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With good timing Metropolitan Ministries referred D.A., an employee, to Wheels after she found herself caring for her ailing parents and four children without a car. Despite not having a car, D.A. walked, used the bus and took cabs as necessary to ensure that her loved ones were cared for.
Having Found Her Road to Success; She is Just Waiting For The Keys!
When T.G. and her daughter were first referred to Wheels, she realized she wasn't quite ready for the expenses of vehicle ownership and decided to wait before participating in the program.
Mohammed is a veteran who was in desperate need of a vehicle to drive back and forth from Tampa to Lakeland for work and to take his wife to her doctor's appointments to monitor her highrisk pregnancy. Having to borrow a family member's car was becoming burdensome so he needed reliable transportation of his own.
Wheels of Success won WEDU's 2016 Be More Brilliant AT&T Innovation Award on February 4, 2016 for its ABCGTE Financial 0% Interest Financing program. The award, sponsored by AT&T, focuses on initiatives, projects and services that are unique, creative or innovative.
The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Nicole Marchman as the 31st Lightning Community Hero of the 2015-16 season during the first period of the Winnipeg Jets game. Marchman, who received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program donated the money to Wheels of Success.
After Soadie had a beautiful baby girl, she needed to get back to work. She found herself without transportation when her 2002 Nissan Altima's engine started knocking. A three-hour ride to work on the bus or by catching rides wasn't practicable with a new baby. Wheels of Success worked with the Success 4 Kids & Families Healthy Start Program to replace Soadie's engine at a reduced cost to her. The now reliable Altima has given Soadie more time to spend with her daughter, allowed her to earn a $3 raise and promotion to manager, and has given her the ability to take her daughter to the pediatrician without worrying about having to take the entire day off of work. Congratulations, Soadie!
