Presentation Took Place September 3 at the Caliber Collision in Harbor City, CA
Photos and Video from the Presentation Available Here
PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (September 5, 2025) – On Wednesday, September 5, a deserving Orange County veteran received a life-changing gift — the donation of a beautifully refurbished vehicle as he continues his transition from military life and cares for his daughters. The presentation was made possible by the NABC Recycled Rides® program, car donor GEICO, and repair partner Caliber Collision.
The presentation took place at the Caliber Collision location in Harbor City, CA, with a crowd of GEICO employees, Caliber Collision team members and other partners in attendance. GEICO donated the vehicle for the event, and the team at Caliber Collision of Harbor City, CA, beautifully refurbished it.
Christopher Tucker, who was presented a 2018 Honda CR-V EX, is a United States Army veteran working hard to improve his life. As he takes care of his daughters, he also continues to look for ways to give back to his veteran brothers and sisters. Tucker has worked hard to reach a place of stability in his life, including working as an apprentice at a local HVAC company. Unfortunately, he has struggled with missing work due to an unreliable vehicle. Tucker’s vehicle frequently breaks down and leaves him stranded. He has been using about half of his income to rent vehicles due to the unreliability of his own transportation. Tucker was nominated for the NABC Recycled RidesÒ program by the Wounded Warrior Project, the nation’s leading veteran’s service organization, dedicated to the total well-being of post 9/11 wounded, ill or injured veterans and their families.
“I’m elated, I’m not used to this amount of support from the community,” said Tucker. “The technicians donated their time, their money and their efforts to give me a reliable vehicle to get to and from work and to and from my daughter in San Diego. It’s been a dream of mine to work with veterans and now I will have the ability to do so”
GEICO, a Level One partner of the National Auto Body Council®, has donated more than a thousand vehicles to people and organizations through NABC Recycled Rides, making it the largest car donor partner of NABC Recycled Rides.
Caliber Collision, also a Level One partner, has donated more than 600 vehicles to military service members, veterans and other individuals in need of reliable transportation over the last 12 years. All Caliber locations are I-CAR Gold Certified repair facilities.
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: Copart, Enterprise, Advanced Remarketing Services, Cars for Charity
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® and NABC First Responder Emergency Extrication (F.R.E.E.™). 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.