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We know you can’t fight this feeling. As you’ve probably heard, Augusta is about to be rocked by REO Speedwagon when they visit the Bell Auditorium on Sept. 15. The music legends, who have not gone a year without performing since their rise to fame in the 1970s, are in town to celebrate Eagle 102.3’s 21st birthday. And here at Milton Ruben, we’d never miss a party. We’ve teamed up with Eagle 102.3 to give away tickets to the show. From now until Tuesday, Sept. 15, stop by the parts desk at Milton Ruben Toyota to fill out an entry form for tickets. We’ll announce winners the afternoon of the show with the help of DJs Cliff Bennet and Andrew  Harmon, who will be broadcasting live from the dealership. Still not convinced? The show and celebration will all benefit the Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation, the local organization that provides assistance to families of burn patients being treated at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. The Burn Foundation does everything, from opening up the Chavis House for lodging during treatment to providing medication, anti-scarring garments and transportation after a hospital stay. It’ll be a night to remember, so enter at Milton Ruben Toyota to ensure that you’re part of one of Augusta’s biggest events. The box at the Milton Ruben Parts Desk is ready for your entry! For more information on the show, click here. For more information on the Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation, visit their website.

When we look at our shiny new line of Jeeps and Rams, we can't help but picture them being put to their purpose - making the most of the great outdoors, working hard and making memories under the great big sky of possibilities.  It just about brings a bit of mistiness to our eyes. That's why the opportunity to help sponsor the 4th annual Augusta Outdoors Expo was one we simply could not pass up.  An entire day dedicated solely and completely to the serious outdoorsman? Yes, please, with a side of peppered turkey jerky if you wouldn't mind too much. We can't quite figure out what we are looking forward to most about this shin-dig - sharing a beautiful summer day with our fellow local business people, or learning more about some of our favorite hobbies, like hunting, fishing, shooting, archery, off-roading, and even gator-wrestling. Ok, to be honest, gator-wrestling isn't a hobby we venture into too often, but we heard the Gator Boys were going to be there, and we can't say we didn't get a little tingle thinking about meeting a tried and true Gator-Tamer.  Who wouldn't get a tickled about that? To say the least, we are looking forward to decking out in our camo, with our greatest and grandest outdoor-ready Jeeps and Rams in tow, and showing up with boots on to take a peek into the James Brown Arena and absorb all that will be the Augusta Outdoor Expo! Will we be seeing you there?   Others we can't wait to see in the James Brown Arena on August 8th: Culpepper Outdoors Gator Boys Duck Dynasty New Kicks Country 99.5 The Augusta Chronicle This post was written by Social Media Specialist Heather Cortright.

"I always feel better when I go the gym in the morning!," Jeff Hennen contributed to the question of "How are you this morning?" from General Manager Chuck Easters when he arrived at work this morning. Yep, the bug has hit Milton Ruben, and we are inhaling as much of that contagious little devil as we can - the healthy bug. Employees all over three stores were gobbling down salads yesterday afternoon after their first weigh-in to our recently launched Lose Baby Health Initiative, and we couldn't be more proud! As a part of a new approach to employee development, we decided that one of the best ways to keep our customers happy, is to keep our employees happy - and healthy. This launched a voluntary ninety-day program of educating, motivating, and encouraging one another to stay focused and Lose, Baby! Our focus on this ninety-day round is healthy weight loss, keeping a confidential record of percentage weight lost per individual, and helping one another stay on track with weekly healthy goodies, and informative and educational materials on proper diet and fitness.  Our top priority is overall physical and mental health, being positive, supportive, and encouraging throughout, and keeping our eye on successfully working as a team to be a healthier company. (If you are an employee participating in the program, check your e-mail for information on joining our motivational Facebook group!) Stay focused, folks, and Lose, Baby! This post was written by Milton Ruben Superstore Social Media Manager Heather Cortright. To learn more about our company culture and see if you'd like to join the Milton Ruben Team, click here.

