Hey y'all! I'm here on your screen today on behalf of my young friend, Mads. I met him in community band and he's one of the scrappier 20-somethings I've ever met. He and I (and some other family members) have been helping him try to piece together some stability after many years of barely scraping by, with no family to help him out. Things were looking up - this summer he got his car paid off and he was hunting for a decent full-time gig - when he got GOTTEN by the dreadful Spaghetti Junction and its daylight-savings traffic. Thankfully he and the other driver were relatively unharmed (ALL those airbags went off) but the Corolla...she's gone, along with Mads' "What Would Dolly Do?" bumper sticker.

Now we're in a time crunch to get this boy back on some wheels so he can get back to job hunting. Anything you can spare is appreciated more than you know, and I promise you'll get an old-fashioned thank you note IN THE MAIL for your donation.