Growing the Future


Help your school earn extra money. It's easy!

Donation Program - IT'S SIMPLE!

Teacher/Administrator Incentive: When a Teacher, Principal, Asst. Principal, Guidance Counselor or Librarian from your school purchase a vehicle, they will receive a $500 discount off the price of the vehicle and we will donate $500 back to your school. Bring your Teacher/Administrator Donation Card along with your employee ID at the time of purchase to receive your incentive.

Other School Employee Incentive: Other school employees such as Institutional Aides, Administrative Staff, Bus Drivers, Custodial Staff, etc. will receive a $300 discount off the price of the vehicle and we will donate $300 back to your school. Bring your School Employee Donation Card along with your Employee ID at the time of purchase to receive your incentive!

ALL DONATION CARDS must be presented at the TIME OF PURCHASE. Limit of one donation card per vehicle purchased.

Participating Schools 2024-2025 School Year


  • Auburn Elementary
  • Auburn Middle
  • Auburn High
  • Belle Heth
  • Belview Elementary
  • Blacksburg Middle
  • Blacksburg High
  • Check Elementary/Middle
  • Christiansburg Primary
  • Christiansburg Elementary
  • Christiansburg Middle
  • Christiansburg High
  • Craig County High School
  • Critzer Elementary
  • Dublin Elementary
  • Eastern Elementary/Middle
  • Eastern Montgomery Elementary
  • Eastern Montgomery High
  • Falling Branch Elementary
  • Floyd Elementary
  • Floyd High
  • Fort Chiswell Middle
  • Fort Chiswell High
  • George Wythe High
  • Gilbert Linkous Elementary
  • Giles High
  • Harding Avenue Elementary
  • Indian Valley Elementary
  • Jackson Memorial Elementary
  • John Dalton Intermediate
  • Kipps Elementary
  • Macy McClaugherty Elementary
  • Margaret Beeks Elementary
  • Max Meadows Elementary
  • McCleary Elementary
  • McHarg Elementary
  • Narrows Elementary/Middle
  • Narrows High
  • Prices Fork Elementary
  • Pulaski Elementary
  • Pulaski County Middle
  • Pulaski High
  • Radford High
  • Riverlawn Elementary
  • Rural Retreat Elementary
  • Rural Retreat Middle
  • Rural Retreat High
  • Scott Memorial Middle
  • Shawsville Middle
  • Sheffey Elementary
  • Snowville Elementary
  • Speedwell Elementary
  • Spiller Elementary
  • Willis Elementary

The Shelor Toyota College Scholarship

The Shelor Toyota College Scholarships for 2025 have been awarded. Please check here again when applications are available. You could receive $1,500 towards your collegiate career!

Growing the Future Car Giveaway Winners


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2024/2025 Car Giveaway

Congratulations to Laken Craighead for being the lucky winner of a brand new car! Laken purchased her car raffle ticket from Indian Valley Elementary School in Floyd!

Shelor offers a “Win a New Car” raffle ticket fundraiser through the Growing the Future Program to all public schools in the counties of Montgomery, Giles, Craig, Wythe, Floyd, Pulaski and Radford City! They are able to sell tickets for $1 each and keep 100% of the proceeds to help with equipment, field trips, uniforms, school trips, supplies, etc! Over 111,000 tickets were sold!

Shelor offers a Win a New Car raffle program that allows schools to sell $1 raffle tickets to help students and the schools for additional funds needed with field trips, equipment, uniforms, etc. This is available all year long to all 56 local public schools in Montgomery, Giles, Floyd, Wythe, Craig, Pulaski and Radford City and the schools keep 100% of the proceeds! Over 102,000 tickets were sold!

Shelor donates a brand new car for this raffle for one lucky winner each year! Congratulations to our annual Growing the Future Car Giveaway winner, Sarah Ballard! She purchased her ticket from Christiansburg High School!

Our next car giveaway will be in June 2025! You can purchase tickets all year long to help support your local school!

