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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The crew behind the Donate a Car Canada scenes

Donate a Car Canada has just a handful of staff. Our little crew comes from backgrounds in administration, charity work, and media relations. We have worked in business administration, care giving, spiritual care, home making, and janitorial roles.  Between us, we have half a dozen amazing kiddos. Over the years, we have lovingly nurtured all kinds of pets (dogs, cats, turtles, geckos, birds, fish) and any number of strays. Each of us reach into the important world of volunteering in our own ways.

Whether you’re talking with us in person (sharing stories of generosity, loss, or the frustration of a roadside breakdown), or connecting with us by email, we are a team who care very much about you and your personal connection to your gift.

You will get to know some of us by name; others will be working diligently in the background to ensure that your charity is set up to receive your gift, and that your gift is disbursed just so!

You’d think this would be a complicated process, right?

Donate a Car Canada is all about exceptional donor and charity service. The way we deliver that? Well, we like to say that it is actually as easy as 1-2-3!

1. Complete an online donation form (in less than 10 minutes).
2. Wait for your free tow (typically within 1 – 5 business days).
3. Receive a tax receipt from your charity of choice!

Neither you or your chosen charity will every pay for this service. And you did read that right: the charity is all up to you. We can serve any charity in Canada!

This kind of service starts at home.

Taking care of each other first

You know drill: put your own oxygen mask on before you tend the person beside you. That goes for us here at Donate a Car Canada, too.

In order to keep costs low, we all work from home. In fact, we have been a WFH company since the beginning. That’s over two decades of working scattered across the Alberta. This means taking care of each other needs to be done creatively.

We’ve had two of our key staff go down hard to illness this past year. When our crew mates fell sick, the rest of us felt a little helpless. How do you creatively tend your friend when she is out of reach?

This was really put to the test when our boss was under the weather this winter.

Wishing to support her, and hoping to make her life just a wee bit easier, the team collaborated. The best thing we could do to extend TLC? A care package! Delivered right to her door. ‘Sounds simple enough, right? Not exactly…

No good deed, or, Operation Drop-Off

Once co-workers Kirsten and Cory had tackled the building of the care package, Kirsten and our colleague, Marcia, took on delivery of the bundle of treats and nutritious snacks. The drop-off was enroute to another mini-road-trip destination. It only made sense to do a “quick” stop for our beloved employer!

Kirsten recalls,

“The day started out really well! We got on the road at a reasonable time. We even got to stop for food before heading to our drop-off. The boss warned us through text messages that the roads were terrible. She suggested that maybe we shouldn’t go, but we really wanted to. After all, this was a care package full of love! It needed to get to its people to do its job.

We agreed to just take it easy to get ourselves there and if the roads were bad, we’d turn back. But, honestly, the roads were great! Aside from one weirdly icy turn, the roads were pretty solid the whole way. We made it almost the entire way to our destination!

But, then we missed the last turn…

‘Simple mistake with big consequences because we decided to turn around in a “flat” little driveway that just had a “little” snow. Turns out the driveway was not flat. Nor was it lightly snow covered, Furthermore, it was not in the mood to let us get back on our journey quickly.

We ended up on glare ice and couldn’t get ourselves unstuck. I let our so-ill coworker know where we were and that we were just running a little behind. The next thing we know, our boss’s husband