WOONSOCKET – Local veterans in need of transportation can now apply for this year’s Veteran Car Giveaway, a collaboration between Henri’s Auto Repair in Woonsocket and New Englanders Helping Our Veterans (NEHOV).

Now in its seventh year, the effort has grown from a single car given away in 2019 to as many as six this year, all donated by community members and refurbished by Henri’s Auto Repair before being given away to veterans in need.

“All of these people could have very easily traded those cars in for new ones,” Bill Gately, co-owner of Henri’s Auto Repair, told The Breeze . “But instead of getting the measly $1,000 or $1,500, they’d rather see it be used by a veteran that’s in need.”

Gately said every vehicle that comes through his shop is inspected, repaired, and made ready for

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