Thursday, March 3, 2022

March Newsletter 2022

Spring is Here March Newsletter



We are finally coming out of winter, and I personally can't wait to get to my garden.  I am way behind, but I know I will get things up and running quickly.  I plant my snow peas right around St. Patrick's day and start other seedlings around that time, too.

We Need Your Vote



Petty Motorworks was nominated for the WRAT Best Of The Shore Awards for the best Automotive shop in the area, and we need your vote.  Click on the link above, and be sure to vote every day.  

Events

We have quite a few fun activities available within the next couple months, and we are really excited about this one. 

NJ Sharing Network 5K



The NJ Sharing Network 5K walk/run coming again this May 15th. As many of you know, our family is very committed to organ donation awareness. We have five living kidney donors in our immediate family, two kidney transplant recipients, and one bone marrow recipient.

“NJ Sharing Network is the non-profit organization responsible for the recovery and placement of donated organs and tissue for those in need of a life-saving transplant. Nearly 4,000 New Jersey residents are currently awaiting transplantation.”

Many of you became team members last year and many contributed. Currently, our goal is to raise $5,000. We had a great team two years ago, and due to COVID, we did not participate last year. I really want to grow it this year, so please consider joining. I personally want to see a sea of green “Organ-izers” shirts walking together, and I already know we will have a good field of runners, too. If you can't walk or run with us, a simple contribution to one of our team members would be really appreciated. 





Please forward this to friends and family as all are welcome.

Click here to Join Our Team
If you would just like to Contribute to the Cause, click the link above and then select a team member that you would like to support.  

Laurita Winery: 


Viking Village Arts and Craft Show:



Southern Ocean Chamber of Commerce - Surf and Sip Brew Trail


Albert Music Hall



Free Digital Vehicle Health Report (VHR) 

    • We have been using a digital vehicle inspection system for over four years now, and our customers love it. Your VHR will be emailed and texted to you for review once completed. This is a great way for us to explain to you about your vehicle's service needs 
    • Our VHR include photographs and videos to help demonstrate issues without you ever coming in the shop 

Napa Easy Pay Financing

    • 6-12 month No Interest (if paid in full) financing is available for most repairs. 
    • CLICK HERE TO APPLY


March Tire Sale

    • Petty Motorworks has an extensive line of tires to choose from, and we will gladly help you with choosing the correct tire for you
    • We have the best tire equipment available including a Hunter Road Force Tire Balancer, Hunter Tire Changer, and a brand new Hunter Hawk-eye Elite Wheel Alignment system
    • Ask about our Lifetime Wheel Alignment program to keep your tires healthy and happy
    • Buy 4 General Passenger Car tires and get up to a $70 gift card rebate
    • Buy any FOUR tires and get $50 off an alignment





Support our local businesses  

Right now is a good time to give support to your local family-owned restaurants. Here is a list of local restaurants that offer takeout or delivery. 

Learn About Your Car



Napa Gold Certified Auto Care Center

I am proud to say that we were the first Napa Gold Certified Auto Care Center in New Jersey and that our work carries a 3 year 36,000 mile Nation Wide Warranty.

Fun Facts 

Fact: The Pope can’t be an organ donor

Pope Benedict XVI was issued an organ donor card in 1970. Once he ascended to the papacy in 2005, the card was invalid, reports the TelegraphAccording to the Vatican, the Pope’s entire body must be buried intact because his body belongs to the universal Catholic Church.

Fact: Albert Einstein’s eyeballs are in New York City

They were given to Henry Abrams and preserved in a safety deposit box. Abrams was Einstein’s eye doctor. He received the eyeballs from Thomas Harvey, the man who performed the autopsy on Einstein and illegally took the scientist’s brain for himself.

Fact: Wimbledon tennis balls are kept at 68 degrees Fahrenheit

The temperature of tennis balls affects how the ball bounces. At warmer temperatures, the gas molecules inside the ball expand making the ball bounce higher. A tennis ball at lower temperatures causes the molecules to shrink and the ball bounces lower. To make sure the best tennis balls are used, Wimbledon goes through over 50,000 tennis balls

Fact: Bees can make colored honey

In France, there’s a biogas plant that manages waste from a Mars chocolate factory, where M&Ms are made. Beekeepers nearby noticed that their bees were making “unnatural shades of green and blue” honey, reported BBC

Fact: Bananas glow blue under black lights

To the everyday eye under normal conditions, ripe bananas appear yellow due to organic pigments called carotenoids. When bananas ripen, chlorophyll begins to break down. This pigment is the element that makes bananas glow, or “fluoresce,” under UV lights and appear blue.


Fact: Johnny Appleseed’s fruits weren’t for eating

Yes, there was a real John Chapman who planted thousands of apple trees on U.S. soil. But the apples on those trees were much more bitter than the ones you’d find in the supermarket today. “Johnny Appleseed” didn’t expect his fruits to be eaten whole, but rather made into hard apple cider.

Fact: Peanuts aren’t technically nuts

They’re legumes. According to Merriam-Webster, a nut is only a nut if it’s “a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.” That means walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren’t nuts either. They’re seeds.


Read more interesting facts here.


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