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While an impromptu act of charity might have only taken a day’s work and some wheeling and dealing for those who did it, the woman who received it is still astounded almost a month later.

Chris Restall, a Calgary mom battling breast cancer, took her car to Tools in Motion in Airdrie to get a coolant leak fixed with a $250 gift certificate she’d won.

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But she walked away with almost $2,500 worth of work done, and wasn’t asked for a single cent of compensation.

She had already driven one car into the ground, travelling back and forth while sharing custody of her young son and getting to and from Foothills Hospital for cancer treatment, and she was well on her way to driving her latest ride, which only cost her $500 to buy, to a similar fate.

She just didn’t know how close she was — the guys at Tools in Motion spotted it.

“I live in my car — I need my car,” Restall said.

“I have responsibilities and without my vehicle that would just make my life so much more difficult.”