The Brief
- A Tampa-area man who has overcome addiction has received a refurbished 2020 Kia Sportage.
- The donation wouldn’t have been possible without the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides program and with help from GEICO and Gelber Collison and glass.
- The new car will help him get to work, go to school, and care for his aging mother.
ODESSA, Fla. – For more than seven years, Justin Pisklo has pedaled his bicycle through the Florida heat and storms just to get to work and or help others in his community. But today, he is putting those long rides behind him thanks to a life-changing gift.
The backstory:
Pisklo was handed keys to a refurbished 2020 Kia Sportage through the National Auto Body Council’s Recycled ® program. The car was donated by GEICO and restored by technicians at Gerber Collision & Glass in their new location in Odessa. …