Community Partnerships

          

           

Partners in Compassion: Saving Thousands Together Since 2009     

     At SoHumane, we know that vulnerable animals need more than shelter, they need champions. For over 15 years, Southern Oregon Subaru has been exactly that. Through the Subaru Love Promise, this partnership has transformed countless lives, creating ripples of compassion that reach every corner of our community.     
    

        In 2025 alone, SoHumane took in more than 250 stray animals, many arriving in critical need of medical care. Providing this level of treatment would be nearly impossible without the steadfast support of community-focused partners like Southern Oregon Subaru. Their commitment ensures that vulnerable animals receive the healing, safety, and compassion they need to thrive.     

        The heart of this partnership is the annual Share the Love adoption event. Over the years, this beloved event has placed nearly 300 animals into loving homes and raised an extraordinary $371,840 to support our life-saving work, including $28,433 in 2025 alone. Each dollar directly impacts our ability to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals who might otherwise have nowhere to turn.       

        Southern Oregon Subaru actively champions our cause, using their marketing channels and community presence to shine a spotlight on the importance of adoption, spay/neuter services, and compassionate animal care. This visibility helps us connect with more families ready to make a difference. Year after year, they've also stood by us as Presenting Sponsor of A Toast for Tails. In 2025, this signature fundraiser brought in over $300,000. These funds directly support programs like the Saving Train, our lifeline for animals pulled from overcrowded shelters where time is running out.     

        Because of Southern Oregon Subaru and our compassionate community, more than 12,000 dogs and cats have been given a fresh start, and together, we're committed to saving even more lives in the years ahead.     

        Karen Evans
        Executive Director, Southern Oregon Humane Society
        May 2026

      In April of 2026, we had the distinct pleasure of presenting to SOHumane a check in the amount of $28,433. This represents donations from Subaru of America, our customers, and SOSubaru for the 2025 Share the Love annual adoption event.            

      Randy Nidilmia
      Executive Manager & Owner
      Southern Oregon Subaru   

      "Southern Oregon Subaru has generously supported the work of Sparrow Clubs in local Southern Oregon schools, helping to inspire and empower students to change the lives of others through service and compassion. Through their ongoing support of Sparrow Clubs, Southern Oregon Subaru is significantly helping to change youth culture from the inside out."      

      Matt Sampson
      National Program Director   

      ACCESS provides food, warmth, shelter, and other essential services to Jackson County's low-income children, families, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities. As the Community Action Agency of Jackson County, Oregon, ACCESS has been helping residents break the cycle of poverty since 1976.

We inspire, engage, and educate about the ecological importance of native pollinator species and the diverse native plant communities essential for their survival - and ours. We are committed to the creation and restoration of pesticide-free pollinator corridors throughout Southern Oregon.  

      D.I.R.T. Project   

      D.I.R.T. stands for Direct Involvement Recreational Teaching.      

      To change our urban climate we must live in that climate and be the change we wish to see. These parks are an effort to make that change and get back to DIRT. Direct Involvement Recreation Teachings focus is to learn by doing and to grow.   

      The natural side effect of the activities DIRT is involved in tends to be twofold: strengthening our community through participation, and beautifying our surroundings. These acts are changing our climate. We are being the change we wish to see.  

      The Medford Food Project is a revolutionary new way to collect food. It's a donor drive, not a food drive.   

      "The wonderful support that the Medford Food Project receives from Southern Oregon Subaru helps us feed hungry families in our Valley."   

      John Javna
      Founder of the Medford Food Project   

      "Thank you so much for all that you do for us and our patients."   

      Mary Cardoza, MSN, RN
      Medical Oncology Clinical Coordinator   

      Asante Foundation partners with the community to enhance healthcare at Asante, our region's local non-profit community hospital. As the primary destination for high quality cancer care in Southern Oregon and Northern California, the Mary and Dick Heimann Cancer Center in Medford and the Helen K. Spears Cancer Center in Grants Pass treat thousands each year. Donations like Southern Oregon Subaru's Loves to Care kits bring precious moments of joy to patients battling cancer with Asante.   

