came to Middleton a year earlier during a food drive he'd organized. Many of those who'd lined up for a meal walked up to four miles to get there because they didn't have cars.
Cars are a lifeline in this part of South Carolina, Middleton told CBS."There's no public transportation,no Ubers, no taxis" to take people to job interviews, doctor appointments,even food shopping. So he posted on Facebook an offer to trade slabs of his restaurant's specialty, barbecued ribs,for broken-down vehicles. Since then,friends and strangers have dropped of more than 100 cars in various states of disrepair. Many sit in Middleton's yard waiting to be patched up and donated, usually to those he's heard about through word of mouth. It's a list of names that grows daily.
"People think Eliot is an angel,"Mayor McClary told the Washington Post."And I do too." R |
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