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Talk about a good cause.

Ginger Boyd is a 32-year-old Bakersfield mother of five children, three of whom are adopted. She's single, having been recently divorced, and she works for a living.

Until this week, Boyd had no car of her own.

So her mother nominated her for the annual Mini-Van for Mom event. Every year since 2001, Auto Shopper America at 911 Oak St. in Bakersfield has given away a minivan to a single mother, preferrably one without a vehicle.

On Thursday, Boyd drove away from Auto Shopper with a silver 2000 Dodge Caravan Sport. She also took home a computer donated by San Joaquin Bank.

"We want to come alongside a working mother and help her with transportation challenges," said Tina Miller, who heads up the event.

A similar event, organized by the same people, takes place near the holidays in December.