      L-R: Gretchen Smith, Steve Archer, Brian Murphy, Andrea Bassett, Eric Calvo, Daniah Al bicyclechi, Jennifer Lewellyn and our own Rocky Rawstern. July 2024.   

      Hearts With A Mission serves homeless and at-risk youth by providing shelter, educational support, mentoring, and transition planning with a faith-based approach.   

      "SOSubaru's leadership is a bright and shining example of how business can make a big difference for our planet and its inhabitants."   

      With passion, purpose, and integrity, Canine Angels Service Teams (CAST) raises and trains exceptional dogs for children with special needs, promoting the child's independence and providing a better quality of life through a canine connection.    

      Southern Oregon Climate Action Now is a grassroots, volunteer, non-profit organization of area residents who care about climate change and have joined forces to take bold action against it. Through volunteer projects, they focus on reducing the impacts of global warming across Southern Oregon.  

      The Crater Foundation awards a scholarship to every graduating senior from Crater High School who applies for one, and provides financial aid to students and families in need.   

      "Thank you for helping us show our families that we care about them too."   

      Jill Layton
      Executive Director, The Crater Foundation   

      Talent Maker City   

      "Talent Maker City is a bustling makerspace facility, brimming with creative energy, right in downtown Talent, Oregon. We offer hands-on STEAM-based workshops and programming for curious minds of all ages."   

      Southern Oregon Epilepsy Group, The Ride For Awareness      

      "Our sponsors, like Southern Oregon Subaru, are so important because they make what we do for others possible! Thank you Southern Oregon Subaru for helping us grow."   

      Amy Mathis
      CEO     

      Jackson County Recycling Partners      

Jackson County Master Recyclers

Jackson County Recycling Partnership

      During the past 24 years, Providence Festival of Trees has raised more than $8 million to benefit the programs and services of Providence Medford Medical Center.       

      Arts and Culture Partners      

         

          

         

          

            

            

        "Thank you, Southern Oregon Subaru, for sharing the love by supporting the choral arts in the Rogue Valley!"     

     

        Laura Rich
        Executive Director, Rogue Valley Chorale Assoc.  

      Additional Community Partners   

            

        ORHA     

      

                  

            

        Southern Oregon Brainstormers / Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon     

      

            

        Award-winning Dogs for Better Lives is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in Central Point, Oregon. Formerly known as Dogs for the Deaf, they have been providing Assistance Dogs to people across the United States since 1977.      

         

      In the fall of 2014, we gave a check to Southern Oregon Goodwill for $3,020 to help the folks of Weed, California.   

      Thanks to our generous customers, employees, and management, there was additional money in the fund Goodwill Industries of Southern Oregon used for vouchers for the folks of Weed to use for items they needed following the devastating fire.   

      Quick Community Response in Siskiyou County   

      The residents of Weed, CA suffered a devastating fire which quickly spread through their small community on Monday, September 15, 2014, taking 150 structures. The Boles Fire destroyed mostly homes but also commercial structures including the local lumber mill, library, and a church. In an amazing show of unity and compassion, people from surrounding communities immediately organized to help the victims of the fire. Goodwill also played an important role.   

      With community donations, including the largest from Southern Oregon Subaru and our customers ($3,020), Goodwill was able provide long-term recovery assistance with over $7,000 in emergency store vouchers for those displaced by the fire. Goodwill partnered with a local nonprofit agency in Siskiyou County to identify those with greatest need and to distribute store credits for household items and clothing.   

      "Our hearts go out to the town of Weed as well as our deep gratitude goes to everyone at Southern Oregon Subaru whose generous financial donation helped us reach more displaced families in Siskiyou County. The community support in Southern Oregon was amazing!"   

      Shae Johns
      President & CEO of Southern Oregon Goodwill     

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