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Are you a teacher? Do you have a family member or friend who is a teacher? If so, this is something you want to read. Twenty-six U.S. teachers have been selected to travel to Costa Rica through the Toyota International Teacher Program. Taking place November 19 - December 3, 2011, the program will provide educators with unique learning experiences to help them encourage and inspire their own students to become more involved in environmental, cultural and world studies. Funded by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Toyota International Teacher Program advances environmental stewardship and global connectedness in U.S. schools and communities. Click here for the full story. Learn more about the Toyota International Teacher Program.

Toyota retains its position as the #1 automotive brand in Interbrand's 2011 report. Toyota exhibited great resiliency by increasing its brand value 6%. Even though Toyota faced both an internal crisis (lack of quality control in 2010) and an external crisis (Japan’s earthquake in early 2011), the company forged ahead by focusing on safety and quality, modifying its leadership structure and capitalizing on its world-renown green efforts. Click here for the full story.

Do you have children? If so, the Sienna is the perfect Toyota for you! Have you ever seen the Sienna Swagger Wagon video? If not, you should take a moment and watch this video. Click here to read about the new 2012 Toyota Sienna!

Ardmore Toyota has Tundras and everyone is learning more about the value of the Tundra. IntelliChoice named it a “2011 Best Overall Value" and JD Power & Assoc. said it is the “Most Dependable Large Pickup for the sixth year in a row." To learn more about the great news on the Tundra and the new 2012 Tundra, click here.

Do you know someone who was affected by Katrina? Even if you answer no to this question, this is a great story to read about Toyota helping post-Katrina New Orleans rebuild. The St. Bernard Project (SBP), one of the primary housing recovery organizations in New Orleans, today announced preliminary results of the work it has been doing with Toyota to improve the efficiency of its operations and speed up the pace of post-Katrina rebuilding efforts. Click here to read more.

LOS ANGELES, September 22, 2011 – Today at AARP’s Life@50+ National Event & Expo, the AARP Foundation announced a three-year, $12.6 million grant from Toyota to support the Foundation’s initiatives to reduce isolation and promote driver safety among older Americans. Click here for the Full story. Does this program sound like something you would get involved with and learn more about for your family members?

Do you watch NFL Sunday Night Football on NBC? If so, you probably see all the commercials and sponsorships that Toyota has during the Sunday Night Football Game of the Week. Click here for additional information about the Toyota Halftime Hand Off Rallying Support for Sports-Related Causes

All-New Camry XLE Hybrid Wins NADAguides’ Car of the Month Award for September. The 2012 Toyota Camry XLE Hybrid has received the NADAguides Car of the Month Award for September as the NADAguides indicates it “demonstrates quality of engineering in overall design inside and out.  The NADAguides analytical team was impressed with the Camry’s improved fuel efficiency, highly advanced multimedia system, class-leading safety and easy handling.” As a Car of the Month award winner, the 2012 Toyota Camry is a contender against 10 other vehicles for the NADAguides Car of the Year award.  The winner of this award will be announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

Toyota's Free Safe Driving Program Helps Teens Improve Their Driving Skills and Teaches Parents to be Strong Driving Role Models Click here to read the full story Would a program like this interest you? Please reply and let us know.

Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center Announces 10 New Projects and Six New Partnerships With Leading Academic and Research Institutions Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is already partnering with Toyota on this CSRC initiative. Click here for the full story.

The return to normal levels was confirmed at a press event by Steve St. Angelo, motor engineering and manufacturing executive VP. Click here for the full story.

A great story came out in Fortune magazine recently about the CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda. Akio is an amazing person with a well-rounded education. He went to college in Boston! The article asserts that there is a leadership vacuum in the industry and that Toyoda “is ideally positioned to provide the industry with some needed leadership for the next ten years.” Click here to take a look at what they said about Akio.