High schoolers in Mineral, Virginia, are helping their community in a creative way. Students in the automotive technology program at Louisa County High School have been fixing old cars and gifting them to single moms. The teens spend months refurbishing each car, from repairing the brakes to changing the oil and testing cooling systems. Then, after a safety inspection by a mechanic, they present the car to its new owner. The students partner with local nonprofit Giving Words, which has donated more than 60 cars to single moms in the past eight years. Having a vehicle can make a huge difference to a single parent, enabling them to get to work, take classes, and support their families. Student Holden Pekary, 16, recalls a recent ceremony in which a single mother received her new car: “She had a baby in her hand. We all started to clap and she started to cry. . . . It was rewarding.”