Female mechanic educates women on how to own the auto. Its no secret most women hate their automotive buying and repair experiences because we feel misunderstood, taken advantage of, andor mistreated. Girls auto clinic glove box guide kindle edition by banks, patrice. January 9, 2018 there was a time when patrice banks avoided taking her car in. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Symptom checker mayo clinic mayo clinic mayo clinic. The girls auto clinic clutch beauty bar team will be on site to provide. Let us take you on an immersive journey with our city influencers.
Girls auto clinics patrice banks is coming to full circle. The girls auto clinic glove box guide has got your back. Vehicles for change is proud to announce that automotive shecanic, patrice banks and her girls auto clinic is coming to full circle service center on saturday, september 30th from pm to promote her new book girls auto clinic glove box guide. She decided to take control and make it her mission to help educate herself and others part of her new book called girls auto clinic glove box guide and shes sharing with us her best t tips. The 37yearold grew up in phoenixville, pennsylvania. Girls auto clinic gac is a business established by patrice banks in 20. Patrice banks auto repair shop is more than a business. Banks, a self described auto airhead hated all of her automotive buying and repair experiences.
Girls auto clinic repair center august 18, 2018 find out how patrice went from corporate america to school for automotive technology to owning her own business and creating her own brand. Be among the first to receive a copy of glove box guide and hear patrice share her remarkable and empowering story. Her book is a selfhelp automotive guide, which she stresses is not a cover to cover read and not to be put on the shelf. Now, patrice banks, founder and owner of girls auto clinic, is launching a onestoptodoitherselfguide to auto maintenance. Filled with easytofollow illustrations and instructions, great tips, and lifesaving rules of thumb, the girls auto clinic glove box guide will help take away the confusion and mystery. Girls auto clinic gac is a woman owned and operated business that caters to women. Check car prices and values when buying and selling new or used vehicles. So many women feel powerless, nervous, or embarrassed when taking our cars in for a repair, and yet we outnumber men both as drivers and as customers at auto repair shops the time has come for us to grab the wheel and finally take control of our cars. Since launching girls auto clinic in the philadelphia area two years ago, banks has gotten a flurry of media coverage, including o magazine in july. Filled with easytofollow instructions, great tips, and lifesaving rules of thumb, the girls auto clinic glove box guide will help take away the confusion and mystery surrounding cars and teach women what they need to know about how their cars work and what they need to do to keep them running smoothly. Jay performs pollock technique circumcision, which is known as the quickest and most comfortable option for circumcision for all ages. Banks was previously a material science engineer at dupont. If youve always wanted to meet patrice banks, ask her how she got started, business questions.
Its a onestop doit herself guide to auto maintenance, repairs, and roadside emergencies. The business opened its doors in january 2017 in upper darby. Circumcisions are performed in our clinic, and only take about. Girls auto clinic glove box guide paperback by patrice banks. The girls auto clinic glove box guide is the onestopdoitherselfguide to auto maintenance. The book is a onestop doitherself guide to auto mainte nance, repairs, and roadside emergencies. Girls auto clinic glove box guide as featured on fresh air with terry gross a doitherself guide to auto maintenance, roadside emergencies, and the real scoop on how women can get honest car service at the garage, from engineer turned auto mechanic and awardwinning entrepreneur patrice banks. Banks is the founder of girls auto clinic, whose goal is to. Samantha harrington banks didnt go into her clinic with a background in business, but she had all the makings of.
She has traveled around the tristate area to teach girl scouts in pennsylvania. Gac provides interactive vehicle operation and service workshops that give women practical. I couldnt find a female mechanic, so i had to learn fresh air january 9, 2018 there was a time when patrice banks avoided taking her car in for routine maintenance. Sep 23, 2017 the founder of girls auto clinic recognized the lack of women in auto repair, so she built a business and wrote a book to help educate and empower women in the maledominated field. The upper darby shop doubles as a beauty lounge where shop. Patrice banks is an engineer turned mechanic who in 2016 founded the girls auto clinic, a pennsylvaniabased repair center staffed by and focusing on women. Frustrated with lack of resources educating women on car care and her inability to find a female mechanic in the philadelphia area, patrice enrolled in automotive technology. Come early the first 100 guests will receive a funfilled swag bag. Shell run workshops for sororities, girl scout troops, and other groups of girls and womenwhom she calls shecanicsteaching them the nuts and bolts of vehicle upkeep. So, when that loud knock overcomes the volume of your stereo system, youre prepared to decipher the mystery of where that noise is coming from, and approximately how much it would cost, or even. Her new book girls auto clinic glove box guide is an easytofollow guide from your best, most trusted girlfriend. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading girls auto clinic glove box guide. The girls auto clinic glove box guide will take away the confusion and mystery surrounding cars to teach women or anyone what they need to know about how their cars work, and what they need to. After working for twelve years as an engineer, banks began leading car care workshops for women.
