Welcome to Fix It Forward Ministry.
Without reliable transportation, it is difficult to get or maintain a job, and without a job, it is hard to maintain your independence and dignity. As one might imagine, transportation issues are huge in our community, and the need is overwhelming. Unlike many bigger cities, people often can’t just take a bus to work, school, or appointments because our public transit system has limited hours and locations. Additionally, utilizing public transportation can take hours. This creates challenges when trying to get kids to daycare and get to work. It is especially challenging for single parents.
Fix It Forward Ministry (formerly Higher Power Automotive Ministries) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity located at Fix It Forward Auto Care in Fargo, ND. Our goal is to remove the transportation barrier for the most in need members of our community, thus helping enable them to be independent and self-sufficient. This is accomplished in two ways. First by providing free car repairs to needy individuals to help keep their vehicles on the road and safe. Second by repairing donated vehicles and giving them to needy members in our community who do not have a vehicle or whose vehicle is beyond repair. We utilize volunteer labor, discounted parts, and charitable donations to cover the costs of repairs.
We truly are Driven To Serve, both the in need and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Get help.
Due to overwhelming need in our community, we are unable to take direct requests for people needing repairs or cars.
All of the car repairs we do, and donations we give, are done based on referral from assistance organizations in our community. We currently work with over 40 different organizations in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Since we are a small, all volunteer run organization, we don’t have case managers who are able to meet with you to assess needs, work through options, and assist with other needs. Our partnerships with assistance organizations in our community, allows us to plug in to existing case managers who are able to meet with you to assess needs, work through options, and assist with your situation holistically.
This partnership not only lowers our overhead so we can focus on fixing cars, but it ensures that those who are receiving help from us are getting help in other areas of their lives as well
Find a partnering social service agency caseworker.
For those not currently working with a caseworker at one of our partnering agencies, we suggest starting with FirstLink. FirstLink’s mission is to assist people in identifying, accessing, and connecting individuals and families to community and volunteer resources.
FirstLink’s vision is to be the first link in linking people and resources 24 hours a day.
