PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (August 13, 2025) – On Tuesday, August 12, a deserving Sacramento mother received a life-changing gift — the donation of a beautifully refurbished vehicle to enable her to get to work and care for her family. The presentation was made possible by the NABC Recycled Rides® program, car donor Allstate, and repair partner Fabian’s Collision, an I-CAR Gold Class shop.
The presentation took place at the Fabian’s Collision location in Stockton, CA, with a crowd of Allstate employees, Fabian’s Collision team members, and other partners in attendance. Allstate donated the vehicle for the event, and the team at Fabian’s Collision of Stockton, CA, refurbished it.
“Thank you to Olive for allowing us to be part of such a special moment with you and your family,” said Anthony Correa, Auto Claim Service Leader at Allstate. “It was an honor to support you, and we hope the experience has brought a lot of joy and comfort your way. Thanks for the partnership with the National Auto Body Council and Fabian’s Collision to make this happen.”
Olive Arnold, who was presented a 2017 Mazda CX-5, is an extraordinary woman who has shown remarkable strength and dedication in every aspect of her life. As a hardworking mother of two, she runs her own cleaning service that requires her to do a lot of driving. Unfortunately, she was driving a vehicle that was over 20 years old and increasingly unreliable, causing stress and uncertainty in her daily life and threatening the source of her income. Despite the urging of her mechanic to purchase a newer vehicle, Olive has had to continue driving it due to limited funds. Parts have been hard to come by and the heater no longer works. She was nominated by United Way California Capital Region.
“This vehicle will make our lives easier, knowing that we have reliable transportation,” said Arnold. “For work, school, church…we can turn the heater or air conditioner on and know it will work. We are so excited about the car that we are planning a road trip. Thanks to God, the United Way, and the NABC Recycled Rides® Program, we have a beautiful, gifted, reliable vehicle.”
Allstate, a Level One partner of the National Auto Body Council®, has donated many vehicles to people and organizations through NABC Recycled Rides, making it one of the largest car donor partners of NABC Recycled Rides.
NABC Recycled Rides® is a unique program in which businesses representing all facets of the collision repair industry team up to repair and donate vehicles to individuals and families in need of reliable transportation. Since the inception of the NABC Recycled Rides® program in 2007, members of the National Auto Body Council® have donated more than 3,500 vehicles valued at $51 million.
Additional partners in this presentation include Pacific Rims, Advanced Remarketing Services, Enterprise, Cars for Charity and Copart.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL AUTO BODY COUNCIL®
The National Auto Body Council® is the premier organization of collision industry partners dedicated to strategic networking opportunities that positively change lives in the communities we serve. The collaborative membership of the National Auto Body Council® has gifted more than 3,500 vehicles and provided extrication training opportunities for some 6,000 first responders in communities around the country through NABC Recycled Rides®, NABC First Responder Emergency Extrication (F.R.E.E.™) and the NABC® Community Impact program. That effort equates to a 4:1 ROI in dollar value delivered from NABC® membership dollars.
The NABC Changing and Saving Lives Foundation, a 501c3 organization, is committed to the goal of driving change for veterans, military members, first responders and families in need, while harnessing the power of the collective membership of the collision repair industry to positively impact communities where we live and work. As demand for NABC® programs like NABC Recycled Rides® and NABC F.R.E.E.™ grows, so do the needs for resources to manage these important programs. Being able to pursue grants, gifts and donations allows NABC to expand these programs to serve those in need and help communities where we live and work. For more information, visit www.NationalautoBodyCouncil.org.