You bought your new car from Milton Ruben - and it is everything you wanted it to be, the salesperson was informative, patient, and considerate, the finance managers worked to get you where you needed to be, the t's are crossed, the i's are dotted, and all that is left is the delivery. Believe it or not, this is the best part of our entire car-buying process here at Milton Ruben.  Not only does the sales consultant get to show you all the new bells and whistles of your vehicle, but this is also the point where you get to choose whether you'd like to participate in our Sparq program, the program that could help you win all sorts of prizes - all the way up to the chance to win a car payment*! Here's how it works: 1. You and your salesperson take a photo with your new car on their phone. 2. They input some of your info, and send a one-time only text to "claim" the photo on your smartphone. This is done on the Salesperson's phone - make sure you use your cell phone number so you can get the one-time only text message! This is your (the customer's) phone. This is a one time only text message containing the link you need to claim your photo and start competing for prizes! This is the screen you will see, with your photo on it, after you click the link in the text message. You may need to log in to Facebook before completing the process of claiming your photo.                               3. You click on the link in the text message and follow instructions through two windows. The first confirms the photo and prompts to share on Facebook or Google+. You click Facebook.  Then, after logging in, you rate your experience and write a testimonial. Don't forget to include instructions to guide your friends to "Sparq" your photo! You can also click the "Autofill" button to fill in all of that information for you. Confirm that you will allow Sparq access to your Facebook profile, and make this one time only post on your behalf. Just a couple more steps! Type in some details about your experience at Milton Ruben and/or working with your salesperson! Or, you can tap that "Auto Fill" button, and we'll fill in that info for you! You might want to tag some friends so you can get them to help you! That's it!                                   4. After completing the testimonial portion, click to share the photo link on your Facebook newsfeed, and encourage your friends and family to follow the link to our Facebook page, where they can click the orange button to "Sparq" your photo. This is how the link will look on your Facebook profile/ in your News Feed. All your friends have to do is click on the link... And click on the orange button! You will see the trophies light up as you hit each tier of the prize structure! Good luck!                                             5. Let it ride (possibly reminding your friends by sharing your original post every once in a while) for 30 days and see what you've won!     The Rules/ The Extras: - The contest only lasts 30 days.  Email socialmedia@miltonruben.com or contact your salesperson to claim your prize at the end of that 30 days. - If you got 200 Sparqs, your name will be entered into a drawing to be held at the end of the next month.  The name drawn will be the recipient of one month's car payment, up to $500. - No duplicates. If you and your spouse bought a car together, only one of you may compete. - Recipient's participation allows Milton Ruben to use this photo in any marketing materials, including but not limited to upload to their public Facebook page. - Facebook "likes" do not count as "Sparqs." Participants must follow the photo link to the app on our Facebook page and click the orange "Sparq" button to be counted as a vote. - Participants are limited to one "Sparq" per Facebook page per 30 days.  The application will not allow you to vote more than once in 30 days.   *The winning customer's monthly car payment will be covered up to $500.

Every quarter, we proudly sponsor Shepeard Community Blood Center and their BloodMobile for our seasonal blood drive! This summer's blood drive will be on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, from 11:00am-3:30pm on the pre-owned lot.  And this drive's prize is tickets to Shepeard's Night, a fun evening of baseball and fellowship, where employees, recipients, donors, and fans come together for a night of American traditions, free merchandise and giveaways, and a good game of baseball, watching the Augusta GreenJackets play.  We would love to see you there! Trained technicians will be in the blood drive ready to test and draw donated units.  They will also have cookies and orange juice or related snacks for all viable donors.  Please bring your donor card and a form of ID.   Did you guys know about these cool facts about blood donation?   If you missed this drive or are hoping to catch the next one, you can stay updated with whats going on at Milton Ruben by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google! This post is written by Milton Ruben Social Media Specialist Heather Cortright.

