Wes and Anna-Lisa Barrier founded Revive the Drive, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that repairs donated vehicles and gives them to families in need.

Their mission began with a simple idea that turned into something much bigger.

"Wes found a car on Craigslist. We drove up to Fredericksburg and towed it away and really fell in love with the family that we were buying it from. It was actually their only car. The mom was really struggling with letting it go, but she didn't have the funds to fix it," Anna-Lisa said.

Using his own money, Wes replaced the transmission, rebuilt the engine, and repaired the suspension and brakes. When a potential donor family at their church, Hill City Church, fell through, they remembered the original owner.

"We ended up calling her up and telling her we wanted to give

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