Giving Tuesday brings us together

“GivingTuesday is a global movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.” How will you get involved on December 2, 2025?

So many ways to participate this December

Look no further for ways to share this Giving Tuesday! Donate a Car Canada processes donations for any Canadian charity! Each one will offer ways that you can help. Just as you. Where you are. Today!

Many of us are not in a position to give financially. No problem! The smallest acts of kindness bring meaningful relief. Your innate Goodness? It matters! Share it in the way that you are best able. A written note, or a pot of soup. An offer of childcare, or pet sitting. A simple, authentic smile.

‘Have your feet under you and feeling some financial freedom? Canadian charities will put your dollars and cents to excellent work. Caring, skilled men, women, and children are manning the wheel at our charities. What they need more than anything? The finances to keep things in motion. Your financial offering can make such a difference.

On the other hand, some charities will accept gifts-in-kind — that lightly used couch, coat, or pair of shoes will help!

Get Intentional

Give where you feel the love! CanadaHelps is a fabulous resource in selecting charities to support.

The cause that has most-helped you or your loved ones may be just the place to start this Giving Tuesday. If vulnerable pets or our remarkable Canadian wildlife tug at your heartstrings, give them a paw (or talon…or fin) up!

In giving creatively, you might even think about the impact your gift has on more than one level. Giving your lightly used household items, or a vehicle, means practical help to the recipient. That kind of giving does more! It reduces waste and is helpful environmentally. It clears your own space (possibly aiding in your own wellbeing). The benefits touch into your life, the life (lives) of your recipient, and the broader world.

Your Giving Tuesday

We’d love to see you this Giving Tuesday! Pick your charity and do up our quick donation form (it takes less than 10 minutes to fill out). Your charity not on our list? No problem! Just let us know and we’ll direct your gift to the cause you love! We’ll have you set up with your free tow and on your way to a tax receipt in short order!

That free tow will be managed efficiently, and with care. Typically, donated vehicles are picked up within 1 – 3 business days. You’ll be called in advance to ensure timing that suits you well.

The gift on top of the gift in all of this? Just as there is no cost to you, there is no cost to your charity of choice. We are here to ensure this full process is managed on behalf of yourself and your charity so that you can all keep doing what you need to do!

In anticipation of making a big difference together…

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Beloved Sprinter a memory-maker before it was a wish granter

Kimberly and her 2006 Dodge Sprinter put many kilometers on together — over 300,000 km, in fact. Exploring Alberta and BC, there were just too many favorite spots to count. Jasper, Banff, the Island. Each new spot seemed more lovely than the last and she often found herself delighted with her explorations and adventures.

Family is where Kimberley’s heart is, and her trusty Sprinter was the reliable chariot that allowed her to trek with her cross-country-travelling parents when they visited from the East Coast. More recently, some of those Western Province trips were taken with her daughter before she passed away. Kimberly’s memories of her daughter are held precious and close. Too close for words to be put to paper here. But it was with her child in mind that Kimberley’s hard -working Dodge found its way into our program as a donation on behalf of the Children’s Wish Foundation.

The trustworthy recipients of a heartful donation

The Children’s Wish Foundation has been joyfully about the business of granting wishes to children with life-threatening illness for 30 years. We honor Kimberly as she selflessly gives of herself in this memorable and meaningful way.

Her fabulous Sprinter rolled into our program in auction-ready condition. It was put up for sale, as-is, to the highest bidder. When those bids came in close to the amount of a complete wish-grant we were over the moon! Kimberly’s child-honouring donation outcome will bring another child so very close to a realized dream. The Children’s Wish Foundation will expertly put her donated dollars to work.

Become a wish-granting vehicle donor today!

If Kimberly’s story has touched into your own, we’re here to assist. Donating a car, truck, van, SUV, or motorcycle is simple, quick, and free! First, fill in an online donation form. This will take you less than 10 minutes. Then, sit back and wait for the phone to ring. That will be your supporting transport agent calling to set up your free tow. Finally, watch your inbox. You’ll see your tax receipt there in no time!

Whether recycle-ready or primed to roll into re-sale, every vehicle counts. Donate today and help the CWF match a child to their wish today!

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A Personal Experience

Rob Frenette, Bullying Canadas Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder, relates personally to being bullied. You can relate, too, right? You, me. We were bullied. Some of us, even into adulthood, have faced bullying in our places of work, where we shop, through media. We remember what it was to be a vulnerable child. Sometimes we were facing down (or fleeing from) the kids that wanted to break us down and beat us up.

There are some scary numbers indicating the continued problem of bullying in Canada. About the problem in our schools, Rob says:

“I told myself that I would do everything in my power to prevent another child, another teenager and, most importantly, another student who felt alone that they finally could feel safe in our schools.”

Bullying Canada apply themselves to that effort every day. The work of advocacy, intervention, and prevention will be measurably successful. We, individually and collectively, can apply our creative compassion to this shared effort.

Bullying Canada Speaking Out

For a glimpse into what Rob Frenette and Bullying Canada are speaking out about from the East Coast, check out the news from area radio stations 106.9 and Max104.9. 

