mashable.com
Not many Facebook users can claim they learned to drive on a Ford Model T, but Edythe Kirchmaier is a centenarian with millennial tendencies.
These days, though, you’ll find the 105-year-old cruising around Santa Barbara, Calif., in a brand new Honda Civic. An anonymous person gave her the car upon learning that troubles with her 1997 Dodge Caravan prevented Kirchmaier from her passion — volunteering with the charityDirect Relief.
Not many Facebook users can claim they learned to drive on a Ford Model T, but Edythe Kirchmaier is a centenarian with millennial tendencies.
These days, though, you’ll find the 105-year-old cruising around Santa Barbara, Calif., in a brand new Honda Civic. An anonymous person gave her the car upon learning that troubles with her 1997 Dodge Caravan prevented Kirchmaier from her passion — volunteering with the charityDirect Relief.
Kirchmaier has volunteered with the organization on a weekly basis for the past 40 years and participated in relief work since World War I, Direct Relief spokeswoman Kerri Murray toldMashable.
“She dedicates hours and hours of her time to help bring better health to people around the world,” Murray said. “Giving back is something she’s been doing her whole life.”
Kirchmaier drove her new Honda Civic to its new custom parking spot outside Direct Relief’s Santa Barbara headquarters on Friday. Upon receiving the gift, Kirchmaier expressed her gratitude the old-fashioned way: through a Facebook post.
