Local
women purchase cars
Barbara Bayes of Good News Mountaineer Garage presents Terri Bassett
with the keys to a 1998 Plymouth Voyager on Tuesday in
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Terri Bassett is one of the new owners of a 1998
Plymouth Voyager van. She recently began a new job working at a non-profit for
people with disabilities.
She received the car from Good News Mountaineer Garage,
a program that recycles donated cars for those who need assistance in obtaining
a vehicle. The only cost is $1 to fulfill the requirements of a contract.
"It is a great program, I have seen it change so
many lives," said Barbara Bayes, executive director of Good News
Mountaineer Garage.
The program receives funding from the West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources to provide vehicles to families with
children.
Good New Mountaineer Garage assists those who receive a
check from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families check from the WVDHHR,
actively participate in the welfare to work program, and have no other means of
transportation.
"The program began seven years ago and they have
already given out over 800 cars, including 77 in Cabell, Wayne and Mason
counties" Bayes said.
Donating a car to the program provides people a place
to get rid of unwanted cars. The donation also allows you to deduct the fair
market value of the vehicle as a charitable contribution on federal income
taxes. State tax credits may be given as well.
"A lot of times the tax deduction is worth more
money than what you would have gotten on a trade-in," Bayes said.
For more information, contact the Good News Mountaineer
Garage at (866) GIVECAR (448-3227) or visit their Web site at www.goodnewsmountaineergarage.com