Cars Helping America

Whether you’ve decided to retire your present vehicle or have something sitting in the driveway, to donate your car to a charity is a great thing for you and for them. And giving the car to a charity car program can save you headaches of selling a used car, no expensive want ads, no showing the car over and over to strangers who want you to give it away, and no phone calls asking numerous questions.

Donating a car is a significant contribution to the organization you choose, as these vehicles make a sizeable donation. These organizations take boats, trucks, SUV’s, motor homes and sometimes motorcycles as well, call and ask what they accept.

Here’s how it works. When you decide to donate your vehicle you call the organization you choose, they take some preliminary information. They send a vehicle donation service that will pick up the car from you, no problems and no out of pocket expense to you. The service will give you a receipt for the full value of the vehicle then take it and assess it, giving a percentage to the charity.

There is a website carshelpingamerica.org that can guide you, they have a list of charities they deal with, but you might want to look locally first. Many times there are ads in the newspaper or penny saver for charitable car donation. You can also contact your favorite charity and see if they participate in these programs, smaller organizations might not advertise,  Whatever organization you decide to choose you’ll be happy with the choice to donate your car. It’s a wonderful thing to do, benefitting you at tax time and the charity right away. You can be happy knowing you’ve done something great to help others, no matter what charity you choose. Choose wisely and think it through. To donate your car is a way to give back, and gain a little something for yourself as well.