Georgia Repair Shop Giving Away Car

Hickory Flat Highway Automotive in Canton, GA, is giving away a 1995 Honda Civic to a person or family that is in need of a reliable means of transportation. Employees of the shop repaired the Civic using parts that were supplied by their local Advance Auto Parts store.

Below is the article as it appeared on the Cherokee Tribune website.

Hickory Flat auto shop giving away car to family in need

By Laura Braddick
February 23, 2011

Tim and Renee Keeton of Woodstock, right, with their granddaugther Gabby Boone, 9, daughter of Angie and Leonard Boone, and Advanced Auto Parts representative Dawn Lynch of Kennesaw stand in front of the car the Keetons restored with the help of Advanced Auto Parts. (Cherokee Tribune/Anthony Stalcup)

A lucky and deserving family in Cherokee County could receive a car this spring thanks to a Hickory Flat auto shop.

“The community has been good to us, and we want to pay them back with some blessings like we’ve been given,” said Tim Keeton, who owns Hickory Flat Highway Automotive with his wife, Renee.

The couple is giving away a four-door, black 1995 Honda Civic to a person or family that needs a vehicle.

“We want it to go to someone without reliable means of transportation that this will make a big difference in their life,” Mrs. Keeton said.

The shop is accepting nominations for people to receive the donation until March 15.

“It should be someone that a car will not be a convenience but a necessity,” Mrs. Keeton said of the nominees.

The nominees also must have a valid driver’s license and be capable of acquiring automobile insurance.

The car will be given away after March 20.

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