Category: Hot Laps

16 Jul

Hot Laps 2021 is in the books!

Larry Gayowsky / Hot Laps / / 0 Comments

Hot Laps 2021 is in the books!

Great weather and great people made for a fantastic day at the track. A big thank you to all our attendees for bringing your cars out for the day.

Your generous donations enabled us to exceeded our goal and raise $13,585.00 for the Groves Memorial Community Hospital Oncology Department.

Many thanks to those who helped make this day a success:

  • Amazing pictures as always by Scarfone Photo.
  • Dean Darrah and crew for keeping us fed and happy throughout the day
  • Pinnacle Driving Academy for the instruction you give our clients.
  • To our event sponsors, you all help make our track events truly over the top.

Now to start planning next year’s event….

03 Sep

Hot Laps 2020 – a resounding success!

Station Earth Hot Laps 2020 was an unmitigated success.

Our clients make these days so much fun.
This year our clients also helped us raise over $12k for @groveshospital Oncology Department.
What an incredible job! Thank you to all our clients who came out for the day.
We hope you all enjoyed yourselves.

We truly do have the best clients.

Enjoy this little video created by the one and only @masonhambly

We can’t wait until next year and hope to see you all again at the track. For more awesome pictures head over to our Hot Laps section

Again, thank you to our event sponsors who support us year after year.

24 Aug

Local Fergus business transforms client appreciation day into healthcare fundraiser

Station Earth raises over $12,000 for Groves Memorial Oncology Department

Local businessman and entrepreneur Rowan McLean saw an opportunity to give back to the community in a big way. Every year his home automation company – Station Earth – holds a client appreciation day called Hot Laps where clients get an opportunity to run their sports cars on a professional racetrack to experience what their vehicles are truly capable of.  It is a fun day in the sun alongside some great cars and great people.

However, this year’s event came with a twist. After experiencing firsthand a family member’s cancer journey through the local healthcare system from diagnoses to treatment, McLean wondered if his customers would respond to a fundraising component to this year’s Hot Laps event.  He decided to donate 100% of ticket sales to the hospital foundation and offered his clients an opportunity to contribute additional amounts. And contribute they did.

With Covid-19 restriction limiting the size of the event, a modest fundraising goal of $5,000 was established. The initial goal was exceeded after only the second day of ticket sales prompting the goal to be raised to $12,000, which was achieved on the morning of the event.

“My personal experience with the Groves Memorial Hospital and the level of care and compassion demonstrated throughout our journey was exceptional,” stated McLean. “I was thrilled at the way our clients supported Hot Laps which allowed us to give back to our community hospital.”

Lori Arsenault, Executive Director of the Groves Hospital Foundation attended Station Earth on Thursday, August 20 for the cheque presentation ceremony. “Our heartfelt thanks go out to Station Earth and their incredible clients for this generous contribution to our Oncology Department,” stated Arsenault. “This contribution will go a long way to helping us get established in our new location.”

To see more pictures, please visit  Hot Laps

Contact:

Station Earth: Rowan McLean rowan@stationearth.com (519) 843-3474

John Stumpf jstumpf@stationearth.com

Groves: Lori Arsenault lori@grovesfoundation.com (519) 843-2010 ext 47711