Bobby Ridden was the lucky winner of the car at the Pulaski River Turtles game! She was one of over 100,000 tickets that were entered to win the brand new Kia! She purchased her ticket from Fort Chiswell Middle School! Our next car giveaway will be in June 2024! You can purchase tickets all year long to help support your local school!
Kelly Roark was the winner of the car on June 3rd at the Pulaski River Turtles game! She was one of over 100,000 tickets that were entered to win the brand new Mirage! She purchased her ticket from the Auburn High School FBLA fundraiser! Our next car giveaway will be in June 2023! You can purchase tickets all year long to help support your local school!
The Growing the Future Car Giveaway was held at the Pulaski River Turtles baseball game on June 12th, 2021. Over 120,000 tickets were sold between 57 local elementary, middle and high schools in surrounding counties. Margaret Sisson purchased her ticket from Floyd Elementary School and was the lucky winner of a 2021 Mitsubishi Mirage! Congratulations Margaret!
The Winner of the Growing The Future Car Giveaway is Emily Harman. She purchased her ticket from Indian Valley Elementary School in Floyd County. Emily, along with two other finalists attended the Virginia Tech Basketball game and the ticket was drawn live during half time! Congratulations on your brand new 2019 Mitsubishi Mirage Emily!
Shelor Motor Mile gave away a brand new vehicle at the Virginia Tech Men's Basketball game. Over 120,000 tickets were sold by over 55 participating schools. $120,000 was used by our schools for a variety of things such as field trips, equipment, uniforms, and school materials. Tulio O'Reilly has been supporting his children's schools for many years by selling and purchasing car raffle tickets. He was the lucky winner of a brand new 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage!
The winner of the Shelor Motor Mile Growing the Future Community Partnership Car Giveaway is Christina Bradley. Bradley purchased her ticket to support McCleary Elementary School in Craig County, and she is now the owner of a new 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage. “I never thought my ticket would be pulled,” Bradley said, “but winning this car is truly a blessing.” The Car Giveaway celebration was held at the Virginia Tech men’s basketball game on Sunday, December 10th at Cassell Coliseum. The top three finalists were present and the winner was drawn live during half time of the game. The 2nd and 3rd place winners walked away with a $250 Matt Hagan Outdoors gift card. Local elementary, middle, and high schools sold over 58,000 car raffle tickets at $1 each. With the Growing the Future program, schools keep 100% of the proceeds from those tickets. Shelor Motor Mile plans to give another car away in the spring of 2018.
Shelor Motor Mile gave away a brand new vehicle on Saturday, May 20th at the Demolition Derby event which was held at the Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, VA. Over six million dollars has been contributed to schools in the Counties of Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Floyd, and Radford City since the inception of the Shelor Growing the Future (GTF) Community Partnership. The Growing the Future program allows Shelor to invest in the youth of the local community through scholarships, donations, teacher incentives, partnership programs, marketing assistance, Talent Show, and so much more. “This program has such a positive impact on the community, as well as our teachers, staff, families & students!”, said Kevin Siers, Superintendent for Pulaski County Schools. Three finalists were selected to be present for the car giveaway at the Demolition Derby event at the Motor Mile Speedway. Anthony Hess, winner of the car, bought his lucky ticket at Eastern Montgomery High School. The other two finalists walked away with a $500 Matt Hagan Outdoor’s gift card.
The winner of the Shelor Motor Mile Growing the Future Community Partnership Car Giveaway of a 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage is Mark Windle. Windle purchased his ticket to support Pulaski Elementary School. "Being a Veteran, this was the best gift to receive on Veteran’s Day”, said Mark Windle. “I’m very grateful”! The Car Giveaway celebration was held at the Virginia Tech Men’s Basketball game on November 11th at Cassell Coliseum. The top three finalists were present and the winner was drawn live during half time of the game. The 2nd and 3rd place winners walked away with a $500 Matt Hagan Outdoors gift card. Local elementary, middle, and high schools sold over 60,000 tickets at $1 each. Schools kept 100% of the proceeds. Shelor Motor Mile plans to give another car away in Spring 2017.
The winner of the Shelor Growing the Future Community Partnership Car Giveaway of a 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage is Barry Beadles. Thanks to co-owner of Shelor, David Hagan who drew the winning ticket. Beadles purchased his ticket from Craig County High School. "I was grateful to win the car from Shelor", said Beadles. "Thank you for the great staff that helped me with this process!" The Car Giveaway celebration was held at the Growing the Future Talent Show Finale at Blacksburg High School. The top five finalists were present and all walked away with Matt Hagan Outdoors gift card. Mary Tucker, PTA staff at Christiansburg Elementary School said "CES is so thankful for the support of Shelor. We have been able to provide for many events with the Growing the Future program. This money helps with field trips and other student needs throughout the year". Local elementary, middle, and high schools sold over 50,000 tickets at $1 each. Schools kept 100% of the proceeds. Shelor plans to give another car away in Spring 2016.
The winner of the Shelor Growing the Future Community Partnership Car Giveaway of a 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage is Melissa Akers. Thanks to co-owner of Shelor, David Hagan who drew the winning ticket. Akers purchased her ticket from Check Elementary School. "I never dreamed I would win a car, but I give God all the glory. I prayed he would give the car to the person who needed it most", said Akers. The Car Giveaway celebration was held at the Motor Mile Speedway before the race began. The top ten finalists were present and all walked away with a prize. 6th-10th place winners received $100 Matt Hagan Outdoor gift cards, 2nd-5th place winners received cash prizes totaling $1,400. Gary Bradshaw, PTA President at Check Elementary School said "Check Elementary is so thankful for the support of Shelor. We have been able to accomplish many projects with the Growing the Future program. We raised almost $6,000 this year alone with the ticket sales and car reward certificates. When looking for a car, we encourage all our teachers, staff and parents to support Shelor in the way they have supported us". Local elementary, middle, and high schools sold over 50,000 tickets at $1 each. Schools kept 100% of the proceeds. Shelor plans to give another car away in October 2015.
The drawing was held on October 24, 2014 at Christiansburg High School. The winner of the Shelor Growing the Future Community Partnership Car Giveaway of a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage is Dana Miano. Thanks to co-owner of Shelor, David Hagan who drew the winning ticket. Dana purchased her ticket from Floyd High School. "I am now able to give my 17 year old daughter a new car because of Shelor! This is a dream come true and I can't thank Shelor enough", said Miano. At halftime of the Christiansburg High School football game, Tony Ashe with the Touchdown Club at CHS gave a testimonial on how many ways that Shelor has helped the local schools. Local elementary, middle, and high schools sold 50,000 tickets at $1 each. Schools kept 100% of the proceeds. Shelor plans to give another car away in April 2015.
The drawing was held on September 28, 2013, from 10:00 to 11:00 am at Shelor. Presentations from local school partners began at 10:00 and the drawing for the new Chevrolet Spark at 11:00am. The winner of the Shelor Growing the Future Community Partnership Car Giveaway of a 2013 Chevrolet Spark is Lori Higginbotham. Thanks to Christiansburg Primary School first-grader Parker who drew the winning ticket. Lori purchased her ticket from Narrows High School. After the Christiansburg High School choir performed, many testimonials from teachers, parents, coaches and administrators were shared. "It is great to see a company like Shelor investing in our most valuable resource -- our children. Hearing the testimonials from teachers and administrators about the difference Shelor has made in their schools is inspiring, with fundraising opportunities like the Win A Car program, scholarships, and the annual talent show. They are encouraging our youth to excel and make a difference. Thank you to David Hagan and Shelor for being a great example to our communities", said Higginbotham. Local elementary, middle, and high schools sold over 40,000 tickets at $1 each as a yearlong fundraiser. Schools kept 100% of the proceeds. If schools can sell over 50,000 tickets for the 2013-2014 school year, Shelor will giveaway two vehicles.
The winner of the Car Giveaway for 2010-11 was Sue Kass, a teacher from Blacksburg Middle School & the winner for 2011-12 was Belinda Blodgett. Shelor will continue this program again for the 2013-14 school year. The entire program is branded as Growing the Future: Community Partnership. All public schools in Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Floyd Counties and Radford City are invited to participate. Shelor's commitment to local schools began over 10 years ago with the $1000 scholarship program for 10 graduating seniors each year. Three years ago, Shelor added a (1) donation program for student's family and friends who purchase vehicles, (2) incentives for faculty and staff, (3) marketing materials for promoting this program, and (4) a fundraising program for a chance to win a new car. Over $400,000, in the past year alone, has been donated to elementary, middle and high schools in our area because of this program. Shelor considers this program: Growing the Future Community Partnership, an investment in the future by supporting education and children in our local communities.
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