Davis-Moore Blog

Take a look at how Consumer Reports rates the new economical Mazda 2 hatchback.

During the Month of August, come in and test drive any NEW Lincoln or Mercury and register for a chance to win an ipad!  There’s no purchase necessary- all you have to do is come in! See a Davis-Moore Lincoln Mercury Sales Associate for complete details. The drawing will be held September 1– contestants need not be present to win.

SHOP LINCOLN

SHOP MERCURY

Davis-Moore is proud to once again be part of the team to help raise money and awareness for Muscular Dystrophy. During the month of August we will be donating $50 per car sold to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).  In addition, Davis-Moore will be open Monday, September 6th and will be a LIVE location for the Labor Day MDA telethon!!

- 76% of every dollar MDA spends goes to research, services and education; 15% to fundraising; 9% for administration costs.

- MDA spends $74 a minute in its worldwide research program, supporting more than 330 projects.

- MDA maintains more than 200 clinics, including more than 35 MDA/ALS centers. In the past 5 years, MDA has provided more than $2.5 million in services to individuals living in Kansas.

- MDA clinics are staffed by teams of top health professionals skilled in the diagnosis and medical management of muscular dystrophy and related diseases. Services provided at MDA clinics may include occupational therapy, selected diagnostic tests, genetic counseling, respiratory therapy and more.  There are two MDA clinic locations in  Kansas: University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City and Via Christi Medical Center in Wichita.

- MDA annually sponsors 80 weeklong summer camp sessions, serving more than 4,000 children across the country and in Puerto Rico. More than 5,200 volunteers give a week of their time to serve as MDA camp counselors.

- MDA’s equipment loan program provides help obtaining durable medical equipment of all types.

For more information regarding Muscular Dystrophy research and ways to help-  go to the MDA website.

Davis-Moore is proud to again support Badges for Backpacks, an initiative of the Wichita Police Department and Simon Properties! This two week event collects backpacks and school supplies for abused and abandoned children in the Wichita area. This is the second year for Badges for Backpacks, and its success during 2009 led Simon to decide they would host a number of events during Badges for Backpacks this year – to provide fun experiences and events, all while helping a worthy cause!

Officer Mike Lloyd with the Wichita Police Department, one of the founders of the program, knew there was a great need with children he saw and heard about through various law enforcement contacts and agencies around town that care for abused and abandoned kids. Said Officer Lloyd, “Some of these kids come in with only the clothes on their backs – some of them not even that. After some discussion within the department, and with school coming up, we decided that we wanted to help get these kids the items they needed to still be able to succeed at school – so we came up with a plan and were very pleased with the results. It’s amazing to see what the citizens of Wichita came together to do, we’re really looking forward to seeing what we can collect this year.”

Badges for Backpacks will begin on Saturday, August 7 with vans, provided by Davis-Moore, at both Towne East and Towne West Simon properties available to drop off the supplies. Towne East Square will be hosting “A Kids Towne Affair” to kick-off this fun donation drive. The event, sponsored by the Simon Kidgits Club, will include fun crafts and activities for kids and a free goody bag just for attending. Badges for Backpacks will finish on August 22, with Towne East Square’s Back to School Fall Fashion Show wrapping up the whole donation drive in style.

Vans will be located at both Towne East Square and Towne West Square. Just bring your donation by and drop it off, and you’ll be making a big difference in the education of some great kids in our area! Both Towne East and Towne West Square are open 10am-9pm Monday through Friday and 11am-6pm Sunday.

Items you can donate!
Anything you can think of that a student may need for school, we’d like to have! Some of the most needed and requested items are:
Backpacks
Pencils
Notebooks
Three ring binders
Glue Sticks
Glue
Calculators
Large pink erasers
Rulers
Scissors
Pencil Sharpeners
Highlighters
Protractors
Crayons
Watercolor sets
Markers
Pencil Boxes
Construction Paper
Pocket Folders
Colored Pencils
Pencil Pouches
Don’t have time to shop? Gift cards to purchase these items are always welcome and will be put to good use!

