PHILADELPHIA, PA–On September 20, 2023, a deserving Philadelphia area recipient, Savannah Wilson, experienced a life-changing event with the presentation of a vehicle to provide her independence and the ability to work and care for her family. Thanks to the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides® program, along with car donor GEICO and collision repair partner Faulkner Collision Center of South Philadelphia.
Savannah is a single mom of a six-year-old son. She has been a program participant at Family Promise Montgomery County since December 2022. Savannah entered the program to improve her life and the life of her son. She set goals for herself to improve her credit, money management, and communication. She continues to strive to achieve those goals. She has worked consistently and diligently with her case manager who has been one of Savannah’s biggest supporters. Together, they have developed a success plan for her family that Savannah has been following. Although life has sent some setbacks in Savannah’s way, she has met adversity with a plan and a positive attitude.
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 NABC Recycled Rides® program in 2007, members of the National Auto Body Council® have donated more than 3,200 vehicles valued at some $46 million.
GEICO donates vehicles to the NABC Recycled Rides® program, which is designed to help individuals, families, or organizations in need with the gift of transportation. GEICO has donated more than 800 vehicles to the NABC Recycled Rides® program.
Additional partners in the NABC Recycled Rides® presentation include Enterprise, Keystone, Faulkner Volkswagen, TG Automotive, Tyrone Tire and Automotive, and 1-800 Charity Cars.
About The National Auto Body Council®
The National Auto Body Council® is the premier organization of collision industry partners dedicated to strategic networking opportunities that positively change lives in the communities we serve. For more information, visit www.NationalautoBodyCouncil.org.
About Geico
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company), the second-largest auto insurer in the U.S., was founded in 1936 and insures more than 30 million vehi- cles in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Visit geico.com for a quote or to learn more.
