The special needs school's wheelchair lift van was recently vandalised, bringing an end to a weekly outing for pupils.
Parts required to repair the damage to the 20-year-old Variety Club van proved elusive and the school feared it would not be able to afford to repair or replace it.
However, a story published in the Otago Daily Times yesterday drew an ''amazing response'', principal Raewyn Alexander said.
''It was incredible. We had so many people ringing up and saying: `Can we do anything to help?' It restores your faith, really.''
The school received calls from Tinto Buses, Hanson Truck Rentals, Harrow Motor Bodies, Green Island Auto and Milton Explorer offering the use of a loan vehicle.
''Tinto Buses gave us the loan of a van straight away,'' Mrs Alexander said.
''A lady even rang up from Wellington, where she read the ODT story online, to offer us a wheelchair lift, which she had stored in her garage.''
The scarce parts to repair the damage were located late yesterday and the vandalised van could now be returned to roadworthy condition, Mrs Alexander said.
The attack on the van followed the destruction in February of the school vegetable garden, which was used to teach the special needs pupils about food.
Dunedin police have appealed for information about anyone seen acting suspiciously in the Rutherford St area around March 22 or 23.
