♪ >> FROM COUNTRY ROADS TO INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, CITY STREETS, AND BOULEVARDS. GETTING AROUND IS A CHALLENGE WITHOUT WHEELS. >> THE INDEPENDENCE YOU GET FROM OWNING A VEHICLE IS -- IT IS HUGE. >> THESE SIX PEOPLE MAKE UP A NINE -- A NONPROFIT THAT BLESSES PEOPLE WITH A GIFT OF WHEELS AT A LOW COST. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] [LAUGHTER] >> I LOVE IT. >> IT TRANSFORMS LIVES. >> OH MY GOD. THAT’S PERFECT. >> THEY ARE AFFORDABLE, WORKING, USED CARS, FIXED, CLEAN, AND READY TO DRIVE. >> IT GIVES YOU YOUR FREEDOM TO DO AND GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT. >> OVER SIX YEARS AND IN FOUR CITIES AND GROWING, THIS OMAHA BASED NONPROFIT IS PUTTING HUNDREDS OF CARS ON THE ROAD, DRIVEN BY PEOPLE IN NEED. >> WE ARE LOCKING ARMS AND HELPING THEM MOVE FORWARD. >> THEY CALL IT CHARIOTS 4 HOPE. >> WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE CARS AND WE WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESTORATION IN THEIR LIVES SO I LITERALLY GET TO SEE LIVES TRANSFORMED. >> TRANSFORMATION FROM POVERTY, ADDICTION, AND CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES. >> THE KINDNESS IS OVERWHELMING. >> EVERY DAY I USED TO RIDE THE BUS EIGHT TIMES A DAY TO GET TO AND FROM WORK. >> LIFTING PEOPLE IN PRAYER -- >> WE CONTINUE TO PRAY, GOD THAT YOU GUIDE AND PROTECTOR. >> AND GIVE THEM A LIFT. THIS IS KETV NEWS CHRONICLE, DRIVING HOE, A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE. >> I AM JULIE CORNELL. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR AND A HALF, A CHALLENGING TIME. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD FOCUS ON A STORY THAT BRINGS A LITTLE HOPE. FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE FOCUSED ON A SMALL OMAHA NONPROFIT THAT GIVES CARS TO PEOPLE IN NEED. THE CARS ARE NOT GIVEN EASILY AND THEY ARE GIVEN TO FOLKS GOINTHG ROUGH SOMETHING LIFE-CHANGING. [BABY CRYING] >> SHH. HERE YOU GO, HONEY. >> THIS IS A HOUSE OF SECOND CHANCES. IT IS A COMMUNITY OF RESTORATION, HOPE, AND FAITH. >> I WAS 18 WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT AND I WAS TERRIFIED. ♪ AS SOON AS I STEPPED FOOT IN THIS PLACE, IT WAS EVERYONE WAS LOVING, EVERYONE WAS CARING. >> EACH OF THE 12 NEW MOMS AT OMAHA’S BETHLEHEM HOUSE HAS THEIR OWN STORY OF TRAUMA, LIKE ALEXIS. >> THIS IS FERN. SHE IS EIGHT MONTHS OLD. SHE IS THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE. SHE BRINGS ME SO MANY JOY AND HAPPINESS. >> FERN, STAND. >> SOME WOMEN COME INTO THIS PROGRAM NERVOUS, AFRAID, AND FEELING HOPELESS. WHEN I THINK OF ALEXIS, I THINK OF A YOUNG MOM WHO CAME INTO THIS PROGRAM WITH AN OPEN HEART AND WAS REALLY READY TO EMBRACE A NEW WAY TO LIVE. >> I SPENT A LOT OF HOURS IN HERE. I SLEPT ON THAT COUCH BEFORE. >> THE HOUSE HELPS GUIDE WOMEN THAT ARE PREGNANT, HOPELESS, AND DESPERATE FOR CHANGE. 99% OF RESIDENTS HAVE NO HEALTHY FAMILY CONNECTIONS. >> IT REMINDS ME OF HOW FAR I’VE COME. >> IN THESE HALLWAYS AND ROOMS, SHE HAS WORKED THROUGH TOUGH TIMES. >> I DID NOT HAVE THE BEST CHILDHD.OO [BABY COOING] NEW MOMS AND THEIR NEWBORNS STAY FOR A YEAR, SOME MOMS KICNGKI ADDICTIONS. THERE’S A CONSTANT WAITING LIST TO GET INTO THE HOUSE. THEY HAVE SERVED MORE THAN 600 FAMILIES OVER THE YEARS. >> THAT IS A REAL ACCOUNTABILYIT PIECE TO BE A PART OF BETHLEHEM HOUSE PROGRAM. >> WITH SUPPORT HERE, WOMEN ARE ABLE TO DELIVER HEALTHY BABIES AND FOLLOW A CHALLENGING CLASSROOM SCHEDULE. >> THERE IS ACTUALLY 14 SEPARATE CURRICULUMS THAT COVER THE WHOLE WOMAN, THE WHOLE FAMILY, THE WHOLE EAID OF WHAT IT TAKES TO REALLY BE SUCCESSLFU AND SELF-SUFFICIENT AND INDEPENDENT IN THE COMMUNI.TY AND HOW TO TACKLE YOUR FINANCES TO MAINTAINING HEALTH INSURANCE. >> IT TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO BILLS, HOW TO SAVE MY MONEY. THEIR REPANTING CLASSES ARE PHENOMENAL. I LEARNED SO MANY THINGS ABOUT BEING A MOM. >> WE FUNCTION LIKE A BIG FAMILY HERE. >> NOW MARRIED, IN HER OWN APARTMENT, AND WORKING FULL-TIME -- >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I’M GOOD, HOW ARE YOU. >> DO YOU WANT TO SEE MY BABY? >> YEAH. >> ALEXIS RETURNS TO THE HOUSE FOR THE AFTERCARE PROAMGR AND MENTOR OTHER MOMS. >>HE S WAS THE YOUNGEST PERSON HERE, BUT YOU HAVE THIS SOUL THAT WANTS OO D WELL, AND WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO IN THESE FEW SHORT MTHONS, THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE THE SUCCESS YOU HAD. >> SHE IS LEAVING THIS NEST WITH FELI SKILLS AND A HEALTHY START TO PARENTING. >> IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A SHELTER, LEIK THIS IS WHERE I SLOWLY BEGAN TO LEARN THINGS AND DEVELOP THINGS AND I LTEF HEER AS A WONDERFUL MOM, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON IN GENALER WITH LIFE SKILLS I NEVER WOULD HAVE ACQUIRED. I LEFT HERE IS A MATURE BUTTERFLY. >> BUT ALEXIS, LIKE THE OTHER NEW MOMS, IS UNABLE TO AFFORD A DECENT CAR TO GET AROUND. >> TRANSPORTATION IN OMAHA IS A HUGE BARRIER. ALL OF OUR MOMS COME TO OUR PROGRAM WITHOUT RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. THE PARTNERSHIP THATE WAN C HOPEFULLY REALLY BUILD AND CREATE WITH CHARIOTS 4 HOPE IS IS TRUE NATION- - IS INSTRUMENTAL IN MSMO LIFE HERE. >> THAT IS THE KEY, NONPROFITS WORKING TOGETHER. CHARIOTS WAS FOUNDED BY JASON AND MICHELLE HURTIX S YEARS AGO. THEIR HEADQUARTERSS I THE OLD DEPOT CAMPUS IN SOUTH OMAHA. THEY PARTNER WITH 120 NONPROFITS TO GIVE CARS THE FOLKS IN NEED, THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD THE UPKEEP OF ONE. >> IT IS YROU DAY, YOUR NEW RIDE, YOU ARE ABOUT TBEO SURPRISED, GIRL. JUE:LI SHAYLA CROSS WILL POP OUT OF THESE DOORS IN A MOMENT. SHE DOES