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In an effort to give back to our community, Signal Garage of West St. Paul started a program eight years ago. We call our program ”Free Brakes for Food”.

Every summer we collect food and school supplies for two local agencies: “Neighbors” in South St. Paul and “Neighborhood House” in Saint Paul.

Our customers bring in a full bag of non-perishable food to donate and Signal Garage replaces their brake pads or shoes for free. Really!

It took a few years to build up the momentum, but by 2008, we were able to give away over $3000 in parts and labor to our clients, and in return we collected over one ton of food.

In 2009 things got very exciting; our goal was to collect 1.5 tons of food and thanks to our community, we collected over 3.5 tons (7000 pounds) of food and hundreds of dollars worth of school supplies. In return, we gave away over $24,000 in parts and labor to our generous clients! In order to achieve all of this and because the demand was so high, we extended our food drive untill the end of September.

In 2010 things were just as exciting; our goal was 10,000 pounds and even though we did not make our goal, it was our privilage to collect 8,253 pounds ( a little over 5 tons) of food, and $1,486 in school supplies. Once again we extended our food drive thru the end of September. We performed 308 brake inspections. We installed 188 free brake pads and/or shoes. The total cash discounts came to $28,316.52.

In 2011 things were a little tough; Our goal was once again 10,000 tons. We collected 5,573 pounds of food and $2,876 in school supplies. We extended our food drive thru the end of September. We gave away over $20,618.84 in parts and labor to our generous clients! In order to achieve all of this, we performed 246 brake inspections and installed 189 brake pads and/or shoes.