JOPLIN, Mo. — With tears in her eyes and a wave, Brittney Perrin drove off in her new 2008 Nissan sedan from the parking lot of Higher Power Garage.
The vehicle was one of nine provided to nine families through the organization’s Barriers to Work Low-Cost Vehicle Program on Wednesday. Higher Power Garage staff watched as one by one the vehicles left the lot.
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