NOT KNOW IT BUT THERE IS A WAITING CROWD OF SUPPORTERS, CHARIO 4TS HOPE WORKERS, AND SPONSORS. >> SURPRISE. [CHEERING AND APPUSLAE] >> OH MY GOD. [LAUGHTER] THIS IS SO BEAUTIF.UL YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. MY HEART -- [INDISCERNIBLE] I APPRECIATE YOU. ALL MY HEART AND SOUL. OH MY GOD, THANK YOU. I WORKED SO HARD. >> WE ARE HERE TODAY CELEBRATING YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> DID WE GET YOU? >> OH YOU GOT ME. [LAUGHTER] >> SHE IS A FIGHTER. >> HURRICANE HARVEY BARRELING INTO THE TEXAS COASTNELI. JULIE: MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE AT THIS HOUR PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS. >> TWO YEARS AGO, SHAYLA ARRIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER. HURRICANE HARVEY IT HOUSTON, LE AVING THEM DESPERATE. >> I CANNOT ESPRESSO ENOUGH HOW PROUD WE ARE. >> THEY HAD NOTHING BUT FAITH. ♪ >> I CAME WITH A PAIR OF SESHO AND ONE OUTFIT AND WENT STRAIGHT THER.E THEY PAID FOR BEST WESTERN FOR THE WHOLE MONTH. FROM BEST WESTER IN,AS GOING TO MINISTER TO THE HOMELESS AND I WAS HOMELESS BUT I WAS NOT -- I WAS MINISTERING TO PEOPLE THAT DID NOT HAVE IT. I WAS DOGIN IT FROM MY HEART. GOING TO CHURCH, I DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING BUT I WAS STILL SHOWING UP FOR CHURCH. WHEN I GOT MY JOB, LITERALLY I HAAD BIKE I RODE TO WORK. I WASN’T MISSING A BEAT, RIDING TO WORK AREA DID I SHOWED UP TO THE CHURCH, STILL WANTO T WORK, AND IT WAS WORTH EVERY DIME. I WORKED HARD FOR EVERY SINGLE THING I HAVE. I JUST COULD NOT AFFORD A CAR. I COULD NOT DO IT BECAUSE I HAD TOET G RENT, MY DAUGHTER’S CLOSE, BAUSEEC WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING. GOD HAS BLESSED ME EVER SINCE THEN. >> SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT. RFO ME, A LOT OF GRIT. RIGHT? SHE HAS FOUGHT HER WAY TO PROVIDE FOR HER DAUGHTER. >> IT GIVES US BACK TENFOLD WATCHING THE PEOPLE'’ FACE. JUE:LI JEREMY WILHELM IS SPONSORING SHAYLA’S CAR AND A WARRANTY FOR REPAIRS. >> DOING ONE OF THESE IS A BLESSING EVERY TIME. BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND HEAR URYO STORY, BEFORE WE CAME OUT, YOU ARE ON FIRE, GIRL. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> YEAH. YOU ARE HELPING THE YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT. >> I LOVE IT. Y.YA WOO I’M HAPPY. JULIE: SHAYLA HAS A GOAL, TO GET TO HER JOBT A THE DOUGLAS COUNTY YOUTH CENTER TO WORK WITH TEENAGERS IN CRISIS. >> IT IS WORTH IT FOR ETH YOUTH. I DO THAT FOR THE YOUTH. THIS MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. IT HELPS ME GET AROUND, HELPS ME CONTINUE BE A VESSEL IN THE COMMUNITY. JUE:LI AND JEREMY -- >> TODAY WAS AZINGMA, ESPECIALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE MY MOM WAS IN TOWN. JULIE: JEREMY KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO SCRAPE BY. >> YOU SPEAK A BEAUTIFUL STORY .MAKING YOUR DEFINING MOMENTRY CHOICES ALONG THE WAY, YOU KEPT PUSHING, EVEN THWI NOTHING, RINGDI YOUR BIKE, TAKING A TAXICAB. JULIE: HIS MOM WAS A SINGLE MOM. >> IT WAS TOUGH. WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH GROWING UP BUT I ALWAYS WATCHED HER MOVE AND SHAKE AND DO THE THINGS SHE NEEDED TO DO TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND TO GIVE ME A BETTER LIFE. >> HE JUST JUMPED ON IN AND HE LOVES THE BLESSINGS, LOVESO T COME. IT FEELS HIS BUCKET. HE SEES A CAR, A WOMAN, AND A FAMILY THAT WILL MOVEORWA FRD. JULIE:ND A NOW, JEREMY IS GIVING OTHERS A BETTER LE.IF HE SPONSORED 10 CARS AND WARRANTIES SOAR F FOR $2500 EACH TIME. >>ME. THE PROCESS THEY PUT TMHE THROUGH NOT JUST GIVE THEM A CAR, IT GIVES THEAM W TOAY SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. JU E: IT BRINGS HIS MOM NEARLY TO TEARS. >> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE HIS HEARINT MOTION AND TO SEE THE IMPACT HE IS HAVING ON OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES. JULIE: HEY HARIND MOTION WITH THE GOAT - HEA-RT N MOTION WITHHE T GOAL TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GIVE. >> WHEN YOU DO SOME THING LIKE THIS AND SHADRE WITH THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WANT TO GET BA CK AND DO MORE TO HELP OTHERS. JULIE: THERE ARE WHEELS THAT COME WITH THE BLESSING. >> WE CONTINUE TO PRAY, GOD, THAT HE WILL GUIDE AND RECTDI HER SO SHE CAN GET BACK. WE PRAY EVERY TIME SHE GETS IN HIS VEHICLE SHE REMEMBERS YOU ARE THE GIVER AND THE GDOO GIFT, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT’S APPLIED THIS FOR HER. JULIE: FIRST FOR TRANSPORTATNIO THAT TRANSFORMS LIVES. >> I’M JUST HUMBLED. BOTH OF US HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SERVE SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] JULIE: THE HERTZ FEEL IT IS THEIR MISSION TO SERVE OTHERS. FOR MICHELLE, THERE IS A PERSONAL CONCTNEION TO THE WOMEN SHE SERVES. SHE KNOWS THEY CAN TRANSFORM, SHE KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH. SHE IS A WIFTOE JASON, A MOM TO GAVINND A RILEY, AND COFOUNDER OF A NONPROFIT. MICHLEEL HURTS SLESMI EASILY BUT THAT WAS NOT ALL WAS THE CASE. >> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A STORY. EVERYBODY HAS A STORY. JULIE: MICHELLE’S STORY TAKES US BACK. >> I GREW UP IN WEST ST. LOUIS HOME, MY PARENTS STILL MARRDIE AT 50 YEARS, A MIDDLE-CLASS HOME, A LOVING HOME, A CHRISTIAN HOME. I MADE REALLY BAD CHOICES THROUGH MY TEENAGE LIFE. I BECAME ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. I STRUGGLED WITH ADD AND MADE REALLY BAD CHOICES .MY ADDICTIONS SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL. I FOUND COMFORT IN GETTING HIGH AND DRINKING. AND THIS IS ALL BEFORE I AM EVEN 21. JULIE: THEN, A