Cars are critical for single moms. A Colorado nonprofit helps keep both moving.
Rose Paz was dishing out money every month on car repairs. Once she needed new tires, another time she spent close to $2,000 for a new transmission. She uses her car to travel from her home in Arvada to her job in Aurora, plus take her kids to school and their other parent’s house.
“When you have one car and it’s your only mode of transportation, you’ll do everything to keep it running,” Paz said.
But now the single mother is driving a refurbished, donated vehicle that she got at a discount. She bought it from Hands of the Carpenter, a nonprofit that provides affordable cars, repairs and maintenance for single mothers in the Denver area….Read more