Introducing the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid!! The 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid is the first hybrid car to be offered at the same price as the conventional gas model. Driver’s can upgrade to the hybrid’s eco-friendly emissions and fuel efficiency at no extra cost!

The MKZ hybrid powertrain consists of Nickel-metal-hydride battery with a 2.5L Atkinson-cycle I-4 hybrid engine. The MKZ get’s over 700 mpg/city on only one tank of gas! The interior comes standard with one of the most eco-conscious leathers available- Bridge of Weir. Wood trim comes from well-managed forests, as defined by strict environmental, social and economic standards. The SmartGauge with EcoGuide provides real-time feedback on fuel efficiency and driving performance.

Contact the Davis-Moore Lincoln dealership for more details about the new 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid.

David & Lynn Gilkey are the epitome of people who have taken life’s lemons and turned them into lemonade.  They both work for the Urban League of Kansas, directing programs that they each developed to help underprivileged teens who came from backgrounds similar to their own.  Through these programs, David & Lynn personally touched the lives of 126 teens in 2009 alone and have provided the resources and inspiration for many of them to keep their lives on the right track – or in many cases…to just get it going in the right direction.

Lynn Gilkey is no stranger to some of the issues facing adolescent females today.  She isn’t afraid to share her own story to help others.  As a survivor of childhood abuse at a very young age, Lynn found herself in trouble with substance abuse in her teens.  She later promised herself that if she got a chance she would dedicate her life to helping young women make better decisions than she  made,  and would provide them with the resources to do so – which is exactly what she’s done.  Lynn personally created the program Caring Ladies Assisting Students to Succeed, better known as (CL.A.S.S.), to help young ladies from all walks of life develop into the Queens Gilkey believes every girl was meant to become. Gilkey states she simply didn’t want ANY young lady to experience anything that could make her abandon her God given destiny. The program’s mission is to support the healthy development of teen girls and help at-risk girls from heading down the wrong road.  C.L.A.S.S. consists of a diverse group of local women who are dedicated and passionate about mentoring teen girls.  They meet each week with teens at four local high schools in a signature program called “sisterhood of Queens.”  During these sessions the volunteers educate the girls about the importance of academic achievement, social skills that encourage healthy social behavior, enhancing self esteem and community service that will help them become leaders in their communities and world.  The vision of Lynn Gilkey and the CLASS program is to ensure that these girls become self sufficient women who have access to the resources they need to become productive adults.  In 2009, 90% of the students involved in C.L.A.S.S. were passing classes, and 81% of them were in attendance at school at least 90% of them time.

David Gilkey’s question to the students he helps is very straightforward, “Do you want to live or die?”  As a gang prevention specialist and Founder of the Urban League’s gang prevention and outreach program, David also uses his own story of incarceration and substance abuse to help those teens at risk in our community.  With over nine years of sobriety, David has committed his life to preventing youth from entering into gang life, helping them get OUT of gang life, and trying to change the paths of those young men headed toward drugs and incarceration.  David’s program, DYWTLOD, (an acronym for the question posed before), operates on the premise that education and positive role models can lead to graduation, career opportunities and a successful future.  Mr. Gilkey mentors youth in four area high schools, his work has been recognized by the Department of Corrections, The Center for Health and Wellness and many local Churches, and he is a member of the Wichita Gang Coalition, Real Men Real Heroes organization.  He was also the 2008 NAACP Person of the Year.

These two people and two great programs are only a sampling of the work that the Urban League is doing in our community.  If you know someone who can benefit from these programs, please call the Urban League of Kansas at 440.9246, or you can go online and explore their services at www.kansasul.org.

WANT TO HELP?
To make a tax deductible contribution to C.L.A.S.S and Do You Want to Live or Die please  contact David and Lynn Gilkey at the Urban League, call 440.9246 or mail your check to:

Urban League of Kansas, Inc
2418 East 9th
Wichita, KS  67214
*You may designate money to go towards the C.L.A.S.S. or DYWTLOD programs.