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Speaker 1: have a guest in the studio right now, Joe with
Speaker 1: Shift Garage. You guys have a party tomorrow, don't you, Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: we do. It's a big touch a truck block party.
Speaker 1: And first of all, let's talk about Shift Garage and
Speaker 1: then we're gonna chat about the event. Shift Garage has
Speaker 1: been around how long now?
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've been around. Actually we started in Rapid City
Speaker 2: about fourteen years ago, but we've been in Sioux Falls
Speaker 2: since twenty twenty.
Speaker 1: Very cool, and this is a little different than most
Speaker 1: garages that people hear of. You guys are like connected
Speaker 1: to a nonprofit, is that right?
Speaker 2: Yeah? We are a nonprofit garage and now dealership. Actually,
Speaker 2: so we're focused on helping people, single moms, people living
Speaker 2: in poverty achieve reliable transportation through either of the repair
Speaker 2: of vehicles that they own or getting a vehicle if
Speaker 2: they don't have one already.
Speaker 1: There are so many times where that vehicle issue can
Speaker 1: cause a huge ripple effect and could be a big,
Speaker 1: big problem. So if I can't get to work, now,
Speaker 1: I lose my job. Now I don't have a job.
Speaker 1: Now I lose my house, now I don't have a
Speaker 1: place to live. I mean, it just keeps going and
Speaker 1: not down a good path. So I love the fact
Speaker 1: that you're doing this. This is a really neat thing.
Speaker 1: How long have you been with Shift Garage?
Speaker 2: I actually started it, Yeah, so it was my idea.
Speaker 2: And then when I started, the idea of nonprofit garage
Speaker 2: was kind of a unique idea. Yeah, that's been done
Speaker 2: more now, but the idea of a nonprofit dealership is
Speaker 2: still a very fresh idea.
Speaker 1: And that's a fairly new thing, isn't it.
Speaker 2: Yeah for us, we started very very late twenty three,
Speaker 2: so yeah, still a really new concept. But getting people
Speaker 2: in reliable vehicles, getting people with tough and rough credit,
Speaker 2: very reasonable financing, and getting them into something that they
Speaker 2: can use. Cause, like you said, when your car breaks down,
Speaker 2: you're using that to get to work, to make money
Speaker 2: to improve your life. So it's a tool, it's something
Speaker 2: you need. Yeah, absolutely, So the fact that you guys do.
Speaker 1: What you do is a little bit unique, but it's
Speaker 1: really fun and people can actually stop by tomorrow during
Speaker 1: the event and learn a little more. Is everything in
Speaker 1: swou Falls all in one location or you kind of
Speaker 1: scattered around to different places.
Speaker 2: Or yeah, we're all in one spot. We're right there,
Speaker 2: kind of a tenth and Kuanas so one ten South
Speaker 2: Guantas just south of Thunder Road right there.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. And the car dealership and the garage you're
Speaker 1: all in one spot there. Yeah, yep, very very nice.
Speaker 1: So tomorrow is the Touch of Truck. Let's talk a
Speaker 1: little bit about that. What time does everything start and
Speaker 1: when is it wrap up?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's from ten am to two pm. And this
Speaker 2: is just kind of our gift to the community. We
Speaker 2: just want people to know that we're here. So it's
Speaker 2: just all the trucks that little kid would ever want
Speaker 2: to be around and see, and lights and horns. We've
Speaker 2: got bounce houses and food trucks. We're going to have
Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty free dlly bars from Dairy Queen
Speaker 2: for the first people through the door. Nice we've got
Speaker 2: if you want to come in the shop and learn
Speaker 2: just a little bit about shift garage. We're going to
Speaker 2: give away a free scooter for the kids that they
Speaker 2: can ride on. And yeah, just every big the fire
Speaker 2: truck is always the big draw, right, That's the one
Speaker 2: the kids really want to see. So absolutely we've got
Speaker 2: that giant semi truck, monster truck. Everything a kid wants
Speaker 2: to see is there.
Speaker 1: So what time does everything start tomorrow again?
Speaker 2: Yeah, ten am and then we go through two pm tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Very very nice. And if people would like to learn
Speaker 1: about Shift Garage, you guys have social media they can
Speaker 1: follow on and I love the videos you guys do
Speaker 1: on there because you kind of explain I think that's
Speaker 1: really cool. I learned stuff watching those.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, it's a you know, we think of
Speaker 2: it as a simple concept, but if you've never heard
Speaker 2: of it before, it's it can be a little bit
Speaker 2: complex to kind of understand how that works, the repairs
Speaker 2: for just the cost of parts, or then how the
Speaker 2: car program works. So we try to explain it the
Speaker 2: best we can. But anybody that stops by, you know,
Speaker 2: we're very friendly. We're here to help. That's why we
Speaker 2: started it. So yeah, and it.
Speaker 1: Is a nonprofit, So if somebody says, hey, I like
Speaker 1: this what a neat mission. I would like to help
Speaker 1: their opportunities for that too.
Speaker 2: Yeah, people can certainly give right on our website. We're
Speaker 2: just shift Garage dot org. Really simple. We have volunteers
Speaker 2: Tuesday and Wednesday nights is when we're fixing the cars.
Speaker 2: We don't require people to know how to work on cars.
Speaker 2: We're happy to show you how to do that. We
Speaker 2: stick to repairs that our volunteers know how to do nice.
Speaker 2: If it's something complicated, we're gonna refer that to a
Speaker 2: different shop, and we're not here to take business away
Speaker 2: from shops that work on people's cars. We want to
Speaker 2: do simple repairs and then we pair that with basic
Speaker 2: budgeting classes and basic car maintenance classes for the people
Speaker 2: that we help. I love that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well again, Shift Garage Tomorrow. Touch a truck from
Speaker 1: when to Win.
Speaker 2: Ten am to two pm one ten South Kowanas just
Speaker 2: south of Thunder Road on Kawanas Avenue there and you'll.
Speaker 1: You're not gonna miss it. You're cana get there and
Speaker 1: be trucks galore and I'll be there making some noise
Speaker 1: with music. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Nice
Speaker 1: to meet you this first time we've met, So it's
Speaker 1: nice to finally get a chance to meet and I'm
Speaker 1: excited for tomorrow. It's gonna be fun.
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, thanks for having us again.
Speaker 1: Shift Garage tomorrow is touch a Truck. I've got all
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