In the Community

How our Associates and company give back to the communities in which we live and work

We Care at Santander Consumer USA
March 24, 2020

How to shop for a car – and why – in a time of Coronavirus

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed the way we live, at least for now, but that doesn’t mean shopping for essentials stops. For some people, shopping for a car may be an essential despite the virus outbreak. “Note that in almost all…

Volunteers and students work on vision boards
February 20, 2020

Black History Month project inspires students, SC volunteers

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. seems an especially fitting inspiration for a community service project during Black History Month. “As Dr. King would say, ‘Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?’” said Connie Z.,…

Volunteer working with students
February 7, 2020

How many volunteers does it take to make a difference?

Even two volunteers can make a difference. That’s what Kelli C. and Amanda B., Santander Consumer USA (SC) associates, learned when they helped about 20 high school students recently at “visioning day” for a Dallas bus stop art project. Students…

SC volunteers package food for starving children
January 17, 2020

SC volunteers pack a lot into helping their communities

Giving a little can help a lot, but giving a lot can help even more. That appears to be the sentiment embraced by associates at Santander Consumer USA (SC). Hour by hour the time mounted last year until it easily…

Woman inside a tiny house
December 27, 2019

Santander Consumer building solid foundation with $2 million

Relationships are built on a good foundation. And that certainly is true regarding the Santander Consumer USA Foundation. SC Foundation has awarded grants totaling almost $2.2 million in 2019, helping organizations in Texas, Arizona and Colorado, locations of the auto…

Santander volunteers painting tiny house
December 23, 2019

Santander Consumer expects volunteers to end year over 20,000 hours

Volunteers make a difference. It’s a lesson learned – and repeated – by Santander Consumer USA associates during the past year. That’s true whether they worked at a food pantry or distribution warehouse, bagging care kits for the homeless, building…