NABC® Members Travelers and Caliber Collision Change a U.S. Army Veteran’s Life with the Donation of a Refurbished Vehicle through the NABC Recycled Rides® Program

The NABC Recycled Rides® Presentation Took Place Recently in Houston, Texas.

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

PORT CHARLOTTE, FL  (March 3, 2025) – On Friday, February 28, a decorated veteran of the U.S. Navy experienced a life-changing event – the presentation of a vehicle to give her the ability to get to and from work, take care of her four children and be active in her community – thanks to the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides® program along with car donor Travelers and collision repair partner Caliber Collision. The presentation took place at the I-CAR National Conference in Houston.

NABC®, Caliber and Travelers presented a beautifully refurbished 2021 Chevy Trailblazer to Clydesley Shepherd, a U.S. Navy veteran and single mother with four children. The gift of this vehicle is already making a huge difference in the lives of this veteran and her family. She had been depending on expensive rideshares for work, appointments, shopping and her children’s events. Shepherd now looks forward to spending more time with her children, becoming more involved in the community, and taking an active role again in her church.  Most of all, the NABC Recycled Rides® vehicle is contributing to creating a stable life for the Shepherd family.

I-CAR, the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, works closely with NABC® on training and other resources for the automotive repair industry. 

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 Advanced Remarketing Services, Cars for Charity, Copart, and Enterprise.

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.