Community

 
Matt’s Automotive strives to be a pillar in our local communities, because to us community is the people, businesses, and families that strive to make a better tomorrow.

Past Events

 

 

Check out the awesome things we’ve been doing with the community of Fargo-Moorhead!

Brightening a Customer's Spirits

Helping a Member of the Matt's Family

When we say you’re apart of the Matt’s family, we mean it! One of our loyal customers came in not too long ago to get some work done on their F-150 and as we always enjoy hearing what is going on their lives, we got some saddening news from Jeff and Rachel. Their son, Adam, was in the hospital and it was not a good situation. Vern, our General Manager, let our team know and we wanted to do something to brighten Adam’s spirits. As we learned a little more about what Adam was going through, we knew we wanted to make sure he was comfortable and had some entertainment as he was going home. We gave them a Matt’s Auto blanket, a water bottle, and some games! We hope he has been able to play games, had lots of laughs, and enjoys his holiday weekend. Adam and his family are in our thoughts and prayers and we are so honored to have them as a part of the Matt’s Family.

National Go Fishing Day

A Night of Fun with the Team

In honor of National Go Fishing Day, Matt took a couple team members and headed to the lake! Many laughs, lots of fish, and a good night of some team bonding.
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Sanford Children's Hospital Donation

Earlier this year, Matt and his wife were able to take a trip to Mexico thanks to Dakota Wholesale Tire and Tires Only, along with other tire dealers from the surrounding area. During this trip, there was a super fun scavenger hunt where the top 2 winners would get $1,000 to donate to any charity of their choice. Matt was one of those winners and decided he wanted to give his donation to Sanford Children’s Fargo. In June, we were able to meet with a couple of staff members and give them the donation. Thank you to all your staff and everything you do for the children!

National Cheese Day

Want to hear something cheesy? It was National Cheese Day on June 4th! Our team agreed that the best way to celebrate was to throw some bread in the mix and make some grilled cheese for an afternoon snack! You could even say they were “grate”!

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Armed Forces Day

Honoring our Local Heroes

In honor of Armed Forces Day, our social media followers shared with us photos of their favorite veteran or current active duty military member. By doing this, they were entered to select a charity that Matt’s Automotive can donate to that benefits courageous veterans. Larry K. was nominated and chose the charity Hometown Hero Outdoors. Thank you to all active-duty military and our veterans!

Caramel Roll Friday

A Sweet Treat for the End of the Week!

We love to celebrate Fridays! Matt treated the team to Carmel Rolls from Sweet Commotion! Safe to say everyone really enjoyed.
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National Have a Coke Day

What's Your Favorite Flavor?

May 8th was National Have a Coke Day! Our team is a big fan of Coca-Cola and all the different flavors, so to celebrate each team member got their favorite flavor of Coca-Cola!

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National Nurse Appreciation Day

Matt’s Automotive wanted to celebrated National Nurses Day by rewarding some special nurses in the F-M area with a free lunch on us! We partnered with Frank’s Lounge and Texas Roadhouse to give Kaylee S. and Jenny A. a free lunch to them and three of their co-workers. Our whole Matt’s Automotive team appreciates everything you do for the community to keep us safe and healthy. You have been our heroes long before this pandemic came along.

National Teacher Appreciation Day

May 5th was National Teacher Appreciation Day! We wanted to give a shout out to all the amazing teachers out there and show our appreciation! Our social media followers nominated their favorite teacher to win some great Matt’s Swag and a free oil change. We were happy to announce Melissa L. was the recipient of our gift.

Mother's Day Celebration

For Mother’s Day, we wanted to say thanks to all the amazing moms out there! Our social media followers posted their favorite picture of their mom and told us why she was so amazing to enter her to receive a special Mother’s Day gift from Matt’s Auto. The gift consisted of an awesome spa package from Elite Therapeutic Massage & Health Partners, a Matt’s wine cooler, a bottle of wine, and a Matt’s pull bag. Congratulations to Jeanine H. for winning our Mother’s Day gift!

Moorhead's Next Entrepreneurs

Visiting Moorhead High School's Business Class

Thank you Moorhead Area Public Schools for letting us come to the High School to talk to one of the Business classes about entrepreneurship and how to start a small business. We hope to see some of those businesses come to life in the near future!

Girl Scout Cookies

Supporting your local Girl Scouts

For over a month, our local Girl Scouts came into our Moorhead and Fargo locations to practice their selling skills with the famous Girl Scout cookies. We were proud to help support the next generation of skilled women!
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Giving Hearts Day

An Icy Challenge

We hope everyone had an awesome Giving Hearts Day! Two of our brave technicians did the ice bucket challenge for CCRI—Creative Care for Reaching Independence to help them raise money during such an important event in the F-M area.

Rayden's Creations

Supporting our Next Entrepreneurs

Matt and the team made one little entrepreneur very happy when we ordered some products from Rayden’s Creations. When his mother participated in our 2019 Day of Service, we were so excited to hear that her son had created his own business, selling chapsticks and bath bombs, with a portion of the proceeds going to Homeward Animal Shelter. We were so happy to help support our young entrepreneurs and look forward to seeing your company, Rayden’s Creations, grow!

