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Pick and Pull | Your recycle and re-sale-ready vehicle

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Knowing the Industry
Pick and pull is just one available option for your older vehicle. If you are considering vehicle donation, we can help with some direction. For your recycle-ready vehicle, our free pick-up and processing will serve you promptly and simply. An older vehicle that has some zoom left in it may have re-sale value. Continue reading "Pick and Pull | Your recycle and re-sale-ready vehicle" →

Scrap car: your car in today’s market

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Knowing the Industry
Scrap car blues? If you are industry-savvy, you know that your local scrap yardScrap Car has been faced with a grim market depression that has lasted almost two years. That impacts any one ready to let go of a recycle-ready vehicle. "I donated a scrap car 10 years ago and got a $200.00 tax receipt! Why is my receipt lower now than it was then?" Continue reading "Scrap car: your car in today’s market" →

STARS Foundation | In Honor of Canada’s 150th

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Making a Difference, You and Your Health
STARSSTARS Foundation may agree that it doesn't get much more Canadian than this!   STARS1   What do a Zamboni and a helicopter have in common? This Canada Day we cheer for the unique ways in which our donors and the causes they love come together. Continue reading "STARS Foundation | In Honor of Canada’s 150th" →

Toronto Alzheimer Society

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Making a Difference, You and Your Health
Toronto Alzheimer SocietyThe Toronto Alzheimer Society (or, Alzheimer Society Toronto) is making a joyfully compassionate difference: “I came here to die, but now I’m here to live” – Mrs. Jacobs. as quoted by her son two weeks after moving into One Kenton Place. Continue reading "Toronto Alzheimer Society" →

Motorcycle Renegades, Rallies, and Getting Results

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Knowing the Industry, Making a Difference
Motorcycle madness was not on our minds when my husband and I opted to Motorcycle 2take his mom on a road trip one August. When we head out on a trek, we don't make a plan. We pick a direction, point the nose of our car that direction, and just see where the road takes us. Turning the corner off a dusty Wyoming road one hot summer we were surprised to find ourselves surrounded by hundreds of motorbikes and their devoted riders! Continue reading "Motorcycle Renegades, Rallies, and Getting Results" →

Wildlife Update: Vic the Vulture (Part Two)

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Making a Difference
  Wildlife sanctuaries are well represented on our list of charities. Do you remember Vic the Vulture? His story led to Shades of Hope Wildlife Refuge joining Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre on our list of causes to choose from. The good Samaritans that ensured Vic the Vulture would survive the winter have sent us a stirring update. Read on to learn where Vic is now. Continue reading "Wildlife Update: Vic the Vulture (Part Two)" →