Keeping a Family Together

Cynthia lives in Lincoln with her three boys. She is raising her sons alone, and one of them has special needs.

Reliable transportation is such a core need to function at a basic level in our society, and we’ve been involved in helping meet this need for single moms in our community for a number of years now. For some, our car care clinics have ensured that their family stays safely on the road by providing much needed repair to a vehicle they already own. For others, we have had the opportunity to provide a new vehicle altogether.

The story today is about a donation that kept a family from splitting apart.

Cynthia’s sons had recently been having problems making it to school. So much so, that Cynthia began to hear from the Department of Health and Human Services on the matter. In fact, it soon reached the point that they threatened to take her kids away if she couldn’t make a case that the truancy would improve.

Turns out, because of vehicle problems, she was no longer able to consistently get her kids to school. If she couldn’t find a solution quickly, she would soon lose custody. Cornerstone Family Counseling caught wind of Cynthia’s story and reached out to BPM Inc. for help.

We were able to locate a van for her, but in a different way than ever before. After hearing Cynthia’s story, Bigler Motors actually ended up donating the vehicle to BPM Inc, and we presented her with the van at the Mazda store.

Did you catch that? One of our competitors heard the story, caught the vision, and stepped into the situation to help put Cynthia on a better path. Two dealers on the same turf saw a person in need, recognized their own unique position to help, and set aside business as usual to impact a family in our community.

This Mission that we keep our doors open for; there’s something to it beyond the walls of Anderson. At its core is a belief that people and their stories are incredibly important. Valuing people and helping create better stories is bigger than us. It crosses the border between businesses and binds together like-minded people that want to build a better community. As our Mission impacts our Industry, it will more greatly impact our Community.

This all starts with the sum of the individual efforts made on a daily basis by every member of the Anderson Team. Everyone’s effort makes our growing impact possible, and truly changes the lives of people like Cynthia.

Thanks for being part of the Anderson Team!