Tommy Baldwin Racing Names Lighthouse Mission, Inc. Official Charity

Baldwin Automotive Joins Effort

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (January 28, 2011) – Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) is pleased to announce Lighthouse Mission, Inc., as its official charity. Along with TBR, Baldwin Automotive, also owned by Long Island native and TBR owner Tommy Baldwin, will join the effort and name Lighthouse Mission, Inc. its official charity.

Lighthouse Mission, Inc., aids families in need in the Long Island community. The organization collects and distributes food four days a week to local areas in need, feeding more than 3,000 people regularly. It also holds a weekly Kid’s Club each Saturday for four to 12 year olds and provides them with a safe place to have fun and learn.

In addition to weekly efforts, Lighthouse Mission, Inc., has three annual programs: a Back-to-School program giving school supplies to local, poverty-stricken students at the beginning of each school year; a Thanksgiving program where they distribute food to needy families for Thanksgiving; and a Christmas gift-giving program giving parents of newborn to 18-year-old children gifts for Christmas.

“Just this past year more the 150,000 children went to bed hungry on Long Island,” explained Pastor Jim Ryan, president of the Lighthouse Mission. “That sad statistic is not something that the Lighthouse Mission nor TBR Racing and Baldwin Automotive are willing to accept. In an exciting partnership, we plan to engage this problem head on. Together we will continue putting food into the hands of these children and their families.”

“In addition, this new partnership will allow the Lighthouse Missionʼs free weekly “Kids Club” to not only provide the attending children with a hot lunch but more importantly, continue to teach these children (most already living in poverty) that a life of drugs, gangs and violence, faced each day, is not a life they have to embrace,” Pastor Ryan continued. “We are truly grateful for the generous outpouring of support from TBR and Baldwin Automotive and look forward to working together to make a difference in the communities we serve as well as in the lives of these children.”

Both TBR and Baldwin Automotive will work to build awareness and raise funds for the Lighthouse Mission. TBR will carry the Lighthouse Mission logo on the No. 36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Baldwin Automotive will support the charity locally by volunteering at Lighthouse Mission events.

“I am proud to have the opportunity to give back to the community where I grew up,” said Baldwin. “It feels good to get back to my roots, and I appreciate our ability to help people in need. Every day our team, both TBR and Baldwin Automotive, is reminded that we are in a position to help. I believe in Lighthouse Mission, and I hope that we will work together for years to come.”

For more information about Lighthouse Mission, Inc., visit www.lighthousemission.net.

About Tommy Baldwin Racing:

Tommy Baldwin Racing was formed in 2009 by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Crew Chief Tommy Baldwin. Baldwin utilized a slumping economy to open a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team for a fraction of the cost. The team competed in two full seasons with multiple drivers behind the wheel of the No. 36 Chevrolet and improved in the standings each year.

Based in Mooresville, N.C., TBR will compete in the full NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule in 2011 with NASCAR veteran Dave Blaney piloting the No. 36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet. Looking to improve on-track performance and increase the number of races they complete, TBR is still seeking partners to support their racing efforts. TBR’s driver development program, Heinke-Baldwin Racing, will also compete in various NASCAR series in 2011.

For more information on Tommy Baldwin Racing, visit tommybaldwinracing.com or follow us on Facebook, facebook.com/TBR.HBR, and Twitter, twitter.com/TBR_Racing.

About Lighthouse Mission, Inc.:

Lighthouse Mission, Inc., is passionate about helping those that need it, whether with food on a weekly basis throughout the year, school supplies for children in late August, Turkeys at Thanksgiving, Christmas gifts or the weekly Kid’s Club.  Through these outreaches, Lighthouse Mission seeks to share God’s love for each person, confirm His ability through generous donors, offering hope and help with desperate needs in very practical terms.

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