A custom truck built by a team of automotive and creative experts in North East has helped raise thousands of dollars for a charitable cause, earning national attention during a star-studded weekend in Tennessee.
The truck, a fully customized 1979 K-30 Crew Cab Chevrolet, was built by the team at NFI Empire on West Main Street in North East and auctioned during country music superstar Luke Bryan’s Red Bird Games fundraising event.
The winning bid brought in $275,000, with all proceeds benefiting the Brett Boyer Foundation, an organization created to honor Bryan’s late infant niece, Sadie Brett Boyer. Funds raised through the foundation support congenital heart disease and Down syndrome research and awareness efforts.
“The Brett Boyer Foundation really tugs at our heartstrings, a lot. It’s a fantastic organization. They need awareness.” NFI Empire Ceo, Justin Fried says, “What it is, is The Brett Boyer Foundation is named after Sadie Brett Boyer. She lived seven months with congenital heart disease. She didn’t have a lot of options because at that time, there wasn’t a lot of research at the time.”…