Massachusetts veteran receives donated car refurbished by students Share Updated: 6:24 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Shaun Ganley Share Updated: 6:24 PM EDT May 4, 2021
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Show Transcript PROJECT TO REPAIR AND GET ROAD READ IF YOU HAVE EVER OWNED A CAR YOU KNOW THE JOY FELT ON THE DAY IT GETS DELIVERED. WELL, FOR SCOTT SHEPARD OF QUINCY, THIS SPECIAL DELIVERY WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THESE STUDENTS AT THE GREATER LAWRENCE TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN ANDOVER. EVERYONE HERE THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS THAT HAS MADE TODAY HAPPEN ON THIS DAY, I COULDN’T BE MORE GRATEFUL. IT’S BEEN A HARD SEVEN MONTHS FOR THIS GULF WAR VET AND MARINE HE WAS LAID OFF FROM WORK BECAUSE OF COVID, HE LOST THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING. THAT’S WHEN THE NON-PROFIT SECOND CHANCE CARS STEPPED IN AND TEAMED UP WITH LAWRENCE TECH, THE STUDENTS BRINGING THIS DONATED 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA BACK INTO SHOWROOM CONDITION. IT WAS AN HONOR TO LIKE WORK ON IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW I
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A vehicle repaired by Northeast Metro Tech’s Auto Body and Automotive Technology programs will now be driven by a local veteran, thanks to a partnership between the District and Second Chance Cars.
The car was presented to Maria Roca, of Haverhill, a 19 year National Guard veteran and single mother of three children, on Tuesday, April 6 at Northeast Metro Tech.
Those in attendance included Roca and her children, administrators, teachers, students, Second Chance Cars Director Dan Holin, Massachusetts National Guard Coordinator Gregory Sacca, students, and Wally Johnston and Jane Hotchkiss of Concord, who donated the vehicle to Second Chance Cars.
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Do you have a old car you’d like to get rid of? If so, then Concord teen Theo Randall would like to have a chat.
Theo, a student at Phillips Academy in Andover, and six other students who attend Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, are joining Second Chance Cars as volunteers, looking to collect unwanted cars and donate them to SCC’s cause.
SCC mobilizes low-income Massachusetts veterans, as well as returning citizens and healthcare workers, through affordable car ownership so they may access living-wage jobs and improve their quality of life.
“There was a survey done a couple of years ago at CCHS of the seniors who were graduating that year,” Theo said. “The survey found out that somewhere around half of all the seniors actually owned a car or used a car that was considered theirs, and they didn’t have any plans for it after they graduated.”
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A vehicle repaired by Northeast Metro Tech s auto body and automotive technology programs will now be driven by a local veteran, thanks to a partnership between the district and Second Chance Cars.
The car was presented to Maria Roca, of Haverhill, a 19-year National Guard veteran and single mother of three children, on April 6 at Northeast Metro Tech.
Those in attendance included Roca and her children, administrators, teachers, students, Second Chance Cars Director Dan Holin, Massachusetts National Guard Coordinator Gregory Sacca, students and Wally Johnston and Jane Hotchkiss of Concord, who donated the vehicle to Second Chance Cars.