Thursday, May 31, 2012

Why we HATE Bullies


12 Year old East Harlem boy driven to suicide because of Bullying. I have read these articles numerously and I just don't understand why? Why are children so merciless and cruel? This child's mother went to the extreme to protect her child and the bullies prevailed by driving her son to commit suicide. In realization of her sons death, she intended to take her own life using the knife she use to cut her sons rope that he used to hang himself. 

As a mother of 2 children, my daughter Naiya was a victim of bullying. I spoke with her teachers and they reached out to the parents.  I just couldn't bare the idea that my child could suffer the fate of this child, so last November I enrolled her at Tiger Schulmann's mixed martial art in Yonkers. It was Sensei Tirelli that gave my daughter confidence to stand up for herself and stop the bullies from picking on her.  

Honestly, this wasn't enough in my mind, I couldn't bare to see another child bullied and so I talked to my General Manager about doing an ANTI-BULLYING campaign in our local school district. I worked with Sensei Tirelli who was on board in participating in the joint effort in stopping bullying from our schools. So in effort in stopping Bullying, we here at Westchester Toyota want you our friends, fans, and loyal readers to tell your school about our ANTI-BULLYING CAMPAIGN. We want you to voice that WE NEED this in our schools so there won't be another child like Joel Morales who had to take his own life to stop the bullies. Please E-Mail me if you would like for me to send our campaign idea so you can forward it to your local school board.

Laura Hidalgo
Social Media Manager


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Ultimate Head to Head Battle


OFFICIAL PROMOTION RULES
1. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older and must be local residents of Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, New York County
2. No Purchase, or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win 
3. Participants must “Like” the Westchester Toyota Facebook page, submit their contact info and upload their avatar photo.  
4. If you don’t already have an xBox avatar, you can create one through <a href="http://live.xbox.com/en-US/AvatarEditor" target="_blank">http://live.xbox.com/en-US/AvatarEditor</a>.
5. Save your avatar as an image or take a screenshot of your avatar. Once saved, simply upload your avatar image into the voting application.





6. The 32 people with the most amount of votes on their submitted avatar will be invited to play in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Tournament on Sunday July 8th from 2-5pm. 
7. 32 people invited to the tournament must provide valid id/proof that they are 18 years of age or older on or before July 4, 2012.
8. Winner of the live battle at Westchester Toyota will receive a $500 gift card to GameStop. 
9. Westchester Toyota reserves the right to change any of this promotion or the promotional elements.
10. This promotion is sponsored solely by Westchester Toyota. Xbox is not a sponsor. Void where prohibited by law.
11. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to Westchester Toyota and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used for contacting you if you win, and sending a limited number of Westchester Toyota announcements. You can unsubscribe at any time. 
12. Promotion begins May 29, 2012 and ends June 28, 2012. Winners will be notified via email or by phone on July 2, 2012. If winners are unable to attend the tournament, the individual with the next highest votes for their avatar will be invited. This will be done until there are 32 confirmed entrants for the tournament.


If you have any questions, please email lhidalgo@westchestertoyota.com.