12-05-2025
Local recovery group holds a car show to send kids to camp
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A local youth recovery group is trying to send its kids to summer camp after raising money with its first-ever car show.
The group, Brighter Days, is a religion-based program aimed at keeping kids from turning to addiction. It focuses on young adults who struggle with various issues, whether it's their life at home or getting bullied. To help raise the money to send their kids to summer camp, Brighter Days partnered with local car clubs and other groups to make the show happen.
Director Rosemary Hernandez hopes the trip to summer camp can help keep the kids on the right path.
'Once you turn to addiction and you have to go into recovery, recovery is a lifelong process,' Hernandez said. 'You'll be in recovery for the rest of your life. So, if we can prevent that and show them that there are other ways to deal with what they're going through besides turning towards addiction, that's what our main purpose is.'
Hernandez hopes to fund a week-long trip to Pine Cove for the program's kids. She also hopes Brighter Days can continue growing the car show to prevent more kids from becoming addicted.
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