For years, Stockton resident Olive Arnold has been doing the impossible — running a small business, raising two daughters, and keeping an unreliable 2001 Mercury Sable on the road.
The car, critical to her housecleaning service Heavenly Help Housecleaning, has no working heater, lacks readily available parts, and has become increasingly unreliable. Despite this, Olive has managed the daily demands of getting to clients, transporting her daughters to school, church, medical appointments, and after-school programs — never certain her car would make the trip.
Since 2022, business setbacks and the loss of clients have made saving for a replacement vehicle impossible. Every unexpected repair has been another blow to her already stretched resources. For Olive, a dependable vehicle isn’t a luxury — it’s the difference between keeping her business alive and risking everything she’s worked for…