Elite Auto Garage in Bark River spreads hope, one car at a time

BARK RIVER, Mich. (WLUC) – A Bark River automobile fix shop is making a variation in the neighborhood, one motor vehicle at a time.

Russell West has been a mechanic for much more than a decade. He’s an Automotive Company Excellence Master and state-licensed as a mechanic.

Final July, he opened Elite Car Garage in Bark River, across from Greenback General.

“I love doing work on the automobiles and that’s what I truly feel that I am a reward that God has provided me so I sense like that is anything I can use to help men and women,” claimed Russell West, operator/operator of Elite Vehicle Garage.

Ahead of he grew to become a organization operator. he did not have a vehicle. Some buddies had his relatives about for supper and the neighbors amazed him with a vehicle.

“We had been just in shock. They did not just give us a car they gave us hope and that’s sort of our strategy at the rear of Deal with it Forward,” claimed West.

Correct it Forward is West’s new non-revenue. He fixes up used automobiles donated by folks in the neighborhood and then he presents them absent to men and women in have to have.

“They give them to us, exactly where they never want to fix them, or they just have an more auto that they never want,” stated West. “We’re not only giving men and women automobiles, we’re supplying them hope as very well.”

Soon after diagnosing each car or truck, he turns to the neighborhood for assist purchasing supplies.

“People have been donating revenue for sections or even some folks have presented us fuel playing cards for the people that we’re donating autos to,” claimed West.

West has presently supplied away three cars and has a pair extra he’s still working on.

To study additional or donate to Correct it Ahead visit Elite Vehicle Garage on Facebook or on their web page.

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