Operation Combat Bikesaver offers veterans a safe outlet in a creative workshop
After watching more than a dozen times an episode of Returning the Favor, a Facebook television series by Mike Rowe, that spotlights Operation Combat Bikesaver in Indiana, Rob Dinsmore decided to expand this hot rod therapy workshop for veterans to Alabama.
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