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Toyota has partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Together the team will encourage youth education and focus on raising high school country wide graduation rates as well as preparing students for the next step in their academic career through a new project called "D2D - Diplomas to Degrees." The initiative gives teens the vital resources needed to succeed in school, investigate post-grad options, and promote relationships with mentors.

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In 2011, Toyota impressed the world with its "100 Cars for Good" program. The initiative is different than anything Rockingham Toyota has ever seen. Over the span of 100 days, the Japanese automaker managed to donate a new Toyota to 100 nonprofit groups throughout the United States. Each group receiving a new Toyota had to submit an application highlighting how a vehicle would help their cause and help further connect with their community.

The initiative…

Google+ may be a relatively new social networking platform, but that hasn't stopped Toyota from hopping right on the bandwagon. Google recently added official business pages as a feature to the site, and among the first attempting to engage fans is our favorite Japanese automaker.

This move makes perfect sense, of course, as Toyota is quite active other social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter. The Toyota Facebook page can be found at https…

It's already unfortunate that car owners have to worry about human car thieves stealing their cars, but when you add mother nature into the mix we think the best resolution is to keep the car in the garage and start riding a bicycle. And, it even shows that being green really makes the animals of our planet happy, so much that they dream of driving a hybrid car!

A Toyota Prius, much like the…

Toyota has a long history of philanthropic efforts. They even have a dedicated Philanthropic department. So, if you think a record earthquake, tsunami and less-than-optimal supply levels are going to get in the way of their generosity...Think again!

Toyota's latest philanthropic effort is in conjunction with the Today Show's "Lend a Hand" series. The Japanese automaker has in fact participated in the series for the past two years, donating a Toyota Sienna…

There's Twitter. There's Facebook. There's MySpace...LinkedIn...Buzznet...Athlinks...And now, with the help of Microsoft, Toyota is setting up their own social networking site so that drivers can interact with their car as they would... say... Twitter or Facebook. Also helping launch the new social networking site coined "Toyota Friend" is San Francisco-based Salesforce.com.

"Toyota Friend" was recently demonstrated in a Tokyo showroom where an owner of a plug-in Prius received a message from his hybrid, named "Pre-boy", advising him to charge his car overnight. When plugged in, the "Pre-boy" responded, "The charge will be…