NABC® Members GEICO and Crash Champions Donate Beautifully Refurbished Vehicles to Two Miami-area Women in Need through the NABC Recycled Rides® Program

The NABC Recycled Rides® Presentation Took Place Recently in West Palm Beach, Florida.

MEDIA NOTE: Photos from the NABC Recycled Rides® presentation are available HERE.

PORT CHARLOTTE, FL  (March 19, 2025) – On March 12, two women who take care of family members with special needs received life-changing gifts—fully refurbished vehicles to provide them with transportation to see to the medical and daily living needs of their families—thanks to the National Auto Body Council Recycle Rides® program along with insurance partner GEICO and collision repair partner Crash Champions,  an I-CAR Gold Certified repair facility.

The presentations took place at the West Palm Beach Crash Champions Congress location, where the technicians worked for weeks to get the vehicles ready for their new owners.

Ana Padilla is responsible for caring for two disabled family members. She is their only caregiver, and she needs to take them to numerous doctor appointments, therapy sessions, and other activities that require transportation. The car she had was totaled, leaving her relying on friends or rideshares for these important trips. With this  donated vehicle, a 2018 Toyota RAV4, Padilla will be able once again to meet the family’s daily needs. Padilla was nominated for NABC Recycled Rides® by the ARC of South Florida.

Tashikki Cime, will benefit from the gift of reliable transportation because she resides where she must use public transit to get to work almost 30 miles away. She has no vehicle to take her son to important medical appointments for his special needs. Cime is a very dedicated employee and loving mother who has potential for great success with a little help, such as this reliable vehicle, a 2020 Honda Accord, according to her nominator at the Achievement Centers for Children and Families.

Cime was exuberant at receiving the NABC Recycled Rides® vehicle: “I extend my sincerest gratitude, which far exceeds expectations, and I am deeply thankful for your kindness in blessing my son and me once again. God is indeed good, and I thank you, as well as all those whose efforts contributed to this blessing.”

GEICO is the largest donor of vehicles to the NABC Recycled Rides® program, having donated more than 1000 vehicles since 2007.

Crash Champions, which has grown to more than 650 locations in just ten years of operation, has refurbished nearly 250 vehicles that were donated to charities and people in need, many of which were in South Florida.

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 some $51 million.

Additional partners in the NABC Recycled Rides® presentation included Adas Calibration, Advanced Remarketing Services, Cars for Charity, Enterprise 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 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.