One simple way you can be the change for BC!

Did you know that your unused, unwanted vehicle can make a difference for kids? It is a simple, quick, free process. We handle all of the details for donor and charity alike! Once we have your donation form (that will take you just 10 minutes online) you’ll be just a phone call away from your free tow. Then, you’ll receive a tax receipt for the net proceeds from the re-sale or recycle of your vehicle. So, support a cause like BC and be the change!

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Claire’s Wish Story (Reprinted with permission) is one example of how your car (recycle-ready, or a good candidate for auction) can have a lasting impact on the cause you care about.

It was Christmas day over three years ago, that Claire’sbrother Noah needed to see a doctor for flu-like symptoms that he had been experiencing. Thinking that Claire was likely to catch whatever he had, parents, Amber and Davor, decidedto have Claire seen by the doctor as well.

Little did they realize at the time that Noah would be just fine, and that they would spend the next week and a half in the hospital with Claire, who by all accounts appeared healthy but had low oxygen saturation levels. Expecting her to be gasping for air, or showing symptoms that would explain the low oxygen levels, the doctors were baffled. And so began the search for answers. Through rigorous testing, which included everything
from blood samples, x-rays, CT scans, and ultimately a lung biopsy surgery in May 2011, doctors finally had a conclusive answer as to what was affecting Claire’s little lungs.

Affectionately known as “Clairebear”, four year old Claire was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy (NEHI), a very rare childhood interstitial lung disease of which there are roughly 500 cases identified world-wide. In very basic terms, the disease inhibits the lung’s ability to undergo gas exchange, causing hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood), which in turn causes faster breathing and respiratory distress. Due to the lack of oxygen, children with NEHI generally experience developmental delays. Sadly, there are no known medicines or treatments to cure the disease – only indefinite oxygen therapy to combat the effects of hypoxemia.

Claire has been on 24/7 oxygen since that fateful Christmas day. Luckily, she is showing no cognitive or physical developmental delays. Like most little girls she loves her dollies, pretty outfits, and chasing her brother Noah around, except she’s got an oxygen tube following her wherever she goes.

Your vehicle donation dollars add up for Canadian charities like the Children’s Wish Foundation!

When it came time to choose her wish, Disney World was the perfect fit. Claire spent an entire week meeting all her favorite Disney Princesses and even received a princess makeover at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique! Claire’s mom Amber said that week brought an immeasurable amount of joy to Claire that will be treasured for a lifetime.

Thank you for the role you play in supporting families like Claire’s when you give a car to the Canadian charities of your choosing!

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Kids. They grip our hearts in a way no one or nothing else can. When we watch the news and see or hear anything that affects a child, there’s a part in all of us that squirms and churns. We want our future adults to be safe, to be raised well and to be productive and hopeful citizens. Some days it’s a little more challenging than others to impart life skills they can use for their lifetime!

We have many organizations focused on the health and welfare of our wee ones, from hospitals to wish granters, to the YMCA, to any help lines, to support for battered women or pregnant teens. Human lives are to be treasured and each of us can make a difference whether it’s in donating a vehicle to raise funds for one of these causes, or whether it’s the attitude and values we instill in our children.

A few simple steps each of us can take towards ensuring little lives become functional and emotionally sound adults can include:

Affirming positive experiences. When a kid does something well, tell him/her. When there’s a learning opportunity, use it as such instead of focusing on what’s not right. Putting a child on a pedestal isn’t healthy either. There’s a fine balance between encouragement and entitlement! One thing though, that children definitely respond to, is when they know you think they’ve done a good job, they want to do more of that. Even as adults we want to know when we’ve done good, right?!

Demonstrate kindness. Let them observe you being kind in a line up, like letting someone go ahead of you, or buying the car behind you their beverage at the drive through. It may seem simple enough, but the more you example those behaviours to them, the better chance they have at succeeding at being a thoughtful and caring adult. Don’t be a, “Do as I say, not as I do,” person!

Think about your actions and words and ask yourself if what you’re doing is something you’d like those young’uns in your life to be or do. You don’t need to be a parent to think this way. We all influence someone younger than us, whether we want to acknowledge it or not.

Ask questions. “What makes you think that?” “Tell me your thought process.” “Help me understand why you did it that way.” Allow their learning and growth to build on their own curiosity and mistakes.

Speaking of mistakes, allow them to make some! Our overprotective natures and our culture don’t want anything bad to happen, but sometimes it’s the only way. Kind of like the hands on the stove example we often use, learning experiences need to happen.

I’m not a parenting guru by any stretch, but when I think of how I responded to my ‘elders’ when I was a kid, I know what worked and what didn’t! Being a bully adult or a pushy dictator isn’t how we influence children to be their best, that much I know to be true! And as we often hear, these kids are our future…

Donate A Car Canada is so grateful however, when kids do need support and help (whatever the reason), that we have so many great causes and charities to support that truly do make a difference. A few years down the road it’s not just the child’s life that has benefitted, but an entire community and nation. Your dollars do matter. Every one of them.

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