Winnipegger searching for refugee family to donate used car

WINNIPEG — It’s a perfectly good car and now it just needs a family. Neil Granger was initially going to trade in his Honda Civic but changed his mind – he now wants to donate it to a refugee family in Winnipeg.

“It dawned on me with my company having such a great year, it would make somebody’s life better if I could donate it to them,” Granger, who owns River City Renos said.

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Granger is expecting a second baby and knows how useful a vehicle is for a family, “It’s extremely important especially if you have a family, having to go to anything from doctors appointments to get groceries.”

The vehicle also comes equipped with winter tires and has been safetied. All of the work was also donated by local companies.

“It’s not everyday someone gives up a nice newer car like that,” Dustin Jackson from Silver Auto Centre said.

“So for us to just do a safety on it and replace the parts needed, that’s easy for us.”

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Granger hopes the donation will make a new family’s life a little easier.

“Being able to help somebody around this time of year, especially somebody who’s been displaced, I think it will feel nice.”

If you know a family that is new to Winnipeg and deserving of this car, you can contact River City Renos through their Facebook page. Include a short paragraph of your family’s story.