Back on 1st Avenue

Moorhead Open House

A big thank you to everyone who was able to make it to our open house for our reopening of our original Moorhead location! We’re glad to be back home! It was a fun filled day with door prizes, tours and a lot of great guests!

Cares for Kids Radiothon

Cares for Kids Radiothon

Sanford Health hosted a local radiothon in support of the childrens hospital. This event was to raise money to help fund unique programs, provide education, and purchase lifesaving equipment to save and transform lives here in the Fargo-Moorhead Area. We love getting to show our support for events like this and every dollar raised went towards a great cause!
Matt speaks at the 2019 Chamber Panel

Chamber Leadership Panel

Chamber Leadership Panel

The Chamber hosted a leadership panel, here’s some awesome photos taken from the event!

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Putting sprinkles on our cookies for the 2019 Cookie Bake

Cookie Bake

Cookie Bake

Our team got together to bake over 300 cookies for first responders and local businesses in the Fargo Moorhead Area! We appreciate all the work they do during the holiday season and the time they take away from their families to take care of all of us, so we enjoyed getting to show them our appreciation – and bake a little too!
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Career Day

Career Day

Career Day was a success! We hosted students from the FM area who were eager to learn about the future they could have in the automotive industry.
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Clay County K9 Fundraiser

Clay County K9 Fundraiser

We participated in helping Clay County add a second K9 to their department. It was an awesome concert put on by the TAK Music Venue featuring Rick Adams!

Women REACH

Women REACH

We had the pleasure of hosting John Deere Electronic Solution’s WomenREACH Annual Event. In the type of weather we live in, the more you know about your vehicle the better. Our Knowledge is Power seminar is in fact to give you power over your vehicle. It’s always a great day when you can learn more about cars!

Single Parent Strong

Single Parent Strong

The third annual Single Parent Strong was hosted on September 28th. On this day, Matt’s partnered with businesses in the local community to offer free oil changes to single parents. We also offered some fun outdoor games for the kids!

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Bridge Bash

Bridge Bash

The Bridge Bash was a Moorhead event celebrating the students in the area coming back to town! We were the 2019 event sponsor and had so much fun getting to meet the students, listen to live music, and eat food from the local food trucks.

CCRI Tablescapes Fundraiser Event

CCRI Tablescapes Fundraiser Event

We attended CCRI’s Annual Tablescapes Fundraiser Event to help search for ways to promote independence and for ways to solve the workforce crisis. This year’s focus was technology. Their newest program, Independent by Design, (IBD) melds technology with care-giving and the results are impressive.

Sanford Children's Hospital

Sanford Children's Hospital

Matt’s Automotive and Froggy 99.9 partnered to deliver a check to the Sanford Children’s Hospital. We’ve always loved being able to contribute to the community and the Sanford Children’s Hospital will always have a special place in our heart.

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Ronald McDonald House Book Donation

Ronald McDonald House Book Donation

The Ronald McDonald House book donation event was an awesome one! We love celebrating these kids and being able to give back to the Ronald McDonald House.
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Addie's Princess Cupcakes

Addie's Princess Cupcakes

Addie’s Royal Cupcake Stand is a charity that supports the Sunshine Foundation. Addie’s goal was to give back to this foundation after it made her dreams come true in 2013. In 2019, she raised $7,235.51! We loved being able to support Addie and this awesome foundation!

Eat United Food Truck Event

Eat United Food Truck Event

Our team got together to support the United Way of Cass-Clay and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota at their Food Truck Feed. We love coming together to support organizations we believe in

Softball Team

Softball Team

Our 2019 Softball team had a blast every Thursday night getting a chance to be a team in and out of the workplace.

10 Year Anniversary Concert

10 Year Anniversary Concert

In June 2019, we officially celebrated 10 years of being in business as Matt’s Automotive. We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than by having a rock concert! We had Unleashed!, Slaughter and Warrant perform, local food trucks and drinks to go around. It was an awesome way for us to thank the community for a great 10 years.

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10 Year Chamber Celebration

10 Year Chamber Celebration

In June 2019, we officially celebrated 10 years of being in business as Matt’s Automotive. We celebrated this accomplishment with the Chamber of Commerce, as we cut the ribbon on 10 years in Fargo Moorhead!
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Homeward Animal Shelter

Homeward Animal Shelter

Matt’s Automotive loves supporting causes in the community we believe in. We enjoyed being able to support Homeward Animal Shelter and helping give pets great homes.
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Day of Service

Day of Service

Our 2018 Day of Service was on November 23rd. We received hundreds of nominations from the community. As a result, 10 members of the Fargo-Moorhead Community received up to $1,500 in vehicle repairs – how awesome!

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Cookie Deliveries

Cookie Deliveries

Over the holidays, we went out and delivered treats to F-M first responders to thank them for all the extra hours they put in keeping our community safe. We want them to know that their extra hard work is not going unnoticed!

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