HomeTowne Auto Repair little library becomes chartered, joins international little free library group

In Community Involvement by HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire

HomeTownHomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire’s little library becomes chartered, and joins international little free library group.e Auto Repair & Tire – one of the first partners in the Greater Prince William Little Free Library initiative – has now been internationally chartered under Littlefreelibrary.org.

This means that our car-shaped library is listed on a map with thousands of other little free libraries around the world.

The HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire little library is located outside of the shop off of Route 1 in Woodbridge.

ST Billingsley, the owner of HomeTowne, received a plaque of recognition from the organization, which he has added to the library.

“We are so proud to be part of an international network of little free libraries. We know that promoting literacy is important to our community, and we had fun working on the project and creating our library. Now we hope residents can use our little free library to find their new favorite book,” said Billingsley.

HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire is an authorized Michelin and BFGoodrich tire dealer located in Woodbridge, Virginia. Automotive repair services are performed on all makes and models, including oil changes, brakes, alignments, inspections, and computer engine diagnostics.

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HomeTowne Auto Repair and Tire receives Boy Scouts award

In Boy Scouts, Community Involvement by HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire

HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire wins Boy Scouts award

Last night, HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire received an award for our involvement with the Boy Scouts’ 2015 Community Friends for Scouting campaign.

At the Community Friends of Scouting ceremony, HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire was acknowledged for our continued support and involvement with the Boy Scouts.

“At HomeTowne we’re proud that we can support local organizations like the Boy Scouts that help children and the community we live and work in,” said ST Billingsley, owner of HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire.

HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire was one of the event’s Silver Sponsors, along with Management and Training Consultants, Inc. and the Rotary Club of Lake Ridge, Virginia.

HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire is an authorized Michelin and BFGoodrich tire dealer located in Woodbridge, Virginia. Automotive repair services are performed on all makes and models, including oil changes, brakes, alignments, inspections, and computer engine diagnostics.

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HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire sponsors Family Shoot Out fundraiser

In Boy Scouts, Community Involvement, Quail & Upland Wildlife Federation, Uncategorized by HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire

Last weekend, Hometowne Auto Repair & Tire was one of the sponsors for the Quail & Upland Wildlife Federation’s family shoot out fundraiser in Fredericksburg.

More than 77 people attended the fundraiser, doubling last year’s numbers.

According to Jerry Saggers, 80 percent of the shoot out fundraiser participants were related to the Boy Scouts organization.

24 of the participants took part in the skeet and trap shooting portion of the day.

“One of the winners of a big prize was a girl – probably about 8-years old. She won the top gun shoot of .22 and bebe gun shooting,” said Saggers.

Many of the Boy Scouts we helped sponsor at the fundraiser were able to begin work on their rifle shooting merit badge.

“Nobody got a [merit] badge, they got partials, because we didn’t have time to do the whole entire merit badge – there are two parts to it. One is the classroom part, the otheShoot out fundraiser participants.r one is the hands on shooting portion of it,” Saggers commented.

The Quail & Upland Wildlife Federation was able to raise $4,500 at the event, which they will use for their programs.

“The money’s going to be used for two purposes…one is for habitat resource projects, and the other is for our youth and outreach program,” said Saggers.

Boy Scouts Sporting Clays Tournament 2014

In Boy Scouts, Community Involvement, Sporting Clays Tournament by HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire

Inaugural National Capital Area Boy Scouts Sporting Clays Tournament

Boy Scouts Sporting Clays Tournament

Register by May 13, 2014

HomeTowne Auto Repair and Tire is proud to be a sponsor of the Inaugural National Capital Area Sporting Clays Tournament for the Boy Scouts of America.

Join us on Wednesday, May 14th at Camp William B. Snyder and meet special guest Dave Butz of the Washington Redskins.

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HomeTowne Auto Repair and Tire is Caring for its Neighbors

In Community Involvement, Keep Prince William Beautiful by HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire

HomeTowne Auto Repair and Tire wants “Hometowne” to be not just a name, but rather to create a sense of community with its neighbors and customers. That is why the shop has joined with Keep Prince William Beautiful to clean up the surrounding area.

Once a month, the team including owner, S.T. Billingsley, go out and pick up trash that has been left out in their area. The area they cover is Neabsco Mills Road from Opitz Boulevard to Dale Boulevard which is right across from Sentara Hospital’s Woodbridge location and passes the Potomac Club and Stonebridge where Wegmans is located.

HomeTowne Auto Repair and Tire employees cleaning up trash near Stonebridge and Wegmans.

HomeTowne Auto Repair and Tire cleaning up trash near Stonebridge and Wegmans

Some of the items they found remained pretty consistent. Five hour energy bottles littered the intersection of Optiz and Neabsco. Additionally, diapers in various stages of decomposition were prolific on the side of road. Thank goodness the team had grabbing sticks! Our HomeTowne Tire shuttle drove by
3 days later and found another diaper in roughly the same spot. We’re hoping to catch the invisible diaper villain!

So how did the public react? Well, I am certain there were those neighbors who were grateful however; some may have seen this act as a punishment rather than a voluntary act to clean up their surroundings. In one instance, a woman passing by in her vehicle even stopped to let the boys know they missed a piece!

Fun with Pinewood Derby

In Boy Scouts, Community Involvement, Pinewood Derby by HomeTowne Auto Repair & Tire

ST Billingsley with chart on white board.Our mechanics love a challenge and building their own race car out of a block of wood and wheels was definitely a challenge. But the challenge did not stop there. Steve’s Auto Repair and Tire challenged their neighbor HomeTowne Auto Repair and Tire to a mostly friendly race. HomeTowne, being the newer of the two, accepted the challenge. The winner of the special friends and family pinewood derby race would win bragging rights, a trophy (albeit a 2013 one) and a free lunch from the owner, S.T. Billingsley, provided they could beat his race car’s time.

Pinewood derby kit.Each store was given two pinewood derby kits containing the block of wood, axels, and small wheels. Even Steve’s marketing director, Margo, got in on the action determined to create a pink car that would at least not come in last.

What ensued was at times a little less then friendly competition, but high on entertainment value and a lot of fun for all involved in supporting the Boy Scouts. We also learned that some of the technicians may be stolen away by Hollywood if we are not careful, judging by the videos hitting YouTube on both their respective pages.

The friends and family race will be held on January 23rd, so while we still don’t know who the winner will be- what we do know is that excitement is running high as is involvement and support for local Boy Scout troop 1189 here in the Montclair Woodbridge area.

We have put together a behind the scenes look.

Steve’s Auto Repair and Tire steals HomeTowne’s car

How it all ends…

We want to thank Cub Scout Pack 1189 from Montclair Virginia for allowing us to sponsor their pinewood derby this year at John F Pattie elementary school in Dumfries, VA and a thank you to Aromas Pizza on Kevin Walker Drive right off Waterway Drive in Montclair.

Take a look at our wrap up video and see who came out on top. You might be surprised.

Thank you again hope to see you next year…
ST Billingsley