Exceptional donors shape the cause

It will blow your mind when you see the dollars raised by car, truck, van, and SUV donors just like you!

Donate a Car Canada can serve any charity in Canada. So many of those are all about Canada’s kids! And childhood health is the heartwork of hospitals and community outreaches alike.

Childhood health? The ACHF has it covered!

One of our partnering charities is the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. Earlier this Fall, two our amazing donor and charity support crew had the joyful opportunity to engage with them in an unusual way. Can anyone say, “Big Giant Cheque Event!”?

This is a very unusual experience for us here! We are a happy team of folks who are working on behalf of donors and charities behind the scenes. If we are filling our roles well, you’ll walk away from your car donation experience feeling surprised by how quick n’ easy it all was. Your engagement with us will be brief and cheerful. Happy efficiency with a hearty dose of kindness tossed in. That’s us!

An invitation to toot our horn on behalf of Canada’s car donors was a bit out of character — and really fun!

Two pics that say…something, but not everything!

But wait! There’s more! Like, even bigger $$!

$308,000 on a giant cheque, and childhood health donations just keep climbing!

At the time of this writing the amount donors like you have actually raised? $358,357.57 … for this hospital alone! That does not count our other receiving children’s hospitals. And it doesn’t include the hundreds of other children’s charities you support through car donation.

Do you have a car, truck, van, or SUV to donate for the cause you love? We are a click or a call (1-877-250-4904) away. We can’t wait to help you help your charity!

Not quite ready to donate? Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter to get an overall feel for how we care for each other and our charities here. This is a community you want to be part of!

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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

This September you can make a difference for Canadian kids! Donate your car, truck, van, or SUV for childhood Cancer!

Pediatric cancers are researched and treated by many Canadian charities. Other organizations are all about supporting the patient and their loved ones. Where does your own passion lie? Whatever your heart cause, there’s a charity for that!

In just a minute we’ll offer you a list of many of the Cancer charities we work alongside. First, take a minute with Childhood Cancer Canada:

Some of the charities you can help today

Curious about giving to this big big cause? You can, of course, gift any Canadian charity, and here are some to keep in mind:

Believe in the Gold

Camp Quality Canada

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Support Programs

Candlelighters Simcoe

Childcan, the Childhood Cancer Research Association

Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation

Gaby Davis Foundation

Kids Cancer Care Foundation

Kids with Cancer Society of Northern Alberta

OPACC Ontario Parents Advocating for Children with Cancer

After Breast Cancer

Alberta Cancer Foundation (Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Cross Cancer Institute)

Bladder Cancer Canada

Breast Cancer Action Ottawa

Canadian Cancer Society

CancerCare Manitoba

Cancer Assistance Program (CAP)

HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre

Kidney Cancer Canada

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Melanoma Network of Canada

Northern Cancer Foundation

Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation

Ovarian Cancer Canada

Prevent Cancer Now-Hills of Erin Cancer Prevention Foundation

Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation

Prostate Cancer Foundation BC

Prostate Cancer Fight Foundation

Risky Genes Society Not tagged

Thyroid Cancer Canada

West Island Cancer Wellness Centre

Wellspring Calgary

How to donate your car for childhood cancer

Car, truck, SUV, van, and motorcycle donors raise thousands of dollars for kids’ causes every year. Your four-wheeled auction car or scrapper will make a difference!

We may recycle your car: this results in a flat-rate donation determined by what our agent will pay for the vehicle. This can earn your charity hundreds of dollars.

Whenever we can, we have our agents re-sell donated vehicles. This ensures that the charity can receive a gift of thousands of dollars if the car has that kind of value.

Whatever your cause, we are here to serve.

Whatever your vehicle, we will do all we can to assist. Scrap cars, junk cars, running-like-a-dream cars — donate a car for kids’ cancer and make a difference for the cause you love today!

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Former donations processor shares her story

Several years ago I faced the crushing news that my 10 month old son had cancer. I learned he would require surgery to remove his kidney and the tumour attached to it.  He went on to be subjected to 6 months of chemotherapy to ensure all the cancerous cells were destroyed. I had driven by that hospital countless times never thinking about what actually went on there. The lives impacted daily, the challenges both families and staff faced as they cared for those in need, were not really on my radar then.

We received donations of things like a duffel bag filled with items helpful with a hospital stay. When you’re in crisis you don’t always think of the little things.

Volunteers from different organizations provided support in so many ways. We even experienced a wish being granted and my son having his dream come true – meeting Mickey Mouse! I wanted him to go swimming with the dolphins but…!

Help at the right time

In times when things look bleak and emotions are drained, charitable organizations that are established to support families like ours are invaluable. I cannot begin to tell you how much all the little things meant throughout the healing process. The donations that made those little things part of our reality were priceless gifts.

At that time my son’s prognosis was very good – a 96% chance of survival. Ten years prior to that, the survival rate was at 10% for his type of cancer. A far cry from the good news I’d been given! The education I received throughout those months created a new awareness of just how much research and development means to those in the future. Crucial donation dollars build many aspects of the process and the effects on the quality of a person’s life.

Suffice it to say my outlook has been forever altered and my compassion for others is pretty apparent. Taking on this role with Donate A Car Canada has provided an opportunity for me to see firsthand how lives are changed and impacted through the donations of others. Moreover, it allows others to give in a way that we wouldn’t always consider!

Four wheeled donations

Within each one of us is an innate desire to help others and to make a difference somehow. In an environment where ‘giving back’ seems to be the buzz word, many people are left wondering how they can do that while trying to make ends meet themselves. As we endeavour to look after our environment, change our habits and find a way to give back, Donate A Car offers a great alternative for several reasons.

1. Donating your vehicle does not require a cash outlay. Furthermore, it generates a charitable tax receipt.
2. Donating through our program affords you the opportunity to give to the charity of your choice. To that end, if you don’t see the charity you are passionate about listed, provide their information in the notes. From there we will pursue getting your charity registered with us.
3. All charities listed are registered and are in good standing with the Government of Canada.
4. We secure environmentally friendly services when recycling a vehicle is required.
5. Free towing service is available in most locations across the country. Moreover, we’ll do our utmost to find service on your behalf where it doesn’t already exist.
6. Last, but certainly not least, charities do not pay any fees whatsoever to participate in our program.

One of my most rewarding activities at Donate A Car is generating and sending cheques at the end of each month to our charities, knowing that we too are making a difference in people’s lives both nationally and internationally. It’s a pretty cool feeling.

You may never fully know the impact you are having on others through your donations but believe me when I say, we who are on the receiving end of your generosity are truly grateful!

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