FOX 26 Reporter Gabby Hart shows how one oil company is helping foster kids.FOX 26's Gabby Hart has been shining a light on the issues foster children face after they turn 18 and age out. Now she brings us the story of how a local oil company is stepping up to help former foster children beat the odds.
"I believe God blesses people to be distributors of that wealth," said Arnold Gacita, CEO and president of Petra Automotive Products "80% within three years are going to be dead, in jail, or homeless. I mean we knew sort of about foster care, but we really didn't know what was happening," said Gacita. So, Gacita and Brian Meza, the Executive Director for Petra Cares Charity, launched a seven-week crash course in partnership with Lone Star College, where they take former foster youth and at-risk teens and teach them what it takes to become level-one automotive technicians. Something the industry is in need of.