CAR CRASH THAT NEARLY KILLED THE YOUNG WOMAN. >> LABORAY D WEEKEND, 1991, I TOTALED MY CAR COMING BACK FROM THE EAST SIDE OF ST. LOU.IS ALMOST LOST MY LIFE. I HAVE A PERMANENT SCAR FROM THAT. I HAVE TO LOOK AT MY SCAR EVERY DAY FROM THE CHOICES I MADE FROM THAT ACCIDENT. SO YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIFE-CHANGING BUT IT WAS NOT. JUE:LI MICHELLE SET HER SPIRAL CONTINDUE AND THERE WAS TOUGH LOVE. >> MY RENTPAS KICKED ME OUT, FRIEND’S PARENTS KICKED ME OUT. I JUST DID NOT TO LOVE WHO I WAS BECOMING. JUE:LI THEN, SHE MADE A DEAL. >> I BEGGED MY PARENTS TO KETA ME BACK AND THEY TOOK ME BACK BUT I HAD TO GO TO REHAB. I THOUGHT I WOULD PLAY THE STUPID0 3DAY GAME AND THE STUPID 30 DAY GAME TURDNE INTO MY PARENTS SAVING MY LIFE. SO I HAVE A LOT OF EMPATHY FOR THE WOMEN WE SERVE -WO- MEN WE SERVE. BECAUSIE KNOW THERE IS HEALING. AND THERE IS RESTORATION. >> SHE IS VULNERABLE AND REAL WITH THESE WOMEN AND TTHA IS WHY THESE WOMEN WANT MORE. JULIE: MICHELLE DOES NOT HIDE HER STORY. >> I SIT HERE TODAY 29 YEARS CLEAN AND SOBER AND THAT IS NOT TO FIND ME, WHO I AM, BUT IT IS A PART OF ME. I STJU WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. JUE:LI SHE PURPOSEFULLY CONNECTS WITH WOMEN IN CRISIS. >> EVERYBODY HAS TOUCHED OUR LIVES BUT YOUR STORIES AND PARTICULARLY YOUR RELATIONSHIP, YOUR LOVE HAS TOUCHED ME PERSONALLY. JULIE: EACH WOMAN HERE HAS A CAR FROM CHARIOTS 4 HOPE. >> I’VE HAD THE CAR ALMOST FOUR YEARS. JUE:LI EACH HAS A CAR AND A STORY. I LIVED A VERY CRAZY LIFE. DRUGS, ALCOH, NOT MAKING VERY GOOD CHOICES. JULIE: ALL OF THEM SAY MICHELLE WAS A PART OF THREI TURNING POINT. >> JUST FROMHE T MOMENT I FIRST MET HER, IT WAS LIKE TSHI LIGHT, AND SHE RADIATED J.OY AND LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. >> SHE’S LIKE A GOOD ROLE MODEL. I NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF WOMAN IN MY LIFE THAT WAS A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR ME. >> SHE SPOKE TRUTH TO ME. SHE TOLD ME HOW TO TRUST GOD’S PLAN, TAHTUG ME SO MUCH ABOUT INTEGRITY AND LEARNING TO LOVE MYSELF. JULIE: THERE IS MUTUAL RESPECT. >> I TRULY SEE YOUR FACES EVERY. I KNOW EACH ONE OF YOUR ESBLSINGS. >> AW. . >> I KNOW HOW I MET EACH ONE OF YOU. JULIE: THERE ARE TEARS BECAUSE THEY SHARE PARALLEL PASTS. MICHELLE WANTS THEM TO KNOW THEY CAN CREATE CHANGE. >> I WAS USING TRENDMEOUSLY A LOT OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. I WAS A MANIPULATOR, A LIAR, AND NOT TO I AM TODAY. JUE:LI SHE SHARES THE DETAILS OF HER YOUNG LE,IF SO THEY CAN SEE THE POSSIBILITIES. THEY SEE THE DRUNKEN CAR CRASH THAT NEARLY ENDED IT ALL. >> DON’T BE ASHAMED OF YOUR ORSTY. YOU GSUY KNOW IT HAS MADE YOU THE WARRIOR YOU ARE TODAY. JULIE: THROUGH OPEN TALKS, HOMERKWO, AND REFLECTION, THEY SHARE TRANSFORMATIONS AND CELEBRATE. >> I AM NINE YEARS SOBER. I AM NINE YEARS BESOR. [APPLAUSE] THANK U.YO THANK YOU. I AM IN THE COMMUNITY, I WORK IN STREET OUTREACH, SO I GO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY E,AR WHETHER THAT IS IN THE WOODS, UNDER A BRIDGE, WHEREVER THEYRE A. JULIE: CYNTHIA WILL GRADUATE THIS WINTER WITH A PROVISIONAL LICENSASE A DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELOR. >> I WOULD CALL MICHELLE ANDAY S MY BABY IS SICK. SHE WOULD BE LIKE WHICH ONE? I WOULD SAY THE HONDA. [LAUGHR]TE BECAUSE IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME, IT WAS SO MUCH FOR MY FAMILY, IT MEANT SO MUCH FOR MY FAMILY. I WAS ABLE TO START SCHOOL, I SWA ABLE TO START WORKING IN HUMAN SERVICES. JULIE: LORI WORKS FULL-TIME AT TH E CENTER WHERE SHE GOT SOBER. [APPLAUSE] >> I’M AN AMAZING MOTHER TODAY BECAE USOF THIS CAR. KEEP IT TOGETHER. I GET TO GO TO MY KIDS SOFTBALL GAMES, I GET TO WATCH THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I GET TO GO TO MY SON’S TOURNAMENTS AND WE WRITE AS A FAMILY TOGETHER, SING IN THE CAR, HANG OUT THE SUNROOF, WHATEVER. JUE:LI TONY FINISHES CARS WERE LIVING. >> GIVESOU Y A SENSE OF BELONGING. BEFORE I GOT INVOLVED, I WAS NOT SURE OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO NEXT. IAD H ALL OF THIS TROUBLE IN MY LIFE, NO HOME, NO CAR, NO JOB, NO IDEA WHERE LIFE WAS GOING TO TAKE ME NEXT. AND WHEN IOT INTRODUCED TO CHARIOTS 4 HOPE, THE FRESH START PROGRAM, IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING I NEEDED. I TRY NOT TO TEAR UP, BECAU ISE TGE REALLY SENTISIVE ABOUT THAT SPOT BUT HONESTLY, THEY SAVED MY LIFE RICHER. JULIE: AND GONE ARE THE LONG DAYS OF TAKING THE ABOVE. -- TAKING THE BUS. >> EHTIG TIMES A DAY I WOULD TAKE THE BUS. I STAYED DOWN THERE FOR A LONG WHE,IL SO I WLDOU RIDE EIGHT BUSES, FOR IN THE MORNING AND FOUR TO GET HOME. I WAS WRITING EIGHT BUSES BEFORE I GOT BLESSED WITH MY CAR. I GOT A JEEP. IT WAS NICE. JULIE: ALL FIND STRENGTH IN MICHELLE’S SPIRITUAL JOUEYRN. >> IT IS ENCOURAGING TO HAVE SOMEONCOE ME ALONG AND BE LIKE THIS IS MY STORY AND WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE AND ENCOURAGE THAT. JULIE: MICHELLE’S HUSBAND SAYS VULNERABILITY IS MICHELLE’S SUPERPOWER. >> SHE HAS A BACKGRODUN IN IT, BATTDLE ADDICTION AND DONE THAT. ONCE THE GIRLS KNOW THAT, YOU HAVE AN INSTRUMENT -- INSTANT TRUST FACTOR AND CREDIBILITY FACTOR THAT ALLOWS US TO GO DEEPER. JULIE: TOGETHER, THEY BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> FOR ME, THE CAR, AGAIN, IS AMAZING BUT IT IS THE RELATIONSHIP -- THE RELATIONAL PIECE I LOVE. JUST A WALK ALONGSIDE THESE WOMEN, TO LET THEM KNOW TT IHA HAVE BEEN THERE, I GET YOU, I FEEL YOU. JULIE: SHE BELIEVES THERE IS HEALING ROOTED IN FAITH AND IT COMES INHE T FORM OF HOPE. >> THAT THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THE HOPE GOD HAS GIVENS U THROUGH HIM, THAT