Vermont Staff Prepare for Car Donation Drop-off Day -- December 30th.

Receptionist, Halley Snelling, and auto technician, Derek Joyce, share a smile as they prepare for Car Donation Drop-off Day. We will be open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. that Wednesday.

Car Donation Drop-off Day is coming up!

We are preparing for Car Donation Drop-off Day on December 30. Volunteer Craig Bethiaume came in an help create the yard signs that we will be posting around Chittenden County. Thanks Craig!

I am still looking for volunteers to bake cookies to give to car donors when they drop off their car donation. Are there any bakers out there willing to lend a hand?

Tomorrow we will award the cars Hendrickcars.com donated to us

If you want to join us for the awarding of the Chevy Impalas that were given to us on the Oprah Winfrey Show, come down to the garage located at 331 North Winooski Avenue in Burlington. The ceremony will go from 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM. Hope you can make it!

Seventh Generation is a Great Company!

A few months a go, a recipient arrived to pick up her car. She had a child with her that needed a diaper change. She reached in her diaper bag and discovered she did not have any dipers with her. On that day we decided to set up a nice changing area here with all the products a parent would need.

We posted a list of things that we needed to make this happen and contacted Seventh Generation. A women in Essex donated the changing table and Seventh Generation donated packs of every size diaper they make and many boxes of wipes.


Zoey, the girl pictured here, is the first person to benefit from these gifts. She and her parents appreciated the donations.

Volunteers in Vermont

I want to thank all the volunteers who make what we do in Vermont possible. Colleen Manning and Kathy Ploof have been coming in every week to assist me in the marketing and fundraising. I truily could not do it without their help.

Northeast Real Estate Conference & Expo

I am at the Northeast Real Estate Conference today. The event is in the Sheraton Hotel of South Burlington. We are here to talk to realtors about Good News Garage (GNG). We are making sure they know GNG accepts any donated car, truck or van in Vermont.

There are two great Good News Garage volunteers with me, John Simson and Kathy Ploof. Later Bill Kelley will be at the table. We will be here tomorrow too. Volunteers Jill Mason, Wendy Steager and Craig Berthuaime will be providing information about our car donation program at our booth.

If you are attending, stop by and pick up a free Good News Garage keychain. If you aren't coming to the event and you would like a free keychain, stop by the Good News Garage office at 331 North Winooski Avenue.

Carmen
cgeorge@goodnewsgarage.org

Good News Garage Will Provide Ten Donated 2008 Chevy Impalas To People In Need.

As you may have heard, Rick Hendrick owner of Hendrick Motorsports generously donated ten beautiful 2008 Chevy Impalas for Good News Garage to provide to working people in need. These people must live in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island or Vermont.

The donated cars are worth $18,000. This is more than the most cars we normally receive, that is why we are having a special application process. We want to make sure the cars are given to people who can afford the insurance and taxes on each car.

If you or someone you know wants to apply for one of these donated cars, you may download an application off Good News Garage's website right now. The deadline for submission is Friday, August 21st. The cars will be award in September and October.