The nonprofit agency received its 1,000th car last month. 4:51 pm, Jan. 6, 2021 ×
Gary Mattson (left) and Hank Janz remove a wheel from the 1,000th vehicle donated to the Car Care Program at Koep s Korner in Alexandria Wednesday. The two volunteer their time to fix vehicles for the Car Care Program every Wednesday. (Lowell Anderson / Echo Press)
The Car Care Program wouldn’t be in business without cars. Cars that are donated, that is. And last month, the nonprofit based in Alexandria received its 1000th vehicle.
Car donations are the “lifeblood” of the organization and the only way it can do business, according to Kris Chisholm, executive director of the Car Care Program, which serves both Douglas and Pope counties.