Special Events: Soaps It Up!

WALLY�S CARSTAR COLLISION CENTER JOINS 200 CARSTAR STORES AROUND U.S. AND CANADA TO ATTEMPT GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR LARGEST CAR WASH

CARSTAR SOAPS IT UP! NATIONAL CAR WASH SET FOR JUNE 20, 2009 AT WALLY�S CARSTAR AT 1200 E. Golf Rd in Des Plaines.

Calling all dirty cars across Des Plaines. Wally�s CARSTAR is looking for cars � and their drivers � to help the company set the Guinness World Record for the largest car wash in history.

WHO: WALLY�S CARSTAR, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Des Plaines Cub Scout Pack #25

WHAT: WALLY�s CARSTAR will join in the Soaps It Up! Car Wash held across the U.S. and Canada on June 20, 2009 as a fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Foundation� in the U.S. and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada, as well as Cub Scout Pack #25 locally. More than 200 CARSTAR stores throughout both countries are expected to participate in the one-day event. CARSTAR will need to wash more than 4,000 vehicles during an eight-hour period at all of the participating locations. The local Cub Scout troop, Make-A-Wish charity volunteers and CARSTAR staff will be on hand to wash the vehicles as well as a Guinness World Records� official to validate the feat if successful.

WHERE: 1200 E. Golf Rd. in Des Plaines near Holy Family Resurrection Medical Center Between River Road and Rand Road.

WHEN: June 20, 2009, from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. Tickets are being sold at Wally�s CARSTAR store for $10, with 100 percent of the ticket purchase benefiting the selected charities.

Media Opportunity: Media are invited to cover the CARSTAR "Soaps It Up!" National Car Wash and help document the setting of the Guinness World Record for "Most Cars Washed � Multiple Venues". CARSTAR owner Sherri Slater will be on hand for interviews.

For more information on the "Soaps It Up!" Car Wash, visit www.CARSTAR.com to find participating CARSTAR locations, get more information on the program, and track the progress toward the Guinness World Record on the day of the event.