On April 12, two Paradise, Calif., residents will experience a life-changing event – the presentation of vehicles to provide them reliable transportation following the massive wildfires that destroyed the region – thanks to the National Auto Body Council’s Recycled Rides™ program, Esurance, Duane’s Body Shop and Fabian’s Collision Center. The presentation will be held at the Paradise, CA, police station.
On April 12 at the Town Hall in Paradise, Calif., two vehicles will be presented to deserving individuals impacted by the northern California wildfire that burned through Paradise, Calif.
Paradise Police Department officer Matthew Gates, who worked tirelessly through the wildfires, will receive a 2016 Subaru Impreza that was repaired at Duane's Body Shop in Sacramento. Gates, along with his wife and two young sons, lost his home and car in the wildfires, leaving him with no reliable transportation for his family.
Paradise resident Billy Pickett, who lost everything in the fire, will receive a 2014 Nissan Rogue that was repaired at Fabian's Collision Center in Stockton. A new reliable vehicle will allow Pickett to find a new job and get back on his feet.
NABC Recycled Rides is a unique program in which businesses representing all facets of the collision repair industry team up to repair and donate vehicles to individuals and families in need of reliable transportation. Since the inception of the Recycled Rides program in 2007, members of the National Auto Body Council have donated more than 2,000 vehicles valued at more than $36 million.
Contributing partners on the program are Maita Subaru, Pacific Rims, Inc., Sanctioned Motor Sports and 800 Charity Cars.
