106 St. CARES: We are helping kids...can you help, too?

106 St. Tire & Wheel & Corona Commerce Cares
Beautiful Music Together Piano Placement Program

We are proud members of the community & the greatest way to show our gratitude to the community that helped us build our business is to give back.

We are collecting pianos that people are giving away, we have a piano tuner who will give his services for free, we have a truck with hydraulic lift and we will place pianos with those with the greatest need first.

We are requesting that a paragraph be written explaining the situation so that we can ascertain those with the greatest need. We expect to have a waiting and, therefore, those who would like a piano are advised to put some thought into why your need maybe greater than someone else’s.

Who can have a free piano? In order to be eligible, we request that you have a real need. We are interested in children whose parents cannot afford a piano or seniors with the same need and not-for-profit organizations. If there are extenuating circumstances like perhaps a disability or an illness we want to help those people first. Music is healing and we will place those who are ill high on the list.

Here’s what we are asking from the community:

(1) CraigsList.org has a constant flow of free pianos in the free section on its site. We are asking everyone with some spare time to take a look at this everyday.

(2) Please feel free to make contact with the person giving away the piano. Please tell them about our “Make Beautiful Music Together” Program and pass on the information about what we are doing, why, how at give our phone number.

(3) Please call us with the information at 718-271-9700 (please do not call our shops!) or contact us by e-mail at tirewheels106@yahoo.com

(4) We have storage space, so there will be no such thing as too many pianos so please pass the word, fax a copy of the materials we have for you to others, leave a copy anywhere you think someone might pick it up.

(5) If you donate a piano, please write a brief history about the piano so it can passed to someone who maybe perhaps inspired by your generous act to do the same for someone else down the road.

(6) For those receiving pianos, please have a few people available to help move the piano off the hydraulic tailgate of the truck in to your home or facility. 106 St. Tire & Wheel cannot be responsible for damage or injuries to your home or facility or people.

THANK YOU,
106 St. Tire & Wheel, Inc.
Management & Staff

SEE OUR NEW SITE:

www.106StTire.com

synopsis of 106 St Tire's services, locations, hours, etc:

Location: 106-01 Northern Blvd, Corona, 11368
shop: 718-446-6769
HOURS: 24/7 including holidays

Location: 79-02 Queens Blvd, Elmhurst, 11373
shop: 718-458-2500
HOURS: 9am-8pm M-Sun

Location: 118-02 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, 11434
shop-: 718-276-4070
HOURS: M-Sat M-Sat

Location: 45-13 108 St., Corona, 11368
shop: 718-271-9700
HOURS: M-Sun 8am-7pm

Website: www.106StTire.com

With 4 locations serving Queens, NYC’s “Premier Tire Dealer” has been discounting famous brand name tires for decades. We also offer 24 hour, 7 day a week (including all holidays) service at our main location on Northern Blvd just a few blocks West of Citi-field. Additionally, we have nitrogen fill, a space age solution to reducing emissions, saving gas, increasing safety and reducing maintenance. We are front-end specialists, do NYS Inspections, oil changes, brakes, TPMS, shocks, struts, 3-D wheel alignment, sell used tires, do rim repair with state-of-the-art TIG welding & more.

Our locations in Elmhurst (open 9am-8pm) & both Corona stores (106 St. & Northern open 24/7 everyday of the year; 108 St location open 8am-7pm) are open 7-days a week; Jamaica is open Mon-Sat (8am-7pm). Commercial customers get special discounts such as wholesale wheel alignments and free expert advice on lowering your fleet’s maintenance costs, choosing the right tires and getting the most for your tire procurement dollar. Our waiting rooms are created for customer comfort, are clean, have plasma TVs and cable.

We participate in community through our program called “Making Beautiful Music Together” by picking up unwanted pianos, having them tuned and delivering them to needy kids, seniors, those with disabilities, not-for-profits, etc. All of our stores are delighted to offer members of the Queens Chamber of Commerce an additional 10% off their tire purchase.

For more information about commercial accounts, discounts for your employees, our piano program, etc., please contact our administrative office at 106-01 Northern Blvd, Corona, NY 11368, call: 718-271-9600.

locations & early bird specials--weekdays only

we are NYC Premier Tire Dealer offering 24/7 tire repair in QUeens www.106StTire.com

locations: CORONA:
106 St. Tire & Wheel
106-01 Northern Blvd-Corona-11368
718.446.6769
OPEN 24 HRS / 7 DAYS
10% off tires wkdys 8-10am

location ELMHURST:
106 St. Tire & Wheel
79-20 Queens Blvd-Elmhurst-11373
718.458.2500
open 9am-8pm M-Sun
10% off tires wkdys 9-11am

locations JAMAICA:
106 St. Tire & Wheel
118-02 Merrick Blvd-Jamaica-11434
718.276.4070
open 8am-7pm M-Sat
10% off tires wkdys 8-10am


locations CORONA:
106 St. Tire & Wheel
45-13 108th St. Corona-11368
718.271.9700
open 8am-7pm M-Sun
10% off tires wkdys 8-10am

106 Tire Cares....calling not for profit organizations to form a win-win with us especially in our Corona and Jamaica locations:

Having lived our entire lives in Queens and operating a chain of tire stores around this borough, we are very grateful to the community for supporting our business and making it what it is today. We are a second generation family business, minority owned, and we’ve worked and continue to work diligently to give our customers excellent service with an eye on how we can serve the community that has brought us so much success.

