Ascension in the News

5/14/2023

A few members of Ascension attended a very special and heartwarming event where they met the recipient of the Good News Garage's Mother's Day car for which Ascension through the Dreibelbis Fund contributed the repairs.

 

It was such a pleasure to meet Tanye Tenney, a single mother, and her five-year-old daughter (her son wanted to skip school for the event but she said no!) and hear how having the car will make such a difference in their lives. Tanye plans to resume her career as a mobile pet groomer--now that she has wheels! As she said, this will also allow her to give back to the community by helping those who are housebound and others without transportation to take care of their pets.

 

From Tom Kupfer, Good News Garage's Marketing Director, we learned that the car--an adorable, bright red Suzuki with great gas mileage--would have been too expensive for them to repair without our help. Definitely a win-win!

 

Two TV channels--WPTZ Channel 5 and WVNY Channel 22--attended the event, and both did excellent features on the news that same evening. Bill did an excellent job representing Ascension for which we thank him and especially for coming up with the idea to begin with!

Slightly truncated versions of the story were published online; the video of the WVNY story is also available if you scroll to the very bottom of the page:

 

WPTZ: Local Mom Gets an Early Mother's Day Surprise Thanks to Burlington Nonprofit

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/local-mom-gets-an-early-mothers-day-surprise-thanks-to-burlington-nonprofit/43879085

 

WVNY: Local Mother Receives a Very Special Mother's Day Gift:

https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/woman-receives-a-very-special-mothers-day-gift/

 

This was truly a special day for the Social Action Committee! Beth and Doug are smiling down at us!!