by Kate Croxton
Random acts of kindness are far and few between, especially when it comes to large gifts. But Destiny Circle, a custodial employee at the University of West Georgia, can now say she was a witness to one of those acts of kindness, after receiving a donated car from an anonymous coworker.
A couple of months ago, Destiny totaled her car while driving home from her church in Sandy Springs on Highway 78. She was given a rental car from her insurance company. However, once the policy stopped paying for the rental, Destiny couldn’t afford to pay for a rental out-of-pocket. So she started walking to work.
“It’s a 6-mile walk,” Destiny said. “I only walked a couple of days, but still. I like to walk, but 6 miles is a little much. Plus, it was cold, and I was walking in the woods. I told my friends I would probably meet Robin Hood and his band of outlaws because it was that far in the woods.”
Destiny’s shift is from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. She asked around her department for a ride to and from work and estimated it would be a couple of weeks before she could afford to buy a new car.
“None of the people in my department could give me a ride,” explained Destiny. “I mentioned to Theresa Jablecki-Kriel, the assistant director of Facility and Grounds, that I was walking, and she put out a general email to everybody.”
The email worked. It wasn’t long before an anonymous donor contacted Destiny and told her to come pick up a car they wanted to give her.
“I was so grateful,” she said. “I was really surprised and stunned and just really, really grateful. It was so wonderful of them to do this. I didn’t want to bother other people to give me a ride. It’s just a lot more convenient for me to have this car.”
Destiny added the white Acura to her insurance policy that same day. However, she has other plans for the vehicle. She is passing along the kindness by selling it to her next door neighbor for $200.
“They really need a car,” explained Destiny. “They’ve been without a car for a while now, and they really need one badly. They’re basically going through what I went through. I’m glad to be able to pay it forward. They’ll be able to get around easy now. They’re good people, and I want to do this for them.”
Destiny has been saving her money and plans to buy a truck or an SUV soon.
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