Dec 02, 2015 for banks, girls auto clinic is all about giving women the confidence to know whether theyre getting got or not, to know if they truly need to purchase a new air filter along with an oil. Girls auto clinic, banks auto repair shop, caters to a predominantly female clientele. Just like a car has a manual, girls auto clinic glove box guide is an owners manual with practical advice explained in simple terms for the consumer. The auto upkeep homeschool curriculum kit was designed so you can teach your teens about basic car care, maintenance, repair, auto ownership, and how cars work. The girls auto clinic glove box guide has all the answers. Girls auto clinic founder patrice banks wants to get more. Patrice banks, founder and owner of the girls auto clinic, discusses vehicle lift safety with a crew member at her garage in upper darby, pennsylvania on august 7, 2018. Girls auto clinic glove box guide paperback walmart. In this book, the author guides women and men in what they need to know about how their vehicles work e. Oct 02, 2017 banks officially opened the girls auto clinic in november 2016 to give female mechanics a space to offer fullservice auto repair. Patrice banks shares tips from her new book girls auto cinic.
On the outside, the auto body shop looks like the three other garages in this unassuming suburb of philadelphia, inside, classic rock is blaring from a radio and the. Patrice banks, former engineer and auto airhead, is the founder of girls auto clinic, a workshop that empowers women through their cars. Glove box guide is a doitherself guide to auto maintenance and roadside emergencies. On tuesday, september 19 join the free library of philadelphia in the skyline room terrace for the official book launch of patrice banks. An auto clinic busting myths about women and cars patrice. Girls auto clinic glove box guide book by patrice banks. Gac offers automotive buying and repair resources, products, and services based on trust, education, inclusion, and empowerment. Banks book girls auto clinic glove box guide was just published in september. Nov 24, 2017 reading the girls auto clinic glove box guide and becoming a bona fide shecanic is a great way to protect that investmentand maybe bond with your significant other, too. Girls auto clinic glove box guide book also available for read online, mobi, docx and mobile and kindle reading. Engineer and founder of the girls auto clinic, banks seeks to empower women through their cars. If you havent heard yet girls auto clinic is the 2017 best of philly best multipurpose garage winner. Banks will be there all day sunday, giving a talk and signing copies of her new book, girls auto clinic glove box guide.
Patrice banks, founder and owner of the girls auto clinic. May 01, 2018 girls auto clinic glove box by patrice banks giveaway details. Patrice banks is opening up the maledominated automotive industry, bringing a fresh perspective to the status quo. In 2017, she published girls auto clinic glove box guide, which covers the basics of auto repairs, maintenance, and emergencies. Author patrice banks, a selfdescribed auto airhead, was like many of us. In addition to the mechanic shop and a monthly workshop series she runs, banks is also now the author of a new book, girls auto clinic glove box guide.
The girls auto clinic glove box guide by engineer turned. Tue, august 29, 2017 bric librarians went on the road to upper darby to find patrice banks, proprietor of girls auto clinic and clutch beauty bar, and soontobe published author of girls auto clinic glove box guide. Patrice banks, founder and owner of the girls auto clinic, performs a service check at her garage in upper darby, pennsylvania on august 7, 2018. These same tips are found in her new book girls auto clinic glove box guide. This summer banks moves into her own space to begin construction on girls auto clinic, a fullservice shop that she hopes will be a clubhouse for female drivers. Inspired by patrice banks girls auto clinican auto repair shop. Our method combines multiple anaesthetics and pain suppression methods to ensure the most comfortable experience possible. Last tuesday, philly entrepreneur and mechanic, patrice banks of girls auto clinic, celebrated the release of her book, glove box guide, at the free library of philadelphias skyline room. I couldnt find a female mechanic, so i had to learn fresh air. Girls auto clinic is getting a lot of attention these days. On the outside, the auto body shop looks like the three other garages in this unassuming suburb of philadelphia, inside, classic rock is blaring from a radio and the sweltering august heat is. May 20, 2015 fed up with not knowing anything about her own vehicle, ms. By telling her story, she continues to makes history, through engaging talks, interactive workshops, authoring an informative car care guide, and the successful running of girls auto clinic. Join our shecanic community on facebook to interact with a network of 9,000 members across the countryall women.
Girls auto clinic repair center, upper darby, pennsylvania. I bought this book because i assumed that as a girl s guide it wouldnt be too bogged down with technical jargon and would be a nice, basic book about car maintenance. I couldnt find a female mechanic, so i had to learn there was a time when patrice banks avoided taking her car in for routine maintenance. Auto upkeep will help you become confident in accomplishing simple, but important. Owner of girls auto clinic, patrice banks is and engineer, mechanic, entrepreneur, and storyteller. Girls auto clinic repair center elite daily facebook. Girls auto clinic glove box guide audiobook by patrice. There will be complimentary beverages and food available for purchase from local food trucks. Sep 26, 2017 last tuesday, philly entrepreneur and mechanic, patrice banks of girls auto clinic, celebrated the release of her book, glove box guide, at the free library of philadelphias skyline room. Jun 09, 2015 in january 2014, she quit her job and last november she released a book, the girls auto clinic glove box guide. Glove box guide is one of the most thorough, relatable and humorous car maintenance guide making it not only a page turner but a lifesaver when something goes south with your car. Patrices book, girls auto clinic glove box guide, will be available for purchase and book signing. Download girls auto clinic glove box guide in pdf and epub formats for free.
Girls auto clinic coming to bookstores near you the news. Apr 25, 2016 sponsored by thinkthin with her red heels and bubbly personality, patrice banks is on a mission to turn the auto industry on its head. What was once a series of workshops in pennsylvania to teach ladies about their cars has now expanded into a car garage geared for and. Girls auto clinics official book launch party philly pr.
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