Buying vehicles is such an exciting experience, people oftentimes are overwhelmed with information once the salesperson starts teaching about the features on your new car. This is why we have started our New Owner's Clinic, for recent buyers who have questions about their warranty, parts & accessories, routine maintenance, technology, or anything else. And as a thank you for your purchase and attendance, dinner is on us! Here's a synopsis of our first New Owner's Clinic at Milton Ruben Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in April of 2015! Did you miss it? Get in touch with your salesperson to find out about our next New Owners Clinic! Must be recent buyer of a vehicle from Milton Ruben Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram to attend. Video, photos, and post by Milton Ruben Social Media Specialist Heather Cortright.

You asked for a chance to win two of these Rock Fore! Dough tickets to see Darius Rucker, Sam Hunt, and A Thousand Horses - so you got it! Simply come to Milton Ruben for another ‪#‎SelfieWithASalesperson‬ contest and be entered to win! How to Win Tickets to See Darius Rucker, Sam Hunt, and A Thousand Horses in Concert in Augusta, GA on April 7, 2015: Step 1: Visit one of our Milton Ruben Auto Group stores (Chevrolet, Toyota, or Chrysler). Step 2: Ask a member of our wonderful sales staff to take a selfie with you. Step 3: Upload the selfie to the comments section of this post with the name of the salesperson. Step 4: Like and share the post. Step 5: Check back on Saturday, April 4th to see if you are one of our three lucky winners! Image found on Rock Fore! Dough facebook page. Rules: Must be a selfie taken with you and an employee of Milton Ruben on the Milton Ruben property. Include their name in the comment. Employees of Milton Ruben are not eligible to win. One entry per person. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Entries must be submitted before 12pm Saturday, April 4th. No purchase necessary. Tickets must be picked up at the dealership by 5pm Monday, April 6th or they will be re-distributed. Contestants entries may be used to announce the winner.   To stay updated on more ways to win cool stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google! This post was written by Milton Ruben Social Media Specialist Heather Cortright.

One of our local news stations interviewed New Yorkers on what they think of when they think "Augusta, GA" and the responses were no surprise - a lot of southern cookin' and The Master's. With the infamous golf tournament fast approaching, we decided to help people practice their swing with our very own Hole-In-One Putting Competition! From now until the Saturday before Masters, we will have a putting green set up in the Toyota Guest Lounge, where you can try your hand at a Hole-In-One! All contestants who succeed on the first try will win a Key Fob Cover and an entry for an Ogio Itza X-tra Light Golf Bag with an Accessory Kit! The golf bag features a number of pockets and compartments, including an easy access magnetized golf ball pocket and an extra light stand! The accessories kit includes a visor, golf balls, sunglasses, and more, with the whole gift valued at over $250!  We will draw a name from a hat of our Hole-In-One contestants in Milton Ruben Toyota Parts on Saturday, April 4th, 2015 to choose our Hole-In-One Putting Competition winner! Our new GM, Chuck Easters, gave the putting green a swing to warm it up...... And got a Hole-In-One on the first try!                 What do you have to lose but a short, slow stroke of practice for the upcoming golf season?? Stay in the loop by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google! Photos and graphic by Milton Ruben Social Media Specialist Heather Cortright.

With bikes moving in to the downtown area, it's no surprise that Augusta and the rest of the Central Savannah River Area is going green!  To get a little help in the initiative to slow down the growth of our landfills and work a little harder to keep those adorable baby seals and polar bear cubs on the tv commercials in mind, a program called Recycling Perks is coming to town!  And as if their little "perks" wasn't enough, they've partnered up with us to give away a car and get this #GreenAugusta project going! Have you heard about Recycling Perks yet? Well, it is exactly how it sounds.  The program is specifically designed to help those who help out, but gifting gift cards, discounts, coupons, and other financial gifting opportunities to those who recycle - every time they recycle! You can save up your recycling points and refund them online for a print-out or mailed in card and get your next lunch date and Longhorn Steakhouse for free! (That's just an example. A lot of other deals are on their Facebook page if you want to get an idea of the offerings.) As if signing up and cashing in isn't easy enough, they've set up another "perk" right in our Milton Ruben Toyota showroom!  CSRA members can come in and guess the number of recyclables we have stuffed in this Toyota Prius - and if you guess exactly correct - you could be driving home in it or another Prius next month! "That's too easy!" you say? "What's the catch??" you query?  There isn't one.  It's truly that simple.  Come in to our showroom, guess the exact number of recyclables stuffed into our Prius on RecyclingPerks.com from March 1 to April 30 - and win yourself a four-door hybrid of your very own.  Seriously! What do you have to lose?? Stay in the loop on this non-profit community project as well as our Soles4Souls shoe drive, DriveBaby® Photo Contest, and Fort Gordon involvement by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google! Photos and post by Milton Ruben Social Media Specialist Heather Cortright.

