Merlin Two Hundred Thousand Mile Shops and Stitch N’ Pitch are helping raise awareness and donations for the thousands of children served by Children’s Home + Aid. Stitch N’ Pitch and the Chicago White Sox will host “Stitch N’ Pitch fans” who love needlearts at a special White Sox baseball game. Don’t miss this quirky and fun event!

It’s the Stitch N’ Pitch baseball game with the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field on Saturday, June 2^nd.

Tickets are $35 and order forms are at Merlin Two Hundred Thousand Mile Shops or at merlins dot com. If you can’t attend the game and would like to help, Merlin has two ways:

Visit the STITCH N’ PITCH WALL at merlins dot com. Donate one dollar and place with your name on the wall .

Service your car at Merlin on Wednesday, May 23^rd and up to $50 of your purchase will go to Children’s Home + Aid.

Since 1883, Children’s Home and Aid has been saving children’s lives and helping families. Each year they provide nearly forty thousand Illinois children and families help, hope, and opportunity.

Merlin.  Helping you, and the children served by Children’s Home and Aid go farther.

To learn more about Merlin or Children’s Home + Aid, please visit merlins.com or www.childrenshomeandaid.org.

LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE CHAIN COLLECTS 15,000 POUNDS OF WARM WINTER GEAR FOR LOCAL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and families located in Illinois recently received warm winter gear just in time for the cold weather.  The clothing was donated by local area residents to the Snug Hugs for Kids clothing drive, sponsored by Merlin 200,000 Mile Shops and benefitted their charity partner, Children’s Home + Aid.  This was the 21^st year that the Snug Hugs for Kids clothing drive was conducted.  More than 30 Merlin courtesy vans and a large delivery truck, formed a caravan at the Merlin shop in Hanover Park and traveled to the Children Home + Aid Mitzi Freidheim Englewood Child and Family Center in Chicago to deliver the clothes.

Clothing was also delivered to additional Children’s Home + Aid Centers and affiliates:

• Tom Thumb Child Care Center in Carpentersville, Illinois
• Rice Child + Family Center in Evanston, Illinois
• Marletta Darnall Child + Family Center in Schaumburg, Illinois
• Community Child Care Center in Palatine, Illinois
• Children’s Home + Aid Western Avenue Center in Chicago, Illinois5946
• Children’s Center/Children’s Foundation in Bloomington, Illinois
• Chicago Youth Center Rebecca Crown & Chicago Educare Center

Two additional programs that were also conducted to support the collection effort of Snug Hugs for Kids brought in significant donations as follow:

1. The Crochet & Knit-A-Thon™ gathered more than 4,000 handcrafted items from volunteers located across the country who knit and crochet.
2. The Kids Helping Kids program encouraged girl and boy scouts troops to gather donations in pursuit of a collectible badge.

To learn more about Merlin or Children’s Home + Aid, please visit www.merlins.com or www.childrenshomeandaid.org.

Most of us take a warm winter coat, hat, or gloves for granted, but that’s simply not true for thousands of Illinois children.  Please help Merlin 200,000 Mile Shops with their Snug Hugs for Kids™ winter clothing drive by donating new and like-new winter gear to benefit the children served by Children’s Home + Aid  (childrenshomeandaid.org/).

Items needed most include coats, hats, scarves, mittens, sweaters, and boots for children aged newborn to 18 years old. You can drop these items off at your local Merlin 200,000 Miles Shop from November 1 through December 6, 2011. 

Two additional Snug Hugs for Kids™ support programs are also taking place to assist in the collection of winter outerwear.

1.    The Kids Helping Kids program encourages Girl and Boy Scout troops and youth groups to collect and earn an embroidered badge for their efforts.  Registration forms can be printed at www.merlins.com/news.php.

2.    The Crochet & Knit-A-Thon encourages talented individuals who knit and crochet to handcraft items for the children.  Participants can register for the program at www.childrenshomeandaid.org/snughugs.

For more information, please visit www.merlins.com/news.php

Merlin’s easy and affordable maintenance program, The DRIVE FOR 200,000, takes vehicles thousands of miles beyond the usual manufacturer’s maintenance schedule. Merlin shops offer most automotive services, except heavy engine work, transmission repair, body repair, and car washes.

Premium brakes and mufflers have a 200,000 Mile Transferable Warranty and most other parts and service have a 24,000 Mile Transferable Warranty. Every service includes Merlin’s famous 20 point vehicle inspection. Merlin sells national brand tires which have a 200,000 Mile Warranty.

Founded in 1975, Merlin is headquartered in Geneva, Illinois, and operates shops in four states. For more information, please visit www.merlins.com.

Your LOCAL Merlin 200,000 Miles
1812 Sycamore Road
(next to Dairy Queen)
DeKalb, Illinois
815-748-5411

Hours :
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Current Promotions and Specials
March 1-31, 2011: Get a FREE Flip HD Video Camera with a qualifying purchase of Four (4) Continental Tires. Contact shop for full details.
April 1-May 31, 2011: Purchase Four (4) qualifying Monroe Shocks or Struts and receive a mail-in rebate for the cost of one unit.