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OREM — A personal experience prompted John Doxey to found Cars for Moms — a nonprofit effort to help single mothers who are in need of transportation.
“A highway patrolman came to my sister’s house. She had seven kids and one on the way and he announced to her, ‘Your husband’s been killed on the freeway,'” recalled John Doxey, founder of Cars for Moms. “Our family got together and got her a car and that’s how this started.”
On Wednesday, he worked with the ChainBreaker Foundation, an advocacy group that helps those in abusive relationships to give away two refurbished cars to two Utah women in time for Christmas.
“There is a great need out there,” Doxey said. “There are a lot of mothers out there that need transportation.”
Cheri, who requested her last name not be used, is one of those women. A single mother with three children, she recently divorced her abusive husband.
“The ChainBreaker Foundation has helped me a lot. It has literally saved my life many times,” she said.
The foundation joined with Doxey to arrange for Cheri to receive a Chrysler Town and Country mini-van.
Inside, was an array of brightly wrapped Christmas gifts for her children.
"I think I’m having a dream. Someone needs to pinch me and make sure this is not just a dream," Cheri said amid tears. "This is wonderful."
Doxey also presented Cheri with the title of the vehicle, a $50 gas card and a few months of paid insurance.
“This is a miracle,” Cheri said.
Doxey’s goal is to receive 20 donated vehicles a month that he could either refurbish or salvage.
“We’ll use the salvage money to repair the ones that we can,” he said. “We need your help out there.”
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