Making a Difference

Mother’s Day

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A throw-back post from 2014! We think the original author's wisdom stands the test of a decade! Mother's Day is just around the corner (May 11th if you weren't 100% sure).Mother's DayWhat do you do to honour yours, if you're able? It can really be a challenge. How do we make it a meaningful celebration without completely supporting the extensive commercialism that surrounds it? Continue reading "Mother’s Day" →

Mental Health Week

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Making a Difference, You and Your Health

"I'd like to donate my vehicle for the CMHA -- can you help?" May 5 - 11 is Mental Health Week in Canada. Can we help with vehicle donations to support this effort? You bet we can!

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Creative Giving | Pockets Full of Holes? Volunteer!

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It's National Volunteer Week! Feeling the price pinch these days? Finding it hard to scrounge the dollars and cents you'd love to generously give to the cause you love? This is the week to get consider ways to serve, help, and foster human kindness when your hard-earned dollars are all going into the grocery cart.

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Elections Canada

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Elections Canada. What is this like for you to consider right now? We're close to marking our "X"...and we all have some thoughts about that!

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Alberta Children’s Hospital | 100+ Years of Caring

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Knowing the Industry, Making a Difference, You and Your Health

Did you know? The Alberta Children's Hospital is over 100 years old! Donors like you make the partnership between the ACHF and Donate a Car Canada a generous match. Just wait 'til you see how your gifts are adding up!

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Help Hope Bloom | Cancer Care and More

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April is Help Hope Bloom month at the Canadian Cancer Society. One expression of our country's resilience, focus, and compassion. How are you building your community, your family, and your own state of well-being this Spring?

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Made in Canada | Canadian Crooners Inspire

Posted by Sandra on in Knowing the Industry, Making a Difference

Humankind. Be both! This year's Juno awards gave a sampling of how made in Canada music makers feel about this amazing country.

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Autism Ontario Receives $27,000 | Donate a Car for Autism

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Making a Difference, You and Your Health

1969 Firebird donation nets Autism Ontario donation of over $27,000.00! In honour of World Autism Awareness Day (on April 2, 2025), jump in the time machine and take peek at this special peek 2017 donation story:

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Human Kindness

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Making a Difference, You and Your Health

Human kindness -- it's everywhere these days! And it's under fire, too. With a world on the wobble and opinions flaring and blaring, have those two words lost their meaning? We won't add to the shouting. We will do what we do best...

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Car Donation Scams | Donating Your Car Online

Posted by Sandra on in Blog, Knowing the Industry, Making a Difference

"I'm just calling to get more information about your program -- are you a scam?" The short answer is, "No," and we're glad you asked! Car donation scams, like all sorts of other online peculiarities, are out there.

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