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A Much-Needed Grant for a Desert Hills Middle Teacher

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  A Much-Needed Grant for a Desert Hills Middle Teacher Stephen Wade Auto Center is a proud sponsor of the Washington County School District Foundation grant program.  We visited Desert Hills Middle School on Wednesday, February 24, to award a grant to English teacher Laura Vanderslice, who applied for $437.70.  Mrs. Vanderslice will be using this grant to purchase materials such as books for her class.  Thank you for having us over! Those who do not work in education may not know that educators typically spend their own money on their respective classes.  While teachers are provided with necessary furniture such as desks and SMART boards, they often have to pay out-of-pocket for activity sheets, notebooks, and other materials to accompany their lesson plans.  These materials may even include costly supplies such as computer software.  About 94% of U.S. teachers spend their own money on school supplies, with an average spend of $479 per year.  Unfortunately, nine out of ten teacher
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2/19 Shoot4Cash

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  2/19 Shoot4Cash The Mustangs came to the court to try their hand (or should we say hooves?) at the Shoot4Cash halftime show! We held our fourth Shoot4Cash event at the Crimson Cliffs High School vs. Snow Canyon High School game on February 19th, where we gave away a total of  $1,250  to three Crimson Cliffs clubs.  We love supporting our St. George clubs and basketball teams!  Here is a recap of which Mustangs won money during the show: Cheer  – $500 Color Guard  – $250 Drill  –  $500 Watch Drill score $500 with no problem at all and  18 seconds to spare: Watch Cheer make their $500 half-court shot just as the buzzer went off: Watch as Color Guard earned $250 for their club: We can still feel the energy from the room!  We couldn't believe just how easy the Mustangs made the Shoot4Cash challenge look.  Dare we say it's as engaging as watching the actual basketball game?  This is the most money we have given in one night during this season.  So far we have awarded $3,500  this
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2/12 Shoot4Cash

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  2/12 Shoot4Cash It's time for the Warriors' stab at the Shoot4Cash challenge! We held our third Shoot4Cash event at the Snow Canyon High School vs. Dixie High School game on February 12th, where we gave away a total of  $600  to three clubs.  We love supporting our local clubs and basketball teams.  Here is a recap of which Snow Canyon clubs won money during the show: Girls' Basketball – $250 Cheer  – $250 Latinos in Action  –  $100 Watch as Girls' Basketball, Latinos in Action, and then Cheer took on our Shoot4Cash challenge: We can still feel the excitement!  It's always a nail-biter to watch how much each club can win.  Dare we say it's as engaging as watching the actual basketball game? Stay tuned for our next Shoot4Cash event on  February 19th  at Crimson Cliffs High School, where three Crimson Cliffs clubs will shoot for their own chance to win $500 each.  Can they beat what Pine View , Dixie , and Snow Canyon have won this season? Read about our previo
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2021 Parade of Homes

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  2021 Parade of Homes Stephen Wade Auto Center is at the 31st St. George Area Parade of Homes !   As always, we are proud to be a part of this event and happy to see it return in 2021 with attendees' safety in mind .  We were also a sponsor of the 2020 Parade of Homes, where there were thirty houses to commemorate thirty years of the event.  You can read about the 2020 event here . Whether taking a virtual tour of the homes or viewing them in-person, you will see a 2021 Mercedes-Benz GT AMG® GT 63—courtesy of Mercedes-Benz of St. George —in the garage of Home #27: The Resolute .  The AMG® GT 63 is a four-door coupe built on the foundation of incredible driving performance.   Like how builders have meticulously crafted the homes during this event, passionate Mercedes-AMG engineers created this vehicle with the utmost consideration and highest standard for their art.  Being placed in an AMG® is a matchless experience that other automakers cannot replicate. Now, on to the home pai
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2/10 Shoot4Cash

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  2/10 Shoot4Cash We're just getting warmed up! We held our second Shoot4Cash event at the Dixie High School vs. Crimson Cliffs High School game on February 10th, where we gave away a total of  $650 .  We love supporting our local clubs and basketball teams.  Here is a recap of which Dixie clubs won money: Jetettes  – $500 Boys' Tennis  – $100 Swim Team  –  $50 Watch the Jetettes make every shot and win $500: Watch the Boys' Tennis team shoot to win $100: Watch the Swim Team shoot to win $50: Stay tuned for our next Shoot4Cash event on  February 12th  at Snow Canyon High School, where three Snow Canyon clubs will shoot for their own chance to win $500 each.  Can they beat what  Pine View  and Dixie have won this season? Read about our previous Shoot4Cash show  here , where we gave away $1,000 in total to Pine View Track, Boys' Soccer, and Band. Shoot4Cash Event Dates Jan 29th  – Pine View High School (PVHS) vs. Crimson Cliffs High School (CCHS) Hosted at PVHS Feb 10th
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1/29 Shoot4Cash

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1/29 Shoot4Cash Shoot4Cash is back! We held our first Shoot4Cash event at the Pine View High School vs. Crimson Cliffs High School game on January 29th, where we gave away a total of $1,000 .  We love supporting our local clubs and basketball teams.  Here is a recap of which Pine View clubs won money: Track – $500 Boys' Soccer – $250 Band –  $250 Watch the excitement as the Track team won $500! Aaand, last but not least, watch the Boys' Soccer and Band clubs score $250 each! Stay tuned for our next Shoot4Cash event on February 10th  at Dixie High School, where three Dixie clubs will shoot for their own chance to win $500 each. Read our 2020 Shoot4Cash Wrap-Up  here  where we reflect on last year's basketball season and how much we gave away to clubs through Shoot4Cash. Shoot4Cash Event Dates Jan 29th  – Pine View High School (PVHS) vs. Crimson Cliffs High School (CCHS) Hosted at PVHS Feb 10th  – Dixie High School (DHS) vs. CCHS Hosted at DHS Feb 12th  – Snow Canyon High
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2021 Shoot4Cash Halftime Show

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  2021 Shoot4Cash Stephen Wade Auto Center  is pleased to partner with  Canyon Media  to be a part of Shoot4Cash this basketball season again!  We gave away an incredible $7,300 last year to local clubs and can't wait to see if we can beat that amount this season.  Our first Shoot4Cash event will be held on January 29th . Awarding $1,700 to CCHS sports, clubs, and organizations (Mar. 2020) Read our 2020 Shoot4Cash Wrap-Up here . Shoot4Cash Event Dates Jan 29th  – Pine View High School (PVHS) vs. Crimson Cliffs High School (CCHS) Hosted at PVHS Feb 10th  – Dixie High School (DHS) vs. CCHS Hosted at DHS Feb 12th  – Snow Canyon High School (SCHS) vs. DHS Hosted at SCHS Feb 17th  – Desert Hills High School (DHHS) vs. DHS Hosted at DHHS Feb 19th  – CCHS vs. SCHS Hosted at CCHS What  is  Shoot4Cash? Shoot4Cash is a halftime show held at local high school Boys' Basketball games.  Three participants have a chance to make as many as four progressively longer shots within a 30-second ti
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