{"id":14905,"date":"2012-11-01T16:03:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T06:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=14905"},"modified":"2024-03-22T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T04:56:25","slug":"free-car-wash-for-war-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/11\/01\/free-car-wash-for-war-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Car Wash For War Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>November 1, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

A simple idea hatched in America to thank war veterans – and men and women currently serving their country – with a free car wash has spread from the United States to Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

Grace For Vets<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– whose slogan is “Stand United, Wash United” – was founded about eight years ago by Mike Mountz from Cloister Car Wash<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in Ephrata, Pennysylvania.<\/p>\n

The program offers a free car wash to current and former armed services personnel on Remembrance Day (November 11).<\/p>\n

Mr Mountz, who is a veteran himself, says it is “a way to give back and honour those people who have served their country”.<\/p>\n

For the past eight years he has built up the program to now cover all the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

In 2011, 638 car wash operators – across 1446 locations – washed a total of 119,317 vehicles on November 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program is not about me or our carwashes, it\u2019s about honouring our veterans,\u201d Mr Mountz told the New York State Car Wash Association<\/a><\/strong> last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about giving back and in doing so you will be creating a customer for life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Mountz was inducted into the International Carwash Association Hall of Fame on May 13, 2010 at the Car Care Expo in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Locally, free car washes will be offered under the Grace For Vets program at the Kingaroy Car and Dog Wash, 12 Rogers Drive, from 9:00am to 3:00pm on Remembrance Day.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy Car and Dog Wash owner Richard Mason said he was excited that the program had expanded internationally as it allowed more military service to be honoured.<\/p>\n

“I’m proud to be a part of an industry that continually supports our military,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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