Like many hard working families, we find times tough, but, we know, as Americans we are tougher. With the above in mind, we have gotten active in the community because we know we are all in this together. With our neighbors in mind, on weekday mornings, we offer the early-bird, recession specials: 10% off tires at all 4 of our locations.

And also, we know churches, community groups and not-for-profit groups really struggle with raising costs, decreased donations and more people in need.

We are developing a group called Corona Commerce Cares and as you can see from the enclosed flyer, we are giving back by thinking about the budding music makers of the future. We are asking your help in this endeavor. Would you please make copies of the enclosed flyer and distribute to your constituents? In return, we are offering those who are fund raisers here in Queens, tires to raffle off in your efforts to support your organization.

We believe in community, we believe in win-wins, we believe together we can truly make beautiful music together in more ways than one.

Please call us if we can help you…and if you can help us help our kids and adults who need a piano and cannot afford one, please let us know.

Let’s work together and pave the path of the future with the spirit of good will. Thank you.

Please call 347-226-4692 and speak with Irene or leave a message and your call will be returned.

Thanks

106 St. Tire & Wheel & Corona Commerce Cares Making Beautiful Music Together By Collecting Old Pianos for Kids!

106 St. Tire & Wheel & Corona Commerce Cares
in a cooperative effort is collecting pianos for
under privileged kids & adults!

106 St. Tire & Wheel has a truck with a hydraulic lift &
Corona Commerce Cares has a piano tuner who is
willing to tune the pianos we collect & store at:

106 St. Tire & Wheel
118-02 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica 11434

NOW ALL WE NEED IS YOU…
TO PASS THE WORD, MAKE COPIES & HAND OUT
THIS FLYER, RUN AN AD ANYWHERE,
GET KIDS INVOLVED, THINK COMMUNITY &

we’ll all make beautiful music
T-O-G-E-T-H-E-R!


Please call our administrative office if you know someone in need, hear about a piano no one wants, see one in the “free section” on Craig’s List (please make contact with poster immediately & tell them about this effort; give them our number), can help by passing out this flyer, have a publication that can help us spread the word, etc.

PLEASE CALL US AT:
347-226-4692
Ask for Irene or leave a message-
we will call you back-thank you!

THINK GREEN....THINK TOMORROW with nitrogen fill:

we now have nitrogen fill available at 3 of our locations:

CORONA:
106 St. Tire & Wheel
106-01 Northern Blvd, Corona, NY 11368
718.446.6769
OPEN 24 HOURS / 7 DAYS

ELMHURST:
106 St. Tire & Wheel
79-20 Queens Blvd, Elmhurst, NY 11373
718.458.2500
open 9am-8pm everyday

JAMAICA:
106 St. Tire & Wheel
118-02 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11434
718.276.4070
open 8am-7pm M-Sat. only

We will be speaking at the Queens Chamber of Commerce on October 29, 2010 at 8am
at the Breakfast Before Business...come have breakfast with us and support the Queens Chamber of Commerce in the Bulova Building on the Grand Central Pkway.

NYC's Premier Tire Dealer....106 St. Tire & Wheel Thinks Green:

We have already spoken here about nitrogen fill and how much gasoline it can save
(from 3-10% per tank of gas) and we've asked our customers, friends and neighbors to think about air quality.

We've said that we recycle old batteries, tires and oil in an ecologically safe way in accordance with NYC/NYS law.

Apart from our interests in car related items, offering early bird specials to help out our customers in the recession and increasing our services, 106 St Cares about a lot.

Here's a fact that amazed us:
turning off the water while brushing your teeth can save up to
5 gallons of water.

Can you imagine what we all could save in the way of water, sewage tax,
earth's resources if we just did that simple thing?

Earth has limited resources and on our overpopulated planet, it is a mistake
to be shortsighted and thing we will never run out of fresh water, natural resources,
clean air....

please do your best to educate your family and friends

THINK GREEN...

THINK TOMORROW

your friends at 106 St. Tire & Wheel

Bridgestone Expands Driver's Education for Teens

Extending its "Think Before You Drive" driver education efforts, Bridgestone Americas has launched another safe driving program targeting teenaged drivers.

The Teens Drive Smart program focuses on educating teens on the dangers of distracted and impaired driving practices such as texting, talking on the phone and rowdy passengers.

“Educating teenagers about driver safety is not only the responsibility of parents and schools; it is also a responsibility for the community as a whole,” the company said. “As members of communities both big and small, we at Bridgestone Americas are fully committed to educating America’s teens on the importance of safe driving every time they get behind the wheel.”

The online home of this initiative is a new, interactive website – teensdrivesmart.com – that was specially designed to interact and engage with young drivers “in their voice so that they can understand the risks of distracted driving and start to practice safe driving habits,” the company said.

The site offers a variety of interactive components, including Real teen2teen advice to help teenagers navigate uncomfortable driving situations; tips and statistics for both teens and parents focusing on safe driving and car maintenance; driver safety contract templates for new drivers and their parents; videos demonstrating how to handle a vehicle in potentially dangerous situations; a blog where young drivers can share their take on safe driving habits; and a “Game Room” that offers a road quiz to test the teens’ knowledge of driver safety, two online games, and a quiz to determine which car best describes someone.

see the articlke and other news from Bridgestone at:
http://www.tirereview.com/Article/77908/bridgestone_americas_expands_driver_safety_efforts.aspx