Abigail is 17-years old, attending her last year of high school along with some college classes. Abigail works part-time to pay for many of her own expenses. She originally applied for car repairs and found out her vehicle was not worth repairing. She needed reliable transportation to get back and forth to school and work, and we added her to the waitlist for RIDES.

On April 26th, Abigail purchased her “new” car with money she had saved! She is looking forward to driving to Maine for college in the fall without the worry of unreliable transportation. Abigail stated: “I love my new car so much! It drives so smoothly and has so much space. I feel spoiled!”

As a freshman in college, Abigail will have a reliable, used car paid for out of her own savings and a foundational knowledge of budgeting and car maintenance thanks to the developmental courses offered by our RIDES partners.