CHICAGO – LKQ has announced the winners in its 2014 GetGreen promotion, which ran February through April 2014. The nationwide promotion offered thousands of instant win prizes along with a sweepstakes promotion for a chance to win a 2014 Honda Accord. There was one grand-prize winner, five first-place winners, two second-place winners, five third-place winners and thousands of instant prize winners.
The grand-prize winner is John Avila of Corpus Christi, Texas. Avila will receive the 2014 Green Car of the Year, a Honda Accord. "I feel unbelievable and overwhelmed that I won a car. Something you think will never happen, then it happens to you, I feel thankful and blessed," said Avila.
Avila is the owner of John’s Auto Center, which has been serving Corpus Christi since 1989. "I have been a customer with LKQ for many years, beginning in the Greenleaf days," said Avila. John’s Auto Center specializes in general mechanics for American and import makes and models.
John’s Auto Center participated in the LKQ GetGreen promotion through LKQ Central Texas located in New Braunfels, Texas. The 17-acre location services the Austin, San Antonio, McAllen, and Corpus Christi markets with quality recycled auto parts. "John’s Auto Center has been a valuable customer of ours for over eight years. They have been using the same sales representative for those eight years and John the owner is a great long-term shop owner and very deserving of this grand prize," said Tchad Taormina, plant manager of LKQ Central Texas.
The first-place winners each will receive Raleigh bicycles, the second place winners each will receive a $200 LKQ gift card and the third place winners each will receive a solar backpack. The instant win prizes included 10,000 trees being planted through the Arbor Day Foundation, digital music downloads, limited edition LKQ GetGreen t-shirts, LKQ gift cards and iPads.