IS MY PRAYER FOR TH.EM EVEN IF I PNTLA A SEED AND IT GROWS TWO YEARS LATER OR IT NEVER GROWS, THAT THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY SEE THERE IS HOPE. [LAUGHTER] JULIE: IT TAKES TIME, TALENTS, AND TREASURE TO TURN USED CARS INTO BLESSINGS. A BUSINESS IN LINCOLN OFFSER ALL THREE, TO BRING LIGHT TO OTHERS WITH THE GIFT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THREI PARTNER, CHARIOTS FOR HELP. [CHEERIN G]YOU ARE WATCHING A BLESSING AN MOTI.ON ANDERSON FORD IN LINCOLN TOOK A DONATED JEEP, FIXED ITP, U [LAUGHTER] [APPLAE]US AND GAVE IT TO A GRANDMOTHER IN CHARIOTS. DEBORAH IS DISABLED AND ON A XEFID INCOME. >> OH MY GOD. THAT IS PERFECT. THAT IS SO PERFECT. THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE SO WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. JULIE:T I IS A DAY THIS DEALERSHIP WILL NOT SOON FORGET. FROM THE MECHANICS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. >> ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES HERE ARE PART OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN. SO WE COULD BLESS PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF. JUE:LI MIKE ANDERSON SEES THE BIG PICTURE AND OFFERS TSHI GIFT FROM A PLACE OF FAITH. WHAT MOTIVATES US AS AN ORGANIZATION IS THERE A VERSE -- THERE IS A VERSE IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, IT SAYS DO NOT WITHHOLD GOOD FROM THOSE WHO DESEERV IT WHEN IT IS IN YOUR POWER TO ACT. AS A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD AND HELP PEOPLE. JULIE: HE IS ALL ABOUT CARS. >> GREW UP INHE T CAR BUSINESS, STARTED WORKING FOR MY DAD, WASHING CARS IN THE SUMMER, WORKINMYG MOET -- MY WAY UP THE SUMMER. OUR EMPLOYEES CAN USE THEIR TALENTS TO HELP THESE PEOPLE IN EDNE AND IT IS LIKE A WIN-WIN. WHO DOESN’WAT NT TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP THEMSELVES? >> 1, 3,2, SMILE. JULIE: HE APPRECIATES THE MISSION OF CHARIOTS. >> IT’S LIFE-CHANGING. >> WHEN YOU SEE ALL THEAD B THINGS IN THE WORLD AND FIND PEOPLE WHERE ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS HELP, THAT IS INCREDIBLE AND RENEWS YOUR FAITH. >> WHAT THEYER WE DOING BY COMING ALONGSIDE, DOING LIFE WITH PEOPLE REALLY TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL FOR US. >> MIKE ANDERSON IS AN ABSOLUTE BLESSI.NG HE’S THE REASON THAT WE ARE IN LINCOLN, GRAND ISLAND, AND ST. JOSEPH. JUE:LI CHARIOTS HAS TIRHE OWN SMALL GARAGE AND THEY BELIEVE WHEN THE DRSOO OPEN, OPPORTUNITIES PAUL IN. >> YOU CAN SEE THE FEED. THERE IS WAY MORE THAN JUST AUTOMOTIVE. THERE AIS COMMUNITYWIDE TO SERVE. JULIE: THIS MECHANIC IS ON A MISSION. TODD PETERSON WILL TOUCHAC EH OF THESE CARS DONATED OR PURCHASED CBYHARIOTS 4 HOPE. THIS IS THEIR NEW DEPOT CAMPUS IN SOUTH OMAHA. EVERY CAR IS HANDPICKED FOR A RECIPIENT. HERE, PETERN SOTAKES OVER IN THE NONPROFITSEW N GARAGE BAY, ONE OF THREE. >> I MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TIGHT, NOT A LOT OF LEAKS. I LIKE TO LOOK AT BREAKS. JULIE: HE WILL FIX AND REPLACE ANYTHING WORN OR BROKEN. >> I LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE LITTLE TINY DETAILS, SO IT IS A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WOULD MISS. >> TODD, WOW, OUR LONSTGE VOLUNTEER, YOU -- VOLUNTEER, YEAH. [LAUGHTER] JULIE: FOR YEARS, HE DONATED HIS SERVICES. HE KNEWNS ITANTLY IT WAS NOT ABOUT CARS. >> SOMEONE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID WE HAVE THICHS ARIOTS 4 HOPE IN ONE US TO REPAIR CARS FOR THEM. BWEROUGHT IT IN AND FIXED UP A CAR FOR A GAL. >> HE JUST GOT TO KNOW US AND OUR MISSION. HE IAS TECHNICIAN, HE IS LIKE YO U GUYS DO CARS, I LOVE CARS. IT WAS JUST -- I THINK IN THAT WORLD, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WAN TTO GIVE BACK BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GIVE BACK. >> WHEN MICHELLE AND JASON CAME INTO THE SHOP I SAID I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON BUT THESE PEOPLE CAME IN TODAY AND THERE IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN. SHE SAID REALLY AND I SAID I HAVE TO BE A PART OF THIS. JUE:LI PART OF PUTTING PEOPLE WITH LIVES IN TRANSITION THE WHEEL AND IN CHARGE OF THEIR FUTURE. >> WE HAVE A SAYING, YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP. YOU REALLY CAN’T. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY DON’T SEE MYSELF DOING ANYTHING ELSE. JULIE: WITH THAT, TREHE IS A SHIFT IN TODD’S LIFE TOO. >> A YEARND A A HALF AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING HIM ON FULL OUR TECHNICIAN. >> IS JUST GOOD TO GIVE BACK. IT IS A HEART OF GIVING. I THING MY WEIF I CAN BLAME FOR THAT BECAUSE I USED TO BE REALLY RD AHAND LIKE I’M NOT DOING THAT, I’M WORKING TO MAKE MONEY. JULIE: DONORS, PARERTNS, AND CHARIOTS EMPLOYEES SEE WHAT THEY DO AS CAA LLING. [APPLAUSE] >> I LOVE GIVING BACK. I LOVEEL HPING OUT. JUE:LI BECAUSE THEY SAY THE END GAME IS SO REWARDING. >> THERE ARE STILL GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD. ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> OH MY GOD. >> I WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH WHAT THEYO. D THEY DO NOTCH IS HAND OUT SOMETHING. TRUTHFULLY, IF YOU GIVE SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY, THERE IS RARE THAT THERE IS ANY VALUE TO IT. JULIE: LATER, A GUY WHO DIGS CARS AND A COLORFUL SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE CHARTSIO MISSION. KETV NEWSWATCH ♪ [LAUGHTER] E:LI COMMUNITY, COMING TOGETHER TO SHARE A BOND ROOTED IN FRIENDSHIP. IT IS THE MISSION OF CHARIOTS 4 HOPE, A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY MAKING HEALTHY CONNECTIONS. [CHEERING] IS A PLACE WHERE THE WATER IS COLD AND LAUGHTER IS ABUNDANT. [LAUGHTER] >> LAUGHTER IS HEALING. JULIE: BEHINDHE T GATES OF THE DEPOT CAMPUS HERE, IT IS COMMUNITY NIGHT RUN BY VOLUNTEERS. >> [INDISCERNIE]BL [CHEERING] JUE:LI SHANNON AND SEAN AND FOUR TOFHEIR EIGHT CHILDREN ARE HE.RE THEY HPEL POST FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR CHARIOTS 4 HOPE. >> WE ALWAYS KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH POWER IN COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND STORIES ARE KIND OF A MELTING POT. JULIE: THERE IS ALWAYS FD,OO BABYSITTING, AND FELLOWSHIP. >> ALSO THERE ARE SOME GUYS WILLING TO HELP US IN THE GARAGE AND DONATE THEIR TIME TO FIX THE CARS. JULIE: THE ARERE NINE WOMEN WITH NINE CARS FROM CHARIOTS. IT IS IN THESE CIRCLESHERE W THEY CONNECT, PTAS CLIENTS, FUTURE FRIENDS, AND THOSE WHO WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING POSITIVE. >> THIS IS WHY THEY DO THAT. IT IS BEYOND THE CAR. IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THE CAR. IT IS PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF SITUATIONS THAT MAY HAVE LET THEM -- LEFT THEM IN MORE DESPERATE TIMES OR NEEDING THAT COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE TO JUMP IN THE TRENCHES WITH THEM AND GET THEM O.UT JULIE: ITS NETWORKING IN ITS MOST BASIC FORM. >> IT’S LIKE AASTE MR’S PROGRAM OF LIFE. YOU DO ONE OGPRRAM AND THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AND THEN YOU MEET OTHER PEOPLE. IT IS EMPOWERING BECAUSE TT ISHA HOW YOU MAKE THE JOB CONNECTIONS, THE FAMILY CONNECTIONS. JUE:LI JAY GIOVANNI AND HIS WIFE, MEGAN, WERE BLESSED WITH A VAN FROM CHARIOTS LAST YEAR. >> IT WAS SUPER OVERWHELMING. IT IS SU ACH BLESSING. >> GOD’S TIME IS PERFE.CT ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. >> YES. [CHEERING] JULIE: WHAT CHARIOTS 4 HOPE SEES THAT INSPIRES AS THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF THEIR CHARITY. >> HI, BUD. HOW ARE YOU? JULIE: ON ANOTHER NIGHT ON A DOWNWN OTOMAHA STREETCORNER, IT IS DINNER TIME. JAY AND MEGAN ARE PASSING OUT FREE MEALS, SERVED FROM THE BACK OF THEIR CHARIOTS VAN. >> THEIR CHARIOTS VAN. I REMEMBER BEING HERE IN MY LI.FE SOME OF THE SIN AND THINGS THAT TAKE OVER IN OUR LIVES LIKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL AND I’MOT N BRAGGING ON ANYBODY BECAUSE I’VE BEEN THERE BUT I FREA IT -- I FORGET TO FEED MYLFSE. JULIE: THEY TAKE EXTRA FOOD FROM A FOOD PANTRY AND FEED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. >> GOT HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO US AND WE PASS IT ON. HE PRODES VIEVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO IT. LIKE JAY SAID I REMEMBER WHEN I WASN’T INGBEED F SPIRITUALLY OR WORLDLY AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. JULIE: THE TWO FOUND FAITH IN THE MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AND WANT THAT FOR OTHERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING. >> I REMEMBER BEING SO BRONKE AND I WAS IN JAIL AND WAS COMING OFF OF DRUGS AND I ENDED UP PREGNANT AND FOUND OUT IN JAIL. THE LORD CAME AND FOUND ME AND SAVED HER LI.FE AND FOR SURE HERS. JULIE: NOW SOBER AND HEALTHY -- >> HOW ARE YOU DOING, BROTHER? WHAT IS YOUR NAME? JUE:LI KNOWING SOMEONE’S NAME, SHARING A HOTDOG, THE GIOVANNI’S SAY IT IS THEIR CALLING. >> IT IS THE RIPPLE EFFECT. PEOPLE NEED LOVE. THEY NEED FOOD, FOR SURE. THEY NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO CARE. JUE:LI EVEN IF IT IS JUST IN PASSING. >> TNKHA YOU, GUYS. GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. JULI LIKE EVERY NONPROFIT, CHARIOTS RELIES ON VOLUNTEERS DONATIONS TO KEEP RUNNING. ALSO CREATIVE FUNDRAISERS. ♪ THERE IS HORSEPOWER HERE. >> IT’S A DEFINITE TOYBOX FOR SURE. JULIE: THIS IS A PRIVATE MUSEUM IN OMA.HA >> THAT ONE HAS FINS. YOU LIKE FINS? >> MIND-BOGGLING -- MIND-BOGGLING TO BE HE, RE SEE FACES WHEN THEY WALK IN IS INCREDIBLE. >> THE ONLY WAY TO SEE IT IS THROUGH A CHARITY EVENT. JULIE: YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF PETER FINK. >> I COLCTLE AMERICAN MUSCLE CARS. JULIE: THIS WAS HIS FIRST CAR. >> IT IS A PONTIAC FORMULA 400 FIREBIRD. I GOT THE CAR WNHE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD. I HAVE ALWAYS ORIGINALLY OWNED IT. THIS CAR IS PROBABLY WHAT GOT ME STARTED IN THE BUSINESS I AM IN. >> IT RAN GOOD SO I STARTED DRAGRACING IT. WHEN YOU RAY SAID, YOU BREAK STUFF. THEN I HAD NO MONEY TO PAY ANYBODY TO WORK ON IT. JULIE: SO HE LEARNED TO WORK ON CARS, BECOMING A MECHANIC, BUILDING A LIFE FOR HIMSELF. >> THIS CAR IS LITERALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING FROM MY BUSINESS, MY WIFE MY FAMILY, EVERYTHING. I HAVE NEVER SOLD IT, ALWAYS OWNED IT. JULIE: TREHE ARE 120 RESTORED BEAUTIES FROM THE 1960’S AND 1970’S AND NEWER MUSCLE CARS TOO. >> I WOULD SAY I HAVE TO LIKE -- I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I LIKE OURS A LITTLE BIT. JULIE: AND KNOWING THE VALUE OF TRANSPORTATION, HE OPENED HIS MUSEUM FOR CHARIOTS 4 HOPE FOR THE FUNDRAISER. >> I JUST FINISHED THIS COUPLE MONTHS AGO. >> I BELIEVE IN GIVING BACK. JULIE: HE BELIEVES EVERYONE HAS A CAR STORY,F O THEIR FIRST CAR OR CAR THAT CAUGHT THEM THROUGH A ROUGH TIME. >> THE CHARITY WE ARE SUPPORTING IS AWESOME. EYTH ARE NOT JUST GIVING AWAY CARS, THEY ARE MAKING PELEOP EARN IT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AND TAKING CARE OF IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS. JUE:LI PEARL MILLER UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF WHES.EL HER FIRST CAR MECO FROM -- CAME FROM CHARIOTS A FEW YEARSGO A AFTER BEING PART OF ITS PROGRAM FOR SIX MONTHS. >> CHARIOTS 4 HOPE HAVE BEEN A BL ESSING FORE. M THEY ARE BLESSING ME WITH A CAR. JUE:LI BUT