Contact:
Wheels of Success,
813-490-9414

'Wheels of Success' founder Susan Jacobs named as one of CNN's "Heroes of the Week"
Larry King interviews Susan
Jacobs tonight at 9 PM and CNN will feature
a segment on "Susan Jacobs: Community
Crusader" Friday and during the weekend
TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 17, 2009)
-- Susan Jacobs, the founder and CEO of
Wheels of Success, the Tampa Bay grassroots
organization that helps working people continue
working by helping them secure a reliable vehicle
or fix their own, will be featured on
CNN's Larry King Live tonight.
The "CNN Heroes" team interviewed
Jacobs last week during the Wheels of Success
Annual Labor Day Giveaway when it handed over
20 vehicles to 20 pre-qualified families as
part of its mission to keep working families
working.
"We are grateful for this honor and
want to thank the many businesses and individuals
in Tampa Bay for the wonderful support they've
given us to help us help others," Jacobs
said.
CNN Heroes airings are subject to the spontaneous
demands of breaking news and can be bumped
from the schedule without notice. Susan's
piece, text article, "Extra" video
piece and Wheels of Success' weblink will be viewable on the main page of cnn.com/Heroes
from the day of debut and continuing through
next week. It will remain on the CNN
Heroes 2009 gallery page for the remainder
of the year.
Wheels of Success (www.wheelsofsuccess.org)
is located at Family Justice Center, 9309 N.
Florida Ave., Tampa. Itwas incorporated in
2003 to help families obtain or continue work
by providing them with reliable transportation
solutions. WOS is Tampa Bay's only 501(c)3
nonprofit organization providing a full range
of transportation solutions, including vehicle
replacement, car repair, licensing, car payment
and down payment assistance to low and moderate
income working families. Since inception, the
organization has provided 560 transportation
solutions to keep working families working.

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