LOS ANGELES - The gift of a vehicle is helping small businesses in Altadena get on the road to recovery.

The nonprofit ‘The Change Reaction’ partnered with Galpin Ford to donate cars, vans and trucks to families devastated by the Eaton Fire .

The small business owners who received a vehicle took part in a celebration at the Grocery Outlet on Lake Avenue in Altadena on Saturday.

What they're saying:

"We also really just wanted to have a celebration. This whole event was to celebrate the road to recovery and giving back hope and joy in a time when there's so much sorrow," said Kandice Horton-Gomez, a project manager with The Change Reaction.

The Linares family received a work van for their landscaping business.

"With Change Reaction and Galpin Ford and everyone else in the commun

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