HER USED CAR HAS SEEN BETTERAY DS AND SHE WORKED TO ENROLL IN THE VEHICLE BUYING OGPRRAM WITH CHARIOTS. >> IT HELPS THESE RECIPIENTS AND SECURES A CAR FOR THEM. IT GIVES THEM A WARRANTY SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF REPAIRS. MOST IMPORTANT LEAGUE, IT BUILDS A TRANSPORTATION PLAN, LONG-TERM PLAN THAT WILL HELP THEM KEEP THAT CAR ON THE ROAD. SO TONIGHT, WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE A PT AROF THAT TRANSPORTATION PLAN. JUE:LI PEARL DOES NOT KNOW IT BUT HER LOW INTEREST TWO URYO CAR LOAN CAME THROUGH AND SHE WILL SOON KEMA AFFORDABLE PAYMENTS ON A NICER CAR WITH FEWER MILES. IT IS THE SKIN IN THE GAME DO NORS ESSAY HAS VALUE. >> I WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH WHAT THEY DO. THEY DO NOT JUST HAND OUT SOMETHING. IF YOU GIVE SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY, THERE VYIS RARE THAT THERE IS VALUE TO IT. JULIE: CHARIOTS WILL CHOOSE THE CLIENTS THAT USE IT. >> IT’S A BIG OWNERSHIP. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PICK THE RHTIG CANDIDATE AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE READY FOR THAT. JUE:LI ON THIS NIGHT, WHERE THE FUNDRAISING GOAL WAS $75,000 -- >> ♪EAVE HN FROM HELL ♪ JUE:LI FOR PEARL, IT IS A BIT OF HEAVEN. SHE IS INVITED TO SING WITH THE MUCALSI GUEST, AOP P COUNTRY GOSPEL SINGER AND SHE SINGS FROM THE HEART. >>♪ ONCE I WAS LOST BUT NOW I’M FOUND ♪ ♪ NOW I SEE ♪ JUE:LI WHAT SHE SEES IS ABOUT TO BLOW HER AWAY. [APPLAUSE] >> WITH YOUBLR ESSI ANDNG PEOPLE DESERVE MORE BLESSINGS. TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT YOUR CAR. [CHEERING] >> [INDISCERNIBLE] [APPLAUSE] >> WE JUST WANT TO LOVE THESE PEOPLE. JUST LOVE AND ENCOURAGE THEM AND GOD HAS GINVE US THE TOOL OF A CAR. JUE:LI CARS IN THE VEHLEIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RANGE IN VALUE AND OWNING ONE, PAYING ONE-OFF IS GOOD TO BUD AIL WOMAN’S CREDIT. THE FUNDRAISER RAISED $170,000. BUT THE PROGRAM IS MORE THAN JUST A GIFT, IT IS TRAINING TOO. TEACHING WHAT IT TAKES TO OWN YOUR OWN WELHE When your child needs neurological care, Boys Town Pediatric Neuroscience is here for you with more doctors, clinics and telemedicine, for quicker access to care and the answers you edne. Pares,nt schedule a visit today with Boys wnTo Pediatric Neuroscience ♪ JULI WELCOME BACK TO CHRONICLE, DRIVING HOPE, A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE. IMAGINE HAVI ANG CAR WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND NOT HAVING A CLUE ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF IT. CHARIO 4TS HOPE MAKES SURE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. WHEN IS A USED MINIVAN A TREASURE? WHEN IT GISVE YOU THE GIFT OF PRESENCE. >> PICKING UP YOUR KIDS FROM SCHOOL, HOW ENJOYABLE IT IS FOR THEM TO SEE YOU, JUST KNOWING MY KIDS CANNING SPEC TO SEE ME PICK EMTH UP FROM SCHOOL IS A HUGE THING. JUE:LI CHARIOTS 4 HOPE BLESSED GG RENSHAW WITH HER VEHICLE LAST YEAR. SHE WAS TRYING TO FINISH SCOLHO TO GET A JOB. FOR MONTHS, ESH WALKED. >> I WOULD WALK AN HOUR TO WORK FO R MY 12 HOUR SFTHI AND WALK ANOTHER HOUR AND 20 MINUTES JUST IN TRAFFIC WHEN I WAS DONE. JUE:LI SHE SAYS HER WHEELS CHANGED HER LIFE. >> IT’S WHEN I WAS BLESSED WITH HOPE. [LAUGHTER] JULIE: YES, SHE NAMEHED R VAN. >> WE ALWAYS NAME OUR VEHICLES, YEAH. MY KIDS DECIDEDHI TS WAS OUR HOPEND A GAVE US THE HOPE TO FINISH SCHLOO AND PUSH ONE MORE DAY CARTER. SO SHE IS HOPE. [LAUGHTER] LIE:JU THE NEW MEDICAL ASSISTANT STARTED ATTENDING CLASSES ON THE CHARIOT'’ CAMPUS. INCLUDING ONE CALLED UNDER THE HOOD, MECHANIC TODD PETERSON AS THE INSTRUCTOR. >> YOU ARE ACTUALLY LITTLE FULL. >> IF I CAN HELP THEM KNOW AUTBO THEIR CAR BEING INTO WITH THAT, I HAVE SUCCEEDED. JULIE: BAUECSE THE CARS ARE ALL USEDTO, DD SHOWS THEM HOW TO CHECK FLUIDS AND TROUBLESHOOT PROBLEMS. >> I WANTED THEM TO COME TO ME FIRST BECAUSE LIKE THIS CAR HERE, I KWNO EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VEHICLE. [LAUGHTER] I WT ANTO SEE WHAT THAT IS UP TOP HERE. JULIE: CHARIOTS HAS A CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH APPLICANT. >> CREATING TIRHE BUDGET, DRIVER’S LICENSE, PASSING A DRUG TEST, MAKING SURE THEY CAN AFFORDHE T $500 PAYMENT TOWARDS THE CAR. SO THEY ARE TAKGIN RESPONSIBILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT SHE OR HERE IS READY FOR CAR OWNEHIRSP. JULIE: YOU HEARD MICHELLE SAY $500 COST. >> IT TASKE IT TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL AS FAR AS THEM TAKING PRIDE IN THE CAR, MAINTAINING THE CAR. $500 IS LOA T OF MONEY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT IS A LOOFT MONEY TO ME, BUT TO THE MENND A WOMEN WE SERVE, IT IS SOMETIMES AN ENTIRE PAYCHECK BUT WE SEE THAT, THE RETENTION NUMBERS ARE MUCH BETTER -- THAT THE RETENTION NUMBERS ARE MUCH BETTER WHEN PEOPLE HAVE SKIN AND IT. JULIE: WHEN YOU OWN SOMETHING, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO CARE FOR IT. >> DO WANT TO WEAR GVES?LO ALL RIGHT. JUE:LI ON THISAY, D GIGIELPS H TODD ROTATOR TOWERS. SHE LEARNS WHEN YOU TAKE CARE OF THINGS, THEY LAST. >> NY ATHING IN LIFE IS AN INVESTMENT. SO BECAUSE LIKE YOU KNOW YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR ONCE A YREA TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH YOURSELF, SAME WITH VEHICLES. >> WHAT IS THAT? >> EVAPORATOR. JULIE: BECAUSEHE S ATTENDS CLASSES LIKE THIS, SHEANGS B CREDSIT FOR WARRANTIES ON EXPECTED REPAIRS FOR VAN. >> WE KNOW THIS CAR IS LONG-TERM. PRAY IT GETS THEM FOR A GOOD TWO YEARS, BUT WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? JUE:LI CHARIOT ALSO GUIDES RECIPIENTS THRGHOU PURCHASING NEW CARS AND SOME DONATE THEIR OLD CARS BACTOK THE