Mom's story inspires reader to get her much-needed van - Lansing State Journal
Garn was driving a rusty, 15-year-old van with 200,000 miles on it when her son entered her into a contest to win a new van. They didn't win but Kolassa, from Battle Creek, saw the story and was took it upon himself to arrange for her to get a 2014 Chrysler Town and Country wheelchair accessible van. Michelle Garn smiles and starts to cry as she watches Tom Kolassa drive up with her new van Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at her home in Potterville. Garn was driving a rusty, 15-year-old van with 200,000 miles on it when her son entered her into a contest to win a new van. They didn't win but Kolassa, from Battle Creek, saw the story and was took it upon himself to arrange for her to get a 2014 Chrysler Town and Country wheelchair accessible van. Garn was driving a rusty, 15-year-old van with 200,000 miles on it when her son entered her into a contest to win a new van. They didn't win but Kolassa, from Battle Creek, saw the story and was took it upon himself to arrange for her to get a 2014 Chrysler Town and Country wheelchair accessible van. Michelle Garn, her daughter Robin, 13, and son Brendan, 17, get a first look at the inside their new Tuesday, August 11, 2015, after delivery of a new van from Tom Kolassa. Source: www.lansingstatejournal.com
