AutoNation Wraps Up Year of Giving With Holiday Season Donations to Cancer Organizations

AutoNation raises over $35 million for critical cancer research and treatment

With the annual?Drive Pink?(DRVPNK) mission,??AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) has proudly surpassed $35 million raised to help drive out cancer. Associates from coast to coast wrapped up 2022 with a flurry of initiatives to benefit children and adults whose lives have been impacted by cancer.

In 2022, AutoNation Customers generously donated nearly $800,000 through AutoNation’s Credit Card Donation Program, with 100 percent of proceeds directly benefiting this year’s national DRVPNK charity partners: American Cancer Society , ZERO Prostate Cancer , National Pediatric Cancer Foundation ?and the The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).

“When I speak with our Associates across the country, one of the things they are most proud of is our year-round, company-wide commitment to help beat cancer and improve the lives of children and adults impacted by this devastating disease,” said?Mike Manley, AutoNation Chief Executive Officer. “As one of America’s most admired companies, our Associates, Customers and brand partners are the reason why we have made DRVPNK our singular philanthropic mission.”

With its donation to BCRF—the world’s largest private funder of breast cancer research and metastatic breast cancer research – AutoNation will help support the research of four scientists at the 美国南加州大学 , the University of Texas, and the @H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Cancer Center whose work spans BCRF’s key areas of focus (metastasis, tumor biology, prevention, treatment, and survivorship) and includes a study to help combat racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes.??

Throughout the year, AutoNation spearheaded numerous DRVPNK events and initiatives to benefit children and adults served by its charitable community partners coast to coast, including:

Chicago-area AutoNation Associates donated 500 gift bags to Lemons of Love to be distributed to patients undergoing cancer treatment

Associates of AutoNation USA Henderson, AutoNation Buick GMC Henderson and BMW of Henderson collected toys and pantry items for the Tyler Robinson Foundation based in Las Vegas

• AutoNation’s Shared Service Center in Irvine, Texas, hosted a Christmas party for children and families of Wipe Out Kids' Cancer in Dallas
• AutoNation Toyota Corpus Christi Associates collected and delivered toys to children and patients at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas
• AutoNation Associates from #MiamiDade and #Broward counties collected toys for children battling cancer in partnership with?the Dolphins?Challenge Cancer (DCC)
• AutoNation Ford Littleton Associates collected toys for children and patients at Children's Hospital Colorado .
• AutoNation commemorated its annual,?company-wide?DRVPNK Across America Day in October, with Associates from coast to coast assembling and delivering thousands of comfort bags to patients undergoing cancer treatments.?

Since 2013, AutoNation has contributed over $35 million to its?extensive network of charitable community partners?in?support of cancer research across the spectrum, from pediatric cancer to treatments for prostate cancer and more.

“DRVPNK is an example of the good that can happen when we come together as a community to support critical cancer research and treatment,” said Marc Cannon, Executive Vice?President?and Chief Customer Experience Officer. “Through DRVPNK, we continue to touch the lives of countless people affected by cancer, thanks to the persistent efforts of thousands of AutoNation Associates coast to coast, our Customers who embrace DRVPNK, as well as through our communities.”

To find out more about DRVPNK, visit?www.autonation.com/our-purpose/drive-pink.