CHARITY. IT WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT WAY. >> WE STARTED WITH BIG HEARTS AND NO BRAINS I ALWAYS SAY. [LAUGHR]TE WE WANTED TO HELP EVERYBODY AND GIVE THEM A CARND A HEY YOU GET A R,CA GREAT. WE REALIZED QUICKLY ATTH IS JUST A BAND-AID TO A LOOFT FOLKS, WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR JOURNEY, A BAND-AID TO THEIR PROBLEM. WE MADE SURE IT IS IMPORTANT THEY GO THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS. JULIE: REALLY WHAT THEY DO IS MATCHING CARS OF PEOPLE AND STAY FOR THE RIDE. >> A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING FOR TANGLEIB THINGS THAT IS TRANSFORMING, AND THEN THEY REALIZE THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THE C.AR ISTH IS ACTUALLY A COMMUNITY THAT IS HEREOR F ME AND WILL HELP ME KEEP MY CAR ON THE ROAD BUT WILL ALSOEL HP MY SPIRITUAL VEHICLE AS WELL. JULIE: THE BUSINESS OF GETTING CARS FOR THE ROAD CAN BE TOUGH. >> I GET TO COME AND VOLUNTEER. IT HAS REALLY HELPED ME. LIE:JU SO WHAT MAKES A MECHANIC WANT TO DONATE TO THE CAUSE? THE PART OF THE STORY WHEN KETV NEWSWATC7 ♪ LIE:JU CHARIOTS 4 HOPE HAS GENIV MORE THAN 40 CARS THIS YEAR. EYTH HAVE MEOR THAN 300 50 PEOPLE IN THEIR AFTERCARE PROGRAM AND VYER OFTEN, THOSE RECIPIENTS LIKE TO GIVE BK.AC [BUZZING] IN A STUYFF GARAGE, ON A WEDNESYDA NIGHT, THERE IS RESTORIOATN. JENNIFER MORENO IS RECOVERING FROM A HEAD INJURY. >> A SPEEDING CARA GIRL HITS ME, DID NOT BREAK. WENT FORWARD, HIT THE BACK OFY M HEAD LIKE YOU DO, BUT THE BRUISING WAS HERE. >> SHE IS INSPIRING, SHE IS A FIGHTER, A GO-GETTER. SHE GCIRAOUSLY GIVES AWAY HER TIME AND TALENT. SHE DOESN’T EVEN REALIZE THE GIFTS SHE GISVE AND HOW IT IS OVERFLOWING TO OTHER PEOPLE. JULIE:IM T IS 30 AND HE HAS EXPERIENCED A LIFETIME OF SETBACKS. >> EVERY DAY WE WAKE UP WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A NEW CHOICE. WH AT WILL I DO WITH MY LIFE? JUE:LI WHAT THEY HAVE BOTH DONE IS LIVE THROUGH HOMELESSSSNE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. >> I’M GRATEFUL SHE LET US BE A PART OF THEIR JOURNEY. JUE:LI THEIR MENTORS SEE SOMETHING ELSE. >> PERSEVERANCE, STRENGTH. JUE: JENNIFER IS A TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED AUTOMOTIVE TECHHO SAYS HER LOVE OF CARS FADED WITH HER CONCUSSION. >> I DIDN’T HAVE THAT FIRE. I INSTEAD HAD -- I USED TO HAVE THIS FIRE FOR AUTOMOTIVE LIKE I WANT TO DO THAT, DO THAT, ANDT I WAS NOT THERE ANYMORE. JULIE: A SIMPLE INDICATION TO SHOW UP IN THIS GARAGE STARTED CASCADE OF CHANGE. >> I GET TO COME AND WORKN O CARS, HAVE FUN. TODD IS REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELPFUL, AND' ’M GIVING BACK TO PEOPLE. CHARIOTS HAS HELPED ME. JUE:LI BACK IN HER ELEMENT. >> I LIKE IT. I LIKE THE SMELL OF GREASE. I LIKE -- CARS ARE A LOT LIKE PEOPLE, THEY HAVE PRESSURE MEMORY, TEMPERAMENTS, THEY MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME. JULIE: AND BEING HERE -- >> AND TIGHTEN IT BEFORE I EVEN PUT THEM ON. JULIE: SHE IS PUTTING HER HANDS ON CARS AGAIN AS A VOLUNTEER MECHANIC FOR CHARIOTS 4 HOPE. >> YOU GO IN A STAR PATTERN. JULIE: SHE TELLS ME IT IS LIFE-CHANGING. >> SO I GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND VOLUNTEER. AND I’M GETTING IT BACK. THAT’S NOT GO.OD JUST LIKE THE SMELL, THE SOUNDS, THE ATMOSPHERE, THE TALK, THE ENERGY, IT IS COMING BACK. LIE:JU TIM SPENDS TIME IN A SHOP TOO. >> THIS IS A SCAN TOOL THAT RUNS DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE COMPUTER AND VEHICLE. JUE:LI ANDS A VEHICLES ARE RESTORED, HE SEES CHANGE IN HIMSELF. >> JUST THE LOVE I EXPERIENCE AROUND MICHELLE AND JASON AND TODD, JUST THE WHOLE -- YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF CHARIOTS FOR PEHO IS THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF PASSION AND HEART AND SOUL. >> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF RESTORATION. SO HIM BEING DOWN HERE, GOING TO THE PROGRAM AND BEING AEBL TO LAUGH AND CRY THWI HIM WHEN HE WAS IN IT, GETTING OUOFT IS H YACHT MOVING FORWARD, TO SEE WHERE HE IS TODAY, GIVING BACK THROUGH HIS TALENTS, IT GESIV ME GOOSEBUMPS. IT BRINGS ME TO MY KNEES AND I HAVE OVERWHELMED WITH GRATITUDE. >> I LOVE HER BECAUSE CHIEF EYES UNDER THE RADAR. SHE DOE’N'T WANT TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENONTI -- SHE FLIES DEUNR THE RADAR. SHE DOES NOT WANT TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. WHEN I SEE HER THRIVING, SHE IS COMING OUT OF HER SHELL. >>MING OUT OF HER SHELL. SPIRITUALLY, I’M GETTING BETTER. EMOTIONALLY, I’M NOT ANGRY. JUE:LI JENNIFER AND TIM HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON, CHARIOT SURPRISED BOTH WITH CARS A FEW YESAR AGO, WHICH BROUGHT OTHER GTSIF. >> MORE DIGNITY, MORE SELF-ESTEEM. >> I DON’T THINK YOU CAN EVER PAY SOME BUT HE SOMETHING THEY HAVE DONE RFO YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF THEIR HEART WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN. THEY DO SOMETHING WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS, YOU CAN’T PAY TMHE BACK BECAUSE THAT’S NOT WHY THEY DID IT YOU CAN PAY THEM BACK BUT YO U CAN GET BACK IN THE SAME WAY THEY GIVE TO YOU. JUE:LI THE BALANCE, GIVING AND RECEIVING, CHARIOTS OF HOPE SAYS IT IS NO COINCIDENCE. >> WE BELIEVE THEY WERE DIVINELY PLACED INTO OUR LIVES, THEY WERE HANDPICKED FOR THIS TIME IN SEASON. THEY NEEDED THIS MINISTRY AND WE NEEDED TM,HE SO WE THINK IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP AND WAS ABSOLULYTE HANDPICKED. JUE:LI A GRASSROOTS EFFTOR BUILT THIS CAUSE, CHAMPIONED BY THE HURT FAMILY AND ROOTED IN FAITH AND SERVICE. >> BEING ABLE TO SERVE ALL KINDS OF AMAZING WOMEN, MEN AND WOMEN, REALLY I THINK THE EXAMPLE THAT WE