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Fox Valley Technical College’s Vehicle Refinishing & Repair Technology Students Donate Refurbished Car

Students in the Fox Valley Technical College’s Vehicle Refinishing & Repair Technology program in Appleton, WI, recently donated a vehicle they had refurbished to a student in need. All the need parts for the vehicle were donated by local businesses. The students in the program put in between 100 and 150 volunteer hours on the project. The following article as it appeared on the Postcrescent.com website.

Fox Valley Technical College’s Vehicle Refinishing & Repair Technology Students Donate Refurbished Car
 
Students in the Fox Valley Technical College’s Vehicle Refinishing & Repair Technology program in Appleton, WI, recently donated a vehicle they had refurbished to a student in need. All the need parts for the vehicle were donated by local businesses. The students in the program put in between 100 and 150 volunteer hours on the project.
 
Below is the article as it appeared on the Postcrescent.com website.
 
Ellington man uses donated car to volunteer (Click here)
 
May 11, 2012
By Cheryl Anderson
Post-Crescent West
 
ELLINGTON — Michael Miller, who was born with spina bifida, is a whiz in his wheelchair, and now he has another set of wheels to keep him going full speed ahead.

The 21-year-old, who broke the world record in 2009 for the longest wheelie in a wheelchair 10.016 miles recently received the gift of a refurbished 2000 Chrysler Concord from Fox Valley Technical College, where he is working toward an associate degree in marketing.

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