The Car Clinic

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The Car Clinic

Non-profit organization in the Twin Cities assisting single parents, seniors, veterans, homeless & families in need with vehicle maintenance & repairs.

Vehicle maintenance and repair for those in financial need.

07/22/2025

Another great Car Clinic, weather was great plus we did more repairs than we planned

05/13/2025

After 2 years one of my distant neighbors Terry Bohn messaged me to say they found our sign in his ditch line/woods that was stolen during a Car Clinic, I’m so grateful to have it back, thanks Terry

04/22/2025

We are now 6 weeks away from our yearly single Mom‘s retreat where a team of approximately 115 people give up their weekend to bless the single moms, we take approximately 120 cars and in two days every car gets vacuumed and the windows get washed and the interior gets wiped down and lightbulbs and fluids and belts are checked, There’s also a team that cooks food for everyone all weekend and then there is 2 repair shops that jack up every car and look for issues and once we find issues we do the repair at no cost to the single moms, we raise money all year to give them this blessing. This awesome event has been going on for 14 years, please consider Donating to this great cause, your donation will be tax deductible and will change the single Mom‘s Lives, thank you in advance.

If you want to donate towards the parts & supplies for the car repairs at the annual Single Mom's Retreat (SMR), please go to www.thecarclinic.org or https://www.venmo.com/u/TheCarClinicMN

Be sure to note SMR in the donation comment.

Our goal is $30,000 this year. We are short just over $24,000 right now. The event is just 45 days out.

03/09/2025

Well, praise the Lord today is our 20 year anniversary of the Car Clinic, we are so grateful for our volunteers that help fix all of the cars and our kitchen help that feed all of the customers and the mechanics, we have probably helped close to 1400 families in the 20 years we have been in business, we are grateful for everyone support And love to serve and love on everyone, God gets all the credit as this is his ministry, thank you for all of your support over the years.

02/09/2025

Hello everyone
Haven’t posted in a while but Saturday we had another successful Car Clinic despite 6 inches of snow, we only had two customers cancel but still got 6 cars fixed, we finished the day off at 4:30 PM which is early for us and we are grateful as most car clinics run very late.

We appreciate our volunteer so much, They are so faithful and work so hard, we could not do what we do without the entire team including the kitchen help that feeds everyone monthly, I don’t know where the time has gone, but next month it will be our 20 year anniversary for The Car Clinic, it has been quite a ride watching the Lord provide for us all of these years, my dream is still to turn this Ministry into a Monday through Friday full-time operating shop as we have outgrown our current location and for the last year and a half we have been booked out six months, I continue to wait on the Lord to provide the finances to make that happen, we ask that you all join us in prayer that the Lord will provide another location, including finances in his timing, thanks.

03/19/2024

We are looking for folks to support this great Ministry, many of you know that Michelle and I have been doing the Car Clinic car repair ministry now for 19 years, one Saturday a month out of our home we fix cars for free labor for those that are in need plus they all get breakfast or lunch depending on what time they are at their appointment, over the last 19 years I would guess we have help close to 1600 families, we have also been involved for the last 7 years in a yearly Single Moms Retreat where for two days straight while the single moms are doing their retreat and being pampered and get a chance to get away from every day life we give all of their cars a full inspection and fix any worn parts on the vehicle including new tires to full suspension depending on the time and the finances available, we raise money all year for this so 100% of the parts installed are paid for and the single mom’s can relax knowing the car is safe.

Last year we processed 120 cars and were able to repair 53 cars, installed 41 brand new tires and a ton of brand new parts including struts, shocks, ball joints, tie, rods, radiators, wheel bearings etc. Last year Michelle and I was given the leadership to take over this retreat and it is a lot of work organizing it but it is such a blessing to work with such great volunteers and to bless these single moms, please consider donating financially for a tax donation or volunteering as we need so many volunteers to pull this off, we need mechanics, Vacuum volunteers as every car gets vacuumed, lightbulb and fluid checkers, people to move cars from station to station plus more, any questions please reach out to me otherwise thank you for your consideration and support. Please note we are running all of the funds through the Car Clinic so everyone can get a tax donation plus there’s three different ways to give. Please check out the flyer. The dates are May 31st and Saturday June 1st.Tim & Michelle

02/07/2024

We could use 1-2 mechanics for this Saturday’s Car Clinic if anyone is available

12/09/2023

Preparing for the last Car Clinic of 2023.... Here's the menu, and a reminder to love one another.... 💕

~ Michelle

11/13/2023

Arthur who helps out at The Car Clinic did a time lapse of Saturdays Car Clinic for us, kind of fun, 8am to 8pm, long day but worth it.

11/12/2023

Another great Car Clinic, and six more cars fixed

11/07/2023

Hey everyone, this is Michelle. Looking to see if anyone is interested in helping out this Saturday on the Hospitality team? Cooking food, serving food, visiting with clients, etc.

Ideally be to our home by 730am/8am at the latest. Generally we try to be done around 530/630pm. Depends on the day and the cars. The volunteer mechanics will sometimes stay later to finish out a car or two. I posted on our Volunteer page too. 😀

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Elk River, MN

Website

http://www.thecarclinic.org/

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