TREASURE. JULIE: CHARITY THAT BEGAN IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN KETV NEWSWATCH 7 CHRONICLE CONTINUES. ♪ JUE:LI JASON AND MICHEELL HURT MOVED FROM NEW YORK TO OMAHA SIX YEARS AGO. HE WAS IN CORPORATE AMERICA, AN SUINRANCE EXECUTIVE. SHE WAS A STAY-AT-HOME M.OM THEY FELT A CALLING THATS I FOREVER CHANGED -- HAS FOREVER CHANGED HIS FAMILY. >> IT WAS KIND ABOUT THE TOP OF WHERE I WANTED TO BE, EXPERIENCE A LOT OF SUCCESS BUT I WAS JUST EMPTY. SO FOR US, THIS IS FAITH-BASED ALL ABOUT OUR FAITH AND I WAS GROWING CLOSER IN MY FAITH, MY FAITH WAS GETTINGTR SONGER. I FELT GOD WANTED US TO PURSUE A DIFFERENT ROUTE. JULIE: THAT ROAD LED TO OMAHA. WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THE NONPROFIT SIX YEARS AGO, THE HURT FILYAM DETAILED DONATED RSCA IN THE DRIVEWAY AT HOME. >> IT IS WITH FILLING TO WAKE UP AND DO WHAT YOU ARE CALLED TO DO AND WHAT YOU LOVEO T DO AND SERVE OTHERS WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND. I COULD NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE. >> HE’S OBVIOUSLY MY AMAZING HUSBAND AND WE GET TO WALK THIS MISSION OUT TOGETHER. WE ARE GOING ON 23 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. JUE:LI IT IS A PARTNERSHIP THEY HAVE STEERED TOGETHER WITH MICHELLE GUIDING MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS WORK AND JASON LEADING ON HIS CORPORATE EXPERIENCE -- LEANING ON HIS CORPORATE EXPERIENCE. >> IT IS A BUSINESS, A CORPORATION, SO I LOVEIS H BUSINESS SENSE AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WAY. AND JUST THE WAY THAT HE LOVES THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. I JUST NEVER THOUGHTE W WOULD GIVEN ISTH OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY LOVE PEOPLE THAT WHETHER THEY ARE BROKEN OR NOT BROKEN BUT LOVE PEOPLE THAT WE YMA HAVE NEVER CROSSED PATHS WITH. JUE:LI THOSE PATHS TOUCHING THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL. GAVIN AND RILEY SAY THEY HAVE WIESTNSED CHANGE. >> I THINK IT’S A OLCO THING. AND TO SEE MY PARENTS NOT ONLY GROW IN THE MINISTRY BUT AS PEOPLE IS REALLY COOL. JULIE: JASON SAID HE IS GUIDED BY A CLEAR GOAL. >> FORE, M IT IS BEING OBEDIENT TO NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVED TBU TO MY GOD, MY WIFE, MY FAMY.IL JULIE: AND THIS WORK GIVES THEM MORE FAMILY TIME. >> IT IS FAMILY ORIENTED ALL THE WAY AROUND. THE MINISTRY ITSELF IS. IT IS COOL TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT. JULIE: AND PART OF A LEGACY TTHA GOES FAR BEYOND A SET OF WHEELS. >> WE VALUE AND TREASURE DIVERSITY. GOD HAS MADE US ALL UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT, AND TO LOVE PEOPLE EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE. JULIE:HE TY SAY LIFE IS IN THE DETAILS. >> BEING ABLE TO SERVE ALL KINDS OF AMAZING MEN AND WOMEN, REALLY I THINK THE EXAMPLE THAT WE TREASURE EVERY DAY THAT WE ARE PASSING ON TO OUR KIDS IS BEING LEAB TO SERVE UNCONDITIONALLY AND LOVE UNCONDITIONLYAL. >> I’M STJU HUMBLED, BOTH OF US HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SERVE SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE. ♪ >> SURPRE.IS [APPLAUSE] JUE:LIND A THAT SERVICE TRANSFORMS LIVES. A YOUNG MOM AND HER VEHICLE FOR CHANGE WHEN KETV NEWSWATCH 7 RO JUE:LI THEY AREAK TING THE AFTERNOON TO GIVE BACK. VOLUNTEERS FROM PENN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION WILL DETAIL CARS GIVEN AWAY THROUGH CHARIOTS 4 HOPE, VEHICLES GIVEN TO PEOPLE LIKE ALEXIS DELONG, A YOUNG MOM GETTING RIDES TO WORK EVERY DAY UNTIL NOW. ♪ THE SURPRISE ELEMENT, IT NEVER GETS OLD. >> WHEN YOUEE S LIKE 10 SECONDS OF THIS UNDERLYING SHOCK AND SURPRISE, ALL OF IT PAYS OFF. LIE:JU THIS GROUP IS SURPRISING ALEXIS DELONG AT WORK. >>EXIS DELONG AT WORK. SURPRISE. >> THIS IS YOUR HARD WORK, GHETTO. THIS IS NOT ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE. YOU WORKED, YOU DID THE WORK. JULIE: THE 20-YEAR-OLD NEW MOM IS TAKING ITLL A IN, NEVER MISSING WORK AT DAYRE, CAEVEN WITHOUT A CAR. >> THIS YOUNG WANOM WAS DROPPED OFF EVERYDAY BY FAMILY, SPOUSES, IN-LAWS, AUNTS, UNCLES. IT REALLY TAK AES VILLAGE. WATCHING HER, YOSEEU IT AND IT BECOMES HSOARD AND THEY WANT TO GIVE UP. THIS YOUNG WOMAN NEVER GAVE UP. [CAR STARTING] >> YAT. -- YAY. JULIE: THERE ARE TEARS OF JOY AND RELIEF. >> NEW TIRES, NEW BRAKES, NEW WINDSHIELD AND READY TO GO. >>NDSHIELD AND READY TO GO. YOU SHOW THE GRITF O GETTING A JOB, MAKING SURE IT WAS SECURE, AND BEING RESPONSIBLE, SO YOU ARE A TRUE LEADER FOR A LOT OF WOMEN WATCHING YOU. >> WE KNOW Y HAVOUE BEEN PATIENT, YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AN DONE EVERYTHING WE ASKED YOU. >> YOU HAVE ALWAYS SET YOURSELF UP, ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU WERE GOING TO GET TO WORK AND AFTERCARE AND CLASSES. WITHOUT YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, THIS MOMENT WOULD NOT HAPPEN. LIE:JU A MOMENT MADE POSSIBLE BY PARTNERSHIPS, TRUST, AND FAITH. >> YOU HAVE TO THANK YOURSELF AND THANKING GOD FOR BLESSING YOU TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACES. JUE:LI IT’S A BLESSING TOPPED OFF WITHRA GTITUDE. >> GETTING THIS BLSINGES IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. I WOULD NOT BE HERE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT ANY OF YOU. JU LIE: SHE IS TRULY GRATEFUL. CHARIOTS 4 HOPE WILL TAKE CARS IN ANY CONDITION AND PUT THEM TO GOOD USE. CONTTAC THEM BY GOING TO CHARIOTS4HOPE.COM. I AM JULIE CORNELL. THKAN YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS JOURNEY THROUGH A NONPROFIT DOING GOOD WORK. ♪ [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONG ININSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG