Many of Concord's car dealers made good Tuesday on their promise to make donations to local schools from the profits of $12,040 from a recent car sales drive.

Two checks of $6,020 each were presented to representatives of the Mount Diablo Music Education Foundation and the United Mount Diablo Athletic Foundation at a ceremony at the Future Ford dealership in Concord on Tuesday.

Fourteen dealers partnered with the city to promote Concord as the “Car Capital of the East Bay” and draw buyers to the President’s Week sales event last month. As an extra incentive for Concord residents to purchase a car during the sales event, dealers offered to make donations to the two school foundations.

During the 11-day event, more than 600 cars were sold in Concord. Some dealers experienced increases of five to 10 percent over the same time period the previous year. Even Concord Vice Mayor Ron Leone bought a car. (He refused to say what he bought.)

Rick Dumas of Future Ford Lincoln of Concord spoke for all of the representatives of the dealerships involved at the presentation and gave out the checks to the officials of both groups.

“I’m excited beyond belief,” said Joan Miller, president of the Mount Diablo Music Education Foundation.

When asked what will the foundation do with the money, Miller said, ”We need to look at what’s going to happen this year (with the state budget). Maybe think about after-school programs.

“As it is, we are providing transportation for the high schools and the middle schools to perform at the elementary schools, to show the younger students that they know they will have a choice when they get into middle school," she said.

Students and mascots from Concord, Clayton Valley and Northgate high schools were on hand to show their support at the donation event.

United Mount Diablo Athletic Foundation also received their share of the money. “This foundation really helped out and saved our sports," said Ricky Lloyd Concord High’s star quarterback who will attend the University of Southern Mississippi next year on a football scholarship.

"Without this foundation we wouldn’t have had sports last year," he said. "Then we wouldn’t have had our perfect season, which was just amazing. Having all the scholarships to go to college, it wouldn’t have been possible without this foundation."

Acura of Concord, Audi Concord, BMW Concord, Concord Chevrolet, Concord Honda, Concord Mitsubishi, Concord Toyota, Dirito Brothers Concord Nissan, Future Ford Lincoln of Concord, Future Hyundai of Concord, Lehmer’s Concord Buick GMC, Lexus of Concord, Mini Concord and Niello Infiniti participated in the fundraising event.

The United Mount Diablo Athletic Foundation  is partnering with the athletic booster clubs of the six high schools in the Mount Diablo Unified School District to host a fun-filled “Vegas Night” at the Concord Hilton on April 3o. For more information about the event or athletic foundation, visit the website.

The Mount Diablo Music Education Foundation will soon host its second annual All Area Music Festival, featuring music students from various elementary, middle and high schools. School bands also will play.

The music festival will be held at the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord on May 14 at 2 p.m. For more information about the music education foundation, visit the website or write MDMEF, 25-A Crescent Drive, #165, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523.