On this episode (#23), we learn a little more about Kansas City's "Car Santa", Terry Franz. After buying a small used car dealership, Terry was looking for a creative way to advertise the business. So he decided to partner with the Randy Miller Morning Show on KBEQ Q104 to give away free cars at Christmas. That year, there had been a lot of people looking to purchase a car to only be turned down by credit companies because they were out of work due to medical emergencies, family issues or other circumstances in life. That year around Christmas time, they gave away 6 cars to families that in the past had been denied. A few years later, Terry got out of car business and started Cars 4 Christmas full time, earning him the nickname “Car Santa.” As time would go on, he saw the need in Kansas City increasing more and more and that is where Cars 4 Heroes came from. Now, Car Santa gives away over 300 cars a year just in the Kansas City metro alone. However he has stories about giving away cars in Wichita, KS; Columbia, MO; Omaha, NE; Portland, OR, Los Angelas, CA and now they are working on a division in Tampa, FL. Terry has many stories about how this whole venture began. He also shares a very special story about one of his recipients, bi-lateral above knee amputee, Mandy Horvath. Terry has given away cares with the help of Larry The Cable Guy, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley and many others. My co-host, Jillian Gregg also works for Cars 4 Heroes and joins Terry every Monday morning on Kansas City's Classic Rock Station, 101 The Fox with Slacker, where they give away a car each week. It's remarkable to hear a story of an aspiring entrepreneur, whose life is suddenly changed by accident by doing charity to promote his business. Now, it's his mission to do that charity for the rest of his life, as he's done for the last 27 years. Welcome to the story of Kansas City's "Car Santa".
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