by invisibleengines | Jan 29, 2025 | News
By Angeline Schwab. Five years ago, Rachel Brock was struggling. She was a patient at the Mary Benson House, an Asheville alcohol and drug treatment program for parenting and pregnant women, where she was raising an infant son. “I was a single mother then and my son...
by invisibleengines | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Having hit rock bottom after the loss of her unborn son, Buncombe County resident Kelly Portch was climbing her way back from drug addiction and multiple incarcerations when the global COVID-19 pandemic reared its head and knocked her down again. Like a lot of people...
by invisibleengines | Mar 29, 2024 | News
For Brittney Schuit, a used Honda Pilot was more than just a way to and from a job. It was also a vehicle for the once-homeless mother to obtain housing and regain custody of her twin sons. Working Wheels, a Buncombe county non-profit, sold Schuitt the car at a...
by invisibleengines | Mar 29, 2024 | News
Working Wheels has received a $50,000 grant from the State of North Carolina as one of the nonprofit grants approved in the 2023-24 State Budget thanks to the advocacy of Senator Warren Daniel, who represents Buncombe, Burke and McDowell Counties in the NC...
by workingwheels | Feb 18, 2024 | News
By Bill Graham Shuvonda Harper is a social justice doula. A voice for the voiceless, she spends long days in support of her community. Her work with the Asheville Housing Authority, the YMI Cultural Center, and the Center for Participatory Change is all in an effort...
by workingwheels | Sep 20, 2023 | News
Did you know that access to a reliable car is strongly correlated with better health outcomes? Working Wheels is excited to share that we have teamed up with Impact Health to expand our Vehicle Repair Program to be able to provide repairs to qualified Medicaid...
