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We’re not a chain that mails a check to a nonprofit from a marketing budget three states away. We’re a family business that has been part of DeKalb County since Charlie Bockman opened the doors in 1964. Our employees live here. Our clients’ kids go to school here. We see the same faces at the grocery store that we see at the shop counter.
Supporting this community isn’t a separate function we built a department for. It’s what it looks like when a business has been part of the same county for 60 years and intends to be here for another 60.
Every Veterans Day, we say thank you with something useful: a free oil change for any veteran at either location. No fine print, no strings. Just call to schedule, let us know you’re a veteran, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Veterans also receive a standing 10% discount, up to $50, year-round at both locations. It’s a small gesture relative to what service members give, but it’s one we’ve been glad to make and intend to keep making.
The Veterans Day free oil change and the standing 10% discount are separate offers and cannot be combined with each other or with any other offer.
Every month, a portion of every oil change at Bockman’s goes to a local charity. We do it through the NAPA Auto Care Centers of DeKalb County Oil Change for Charity program, and we’re not doing it alone.
The program brings together independent, locally owned shops across the county. Each month, a portion of oil change sales goes to a different local organization. It’s not a one-time fundraiser. It happens all year, every month.
We announce each month’s charity on our Facebook page. So the next time you’re due for an oil change, it does a little good for your neighbors too.
Over the last three years, Bockman’s has been proud to help these local organizations. Some support came through our monthly oil change giving, some through sponsorships and donations, and some just because a neighbor asked. They do the real work. We’re glad to help.
Veterans: American Legion, RTW Veteran Center, Veterans Assistance of Yorkville
Kids, families and schools: Adventure Works, Children’s Learning Center, Project Fire Buddies, Sycamore Music Boosters, Toys for Tots, YMCA
Neighbors in need: Eldercare Services, Goodfellows, Hope Haven, Love INC, Opportunity House, Pay It Forward House, Safe Passage, The Salvation Army, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Around the community: B.L.A.C. Inc., DeKalb County Community Foundation, DeKalb Knights of Columbus, Rotaract Club of Sycamore, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Sweet Life Garden Group, TAILS Humane Society, Turning Back Time Car Show
A business that’s been in the same county for 60 years either becomes part of that community or it doesn’t last. Bockman’s has lasted because the people here have supported it, and we’ve tried to make sure that support goes both ways.
That was true when Charlie started here in 1964. It’s still how Jon runs things today.
Call either location or book online. We’d be glad to have you as a customer.
