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WMZQ Fall Fest Car Giveaway

After a month-long contest, Vehicles for Change awarded a 2003 Chevy Impala to a Virginia family at WMZQโ€™s Fall Fest on Saturday, September 8th.

Throughout the month of August, WMZQ listeners nominated families that they knew were in great need of a vehicle. WMZQ and VFC staff then reviewed the nominees and narrowed the list down to two finalists. After a week of public voting, Chantilly resident Christina Darr was named the winner.

Darr, a single mother of two young boys, had been temporarily borrowing her motherโ€™s car to travel to her job as a security officer. A week before Fall Fest, Darr was offered a new job working security at George Mason University โ€“ but the position was contingent on Darr having her own vehicle.

Darr also greatly needed her own vehicle to care for her children โ€“ her seven-year-old son is autistic and attends a special school in Fairfax County. Without a vehicle, Darr had no way of taking her sons to separate schools each day.

At Fall Fest, WMZQโ€™s Michael J. and VFC Board Member Ken Umansky awarded Darr the blue Chevy Impala on the side stage, in front of a crowd of approximately 20,000 people. Despite having the car keys in her hand, Darr was in shock that the vehicle belonged to her.

After the concert Darrโ€™s mother Pat said: โ€œIt is still so unreal to me that my daughter was able to drive a car away last night.ย  It is such a blessing. We are still in disbelief!โ€