Last year, we welcomed a lovely young lady named Emma Kate Few to our dealership floor to open another one of our favorite community charity drives - a Soles for Souls shoe drive! Emma Kate, 16, has been a local spokesperson for the National Non-profit organization Soles for Souls for the past 4 years, and we hosted her here for the first time last February.  We are so excited to embark on a new drive with her again this year, collecting shoes for the needy both locally and worldwide!   Soles for Souls was originally a disaster relief aid founded after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.  It has since grown into a global effort to fight poverty and disease in third world countries by providing shoes and establishing micro-enterprise businesses to boost the economy.  But Soles for Souls also serves at home as well, continuing to provide shoes for victims of natural disasters in addition to orphanages and the homeless.  It is a wonderful cause that we are proud to be a part of! We know our customers are ready for some early spring cleaning (or Masters' guest prep!), so we even set a goal of 1,000 pairs of shoes to collect, with the hopes of assisting Soles for Souls in this year's Pair it Forward campaign to reach 1,000,000 shoes!  So let's step up and Pair it Forward, CSRA! What We Will Accept: Shoes, of any variety, size, shape, or condition! Where: All three of our buildings have a box to collect in, as well as our Chrysler Dodg When: Now - March 13th Get Steppin'! To keep up with our progress in the Soles for Souls Shoe Drive, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google! Graphics and post by Milton Ruben Social Media Specialist Heather Cortright.

It's one of the biggest music events in the Augusta, GA area.  For some, it's the ONLY music event of the year, with citizens camping out all week to buy tickets on sale for a single day, community business coming together to form alliances and give away seats, and the local country music station keeping their headliners close to their chest before announcing special guests. The Augusta, GA Guitar Pull. This year, the James Brown Arena stage will be packed with a multitude of the biggest country musicians in the industry, including Joe Nichols, Thompson Square, Dustin Lynch, Kip Moore, Dan + Shay, and Hunter Hayes - so it's no surprise that the tickets disappeared so quickly. And to be honest, it was tempting to keep the tickets we have to ourselves. But we won't. That's right, good folks of Augusta, GA - we have Guitar Pull tickets.  And we're giving them away! Take a test drive and be entered to win two Guitar Pull Tickets! Good until the concert in Nov 2014. Come in and test drive a vehicle in any of our stores and you'll be entered to win TWO tickets to the country music extravaganza of the year! Make an appointment with a member of our highly trained internet sales team by clicking in to www.drivebaby.com, or just come see us - we're on Washington Road in Augusta, GA! See you soon!   PS: If those big names weren't enough to reel you in, did you know that Augusta, GA's Guitar Pull is the biggest single local donation to the Million Pennies for Kids campaign every year?  The Million Pennies for Kids Campaign raises awareness and donations for St. Jude's Children Hospital and other youth-related charities!  A great night for a good cause! To stay updated on more contests, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Instagram! Post by Milton Ruben Media Specialist Heather Cortright.

Check out these teaser photos of our special-wrapped cars for the three-day Tent Sale at Fort Gordon! We have two cars out there that we special ordered, cleaned up, and decked out - Patriot-style!                     You'll have to come see them in person to get the whole picture - we're at Barton Field on Fort Gordon next to the stage now through all of the festivities on Thursday! There's so much going on, it's going to be worth the trip!     Don't forget to use the hashtag and follow us to find out about some contests and win free stuff!!     See more of our Ram 1500s in our online inventory!