{"id":12285,"date":"2019-09-11T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=274831"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:08","slug":"couple-buys-customized-suv-to-give-free-rides-to-critically-ill-children-and-wounded-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/couple-buys-customized-suv-to-give-free-rides-to-critically-ill-children-and-wounded-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple Buys Customized SUV To Give Free Rides To Critically Ill Children And Wounded Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple in Pennsylvania is using their vehicle to care for and inspire our veterans and sick children.<\/span>Steve and Pamela Barry customized their Chevy Equinox with American flags, faces of veterans, and children. It\u2019s covered in detailed art representing branches of the military and superheroes alike.<\/span>This SUV, however, is not for them. The couple decked out this vehicle to give free rides to children and veterans in Adams County, Pennsylvania.<\/span>\u201cSteve had this idea and said, \u2018I want to help people,\u2019\u201d Pamela said. \u201cMy idea was the flags down the side of the car, and I wanted them battered and worn and dirty because these kids are fighting for their lives. Our soldiers are fighting for us.\u201d<\/span>The pair bought the SUV with their own money, with plans to give rides to and from doctor\u2019s appointments to critically ill children and veterans who\u2019ve been wounded.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Fox 43<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cLosing their cars because of medication and bills, stuff like that, so they have no ways to get their kids to treatment,\u201d said Steve.<\/span>Todd Kint and Keidesigns designed the vehicle for them.<\/span>\u201cI\u2019m one of the type of guys who likes to pay it forward, and what they are doing I was like, \u2018I want do to that,\u2019\u201d said Keidesigns.<\/span>\u201cMy friend\u2019s daughter that\u2019s on the back of the car. He\u2019s a veteran. My grandfather is a veteran; he\u2019s on the hood of the car. And it\u2019s just something I wanted to do to help,\u201d said Todd.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Fox 43<\/span>The design and execution took two months, but Steve and Pamela wouldn\u2019t do anything about it differently.<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s what you do. We\u2019re blessed,\u201d smiled Pamela.<\/span>Watch the video to hear more of this story, including why the Barrys chose an Equinox for these special rides.<\/span>Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple in Pennsylvania is using their vehicle to care for and inspire our veterans and sick children.Steve and Pamela Barry customized their Chevy Equinox with American flags, faces of veterans, and children. It\u2019s covered in detailed art representing branches of the military and superheroes alike.This SUV, however, is not for them. The couple decked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45747,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12285\/revisions\/45747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}