{"id":10834,"date":"2024-10-15T12:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/?p=10834"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:14:42","slug":"tidal-wave-auto-spa-celebrates-record-breaking-charity-day-success-with-over-686000-raised-for-local-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/blog\/tidal-wave-auto-spa-celebrates-record-breaking-charity-day-success-with-over-686000-raised-for-local-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidal Wave Raises $686K in Record Charity Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-info\"><span class=\"ai-category\">Press Release<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"dash\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ai-date\">Oct 14, 2024 16:42 EDT<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"content-summary\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Top Four Conveyor Car Wash Company Shares Results of 16th Annual Philanthropic Event<\/em><\/p>\n<nav class=\"content-share\"><\/nav>\n<p><strong class=\"date-line\">THOMASTON, Ga., October 14, 2024 (Newswire.com) &#8211; <\/strong>Tidal Wave Auto Spa, the nation\u2019s fourth largest conveyor car wash company, is proud to announce that its annual Charity Day event, held on September 20<sup>th<\/sup>, raised an impressive $686,353 for local charitable and non-profit organizations. This marks the largest and most successful Charity Day in the event\u2019s 16-year history, with wash proceeds and donations nearly doubling the amount raised in 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pr-html\">\n<p>This year\u2019s event saw participation from 269 Tidal Wave locations nationwide, with funds raised benefiting over 250 local charities and non-profit organizations. As the company has rapidly expanded across the country, the impact of Charity Day has grown with it, and Tidal Wave is proud to have donated over $2 million to support local charitable organizations throughout the event\u2019s sixteen-year history. The overwhelming generosity of Tidal Wave customers played a vital role in achieving this remarkable milestone, showcasing the community spirit that is a key focus for the company.<\/p>\n<p>CEO and Founder Scott Blackstock expressed his heartfelt gratitude, stating, \u201cWe are incredibly thankful for the amazing turnout and unwavering support from our customers over the years. Charity Day is not just an event for us; it\u2019s a day where we can collectively make a significant positive impact in the communities we serve. The success of this year\u2019s event is a testament to our customers\u2019 commitment to giving back and making a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the one-day philanthropic event, all 269 participating Tidal Wave locations selected a local charity or non-profit organization to receive 50% of their site\u2019s proceeds and all on-site donations. The other 50% of proceeds are donated to the company\u2019s longtime corporate partner, Annandale Village, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities across the country. All donations were provided directly to the partnering charitable organizations in early October, and will help them to continue the important work they are doing within their communities.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Tidal Wave\u2019s annual Charity Day event, which received two consecutive gold Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards\u00ae for Best Initiative for Philanthropy and Corporate Giving, the company also gives back year-round through fundraising. Tidal Wave\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.nwe.io\/x\/html?final=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGlkYWx3YXZlYXV0b3NwYS5jb20vZnVuZHJhaXNpbmcv&amp;sig=J6zipbcVT0y6JhAlCR2A6DZWK4YlWb0zkZ8v_-rk1-auco4C6igdyMllShVwVO2QX-23THZ1aB1h9t6ISqsqeQ&amp;hit%2Csum=WyI0a201YjEiLCI0a201YjIiLCI0a201YjMiXQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fundraising program<\/a>\u00a0has helped raise over $3 million for local organizations, and provides a simple, fast, and convenient way to raise money for local schools, churches, civic groups, and more.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Tidal Wave Auto Spa\u2019s Charity Day, including this year\u2019s list of charitable organizations supported, please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.nwe.io\/x\/html?final=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGlkYWx3YXZlYXV0b3NwYS5jb20vY29tbXVuaXR5LWVuZ2FnZW1lbnQv&amp;sig=1LjeM8yoGkkZQMqDs7-7uBmX6KeL74uRs2Af2ttNEIS8ozUwGSUexJZaBT8vmauAzQEljqPgenaEJrynMczp-g&amp;hit%2Csum=WyI0a201YjQiLCI0a201YjUiLCI0a201YjMiXQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tidalwaveautospa.com\/charityday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Tidal Wave Auto Spa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tidal Wave Auto Spa was founded over 20 years ago in Thomaston, GA by husband and wife, Scott and Hope Blackstock. What started as a small-town self-service car wash business, evolved into the first conveyor car wash open in Georgia, and is now the fourth-largest conveyor car wash company in the nation with 282 locations sprawling 29 states. Tidal Wave is committed to providing every customer an exceptional car wash experience through industry-leading car care technology, clean and attractive locations, and outstanding customer service. In 2020, the company partnered with Golden Gate Capital to facilitate their accelerated growth and has been included in the Inc. 5000 list of America\u2019s Fastest Growing Companies for the past five years. Tidal Wave has continuously strived to make a positive impact in the communities they serve, and has raised over $3 million dollars for local programs, service organizations, and non-profit organizations through the company\u2019s fundraising program and annual philanthropic Charity Day event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Oct 14, 2024 16:42 EDT Top Four Conveyor Car Wash Company Shares Results of 16th Annual Philanthropic Event THOMASTON, Ga., October 14, 2024 (Newswire.com) &#8211; Tidal Wave Auto Spa, the nation\u2019s fourth largest conveyor car wash company, is proud to announce that its annual Charity Day event, held on September 20th, raised an impressive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity-day","cat-70-id"],"acf":{"editor_banner_image":false,"editor_page_subtitle":"","editor_page_subtitle_color":"","editor_page_title":"","editor_page_title_color":"","customize_gradient":"no","gradient_overlay":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10834"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16493,"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10834\/revisions\/16493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tidalwaveautospa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}