High school students fix up cars, then hand the keys to single mothers

“Kids who never met me cared about me enough to put hard work into a vehicle to make sure myself and my kids were safe,” Rader said about the Prius she received in 2023. “I got to meet all of them; it was breathtaking.”

For the past eight years, students enrolled in the school’s automotive technology program have been reviving timeworn vehicles and giving them to single mothers for free. They work on about five cars per year.

“It’s a great learning experience,” said Shane Robertson, an automotive teacher at the school. “It’s gratifying.”

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