. On Sunday, Oct. 14, you’ll be able to see that culture in action during the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Portland. The walk begins at 11 a.m.

Votes win Grahamtastic a Toyota

Prime Motor Group owner Ira Rosenberg, center, was among the Prime people on hand to celebrate earlier this year when Grahamtastic Connection’s Leslie Morissette, fourth from left, was honored as Volunteer of the Year by the Sanford/Springvale Chamber of Commerce.

When Prime Motor Group owner Ira Rosenberg came to Maine in 2004, he first made his mark with the Prime Toyota dealership in Saco. Since then, Prime and Rosenberg have developed a close relationship with Grahamtastic Connection, a wonderful charity that supplies laptops and Internet access to help very sick kids stay connected to their schoolwork, friends and family.