Teenage writer gifted car from SC nonprofit after walking miles to get around
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) — A young writer was surprised with a gift of a lifetime from one Lowcountry nonprofit.
Zackeus Kynard, 18, a graduate of Charleston County School of the Arts, has written and published a book about his life titled “Kenopsia.”
Now, Kynard is a student at the College of Charleston, and he says he has been walking and paying for rideshare services like Lyft and Uber to get around to work and school for the last year and a half. He says he has walked more than five miles on multiple occasions to avoid paying for rides to do things as simple as running errands.
“I do that, and I devote myself to it, but without having a car it’s really tough to do that,” Kynard said.
Kynard says the money he has spent on rideshares could have paid for a vehicle by now.
