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Donate Your Car to Go Green
Last week’s conclusion of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) succeeded in shedding more light on reducing and eliminating greenhouse gases, a cause that Cars 4 Causes® has been supporting for over a decade through c...
The Spirit of Donating Begins When Children Give, Too
Earlier this week I watched the spirit of charity emerge in a group of sixth graders, and it was worth all the presents under the tree to me. One was my child, the others were friends, and all took part in wrapping gifts for children in need. The kid...
Donate a Car Now for Your 2009 Tax Deduction
Car donations that come in during December can still make the 2009 tax deduction deadline. Call right away for details and to see how the IRS timeline fits with your personal tax write-off situation for donations. The year 2009 has been a wild year f...
Car Donations Feed the Homeless this Thanksgiving
As we gather for our families’ Thanksgiving dinners this week, we can’t help but think about those who are living in the streets of our own cities and towns. How can we help? Many caring people donate time at shelters, donate food, and volunteer ...
How to Donate a Car
Donating a car is a big step for most car donors, especially if you have not donated any vehicle previously. So, we do our best to answer lots of questions right here on our Website and to give you lots of information about Cars 4 Causes®, The Chari...
Why Donate a Car? Our Top 13,405 Reasons
We can give you thousands of reasons for donating a car to charity. They range the gamut from cleaning the garage, to making the neighbors happy, to contributing to world peace. And we’re taking a moment today to share some of them with you. We’v...
Education Gets a Helping Hand from Car Donations
Fundraising for education is dear to the heart of Cars 4 Causes®. As most of our car donators, friends and fans now know, our first efforts were all about raising funds for schools. Our story began in the classroom and then branched out into so many...
Play it Forward – Update on the Generous Journey of a Car Donation
In July we talked about a Cars 4 Causes® car donation that keeps on giving – a specially equipped van that was donated by Laura, whose husband had ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease). When he passed away, Laur...
Make a Global Difference with a Local Car Donation
The expression – think global, act local – comes to mind when we ponder some of the ways that car donations help charities. And that’s because many of our charity partners are international organizations. So, when car donors to Cars 4 Cause...
Car Donations Routed through Many Charity Channels
Wondering what happens to dear old Betsy once you donate her? Judging from our phone calls, many people do want to know where their old car goes, so we thought we’d share what happens here when a car donation arrives. Whether it’s a relatively ne...
On 9/11/2009 — Thanking Those Who Keep Us Safe
In the aftermath of one of this nation’s worst tragedies, the 2001 attacks on The World Trade Centers in New York City, the hearts of Americans opened up and arms reached out from all over the world to help those who lost loved ones, their liveliho...
Car Donations to Charities Across the Nation
We’re sometimes absolutely amazed at the variety of charities that benefit from car donations to Cars 4 Causes®. They cover almost all categories of philanthropy, and they stretch from coast to coast and internationally as well. The program is qui...
Back-to-School: Car Donations Give Kids a Chance at Education
It’s back-to-school time around the nation, and we’re happy to say that this year, Cars 4 Cause® was able to help two students on their way to college. The only thing standing between these two courageous and hard-working students was transporta...
Missed Cash for Clunkers? 2009 is Still a Good Year for a Car Donation Tax Write-off
Whether you’ve missed the Cash for Clunkers opportunity because your car did not qualify or because the program closed before you were ready, you can still take advantage of some great tax opportunities in 2009. This is one of the best years in rec...
Your Car Donation Can Help Animals
When car donors make their donations to Cars 4 Causes®, they choose which charities will benefit. We have more than 13,400 charities on our current list, and we’re adding new ones all the time. We also have the Cars 4 Causes® Charity Partners Pro...
Truck Donation Was Key to this Program’s Success
Often the journey of a vehicle donation surprises and delights us. As this one did. The donated vehicle was a box truck. It was plain and unassuming, and it was just what the CityKidz program desperately needed. CityKidz is run by the South Coast Fel...
Play it Forward – the Cars 4 Causes Car Donation that Keeps Giving
Laura’s husband had ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease), and as his disease progressed, he was more and more housebound. They bought a 2007 Honda Odyssey and had it outfitted with a chair lift. (The chair lift al...
Cars 4 Causes Adds it Up: Two Automobile Tax Deductions this Year!
The federal government’s recently announced new car sales tax deduction is terrific news if you’re planning to donate a car to charity this year. With this program, you may qualify for two tax deductions Related posts:3rd Annual Cars 4 Causes K...
A Day for Our Kids: Cars 4 Causes Spreads the Word
This year’s annual Ventura Education Partnership SummerFest brought an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 people together for a day dedicated to our kids’ education. And we were there. The day started off with a 5K run/walk, and ended with all of us tired,...
Donate a Car to a School
When the State of California recently cut $11.6 billion out of the public education budget, the losers were our young students. Art, music, physical education – all the “extras” — face a high probability of getting cut. What a loss this i...
Donated Car Helps Family through Tough Financial Times
When the economy went into a dive last year, Brenda’s family finances hit the skids, too. She’s a feisty woman and not easily defeated. She had struggled through emotional and financial crises when serious childhood illnesses threatened b...
High-End Vehicles Donated to Charity
Most of the success stories we share with you are about the people who are helped by cars donated to Cars 4 Causes. And we have a lot of those that we’ll continue to share, but there’s the other side of the equation, too: the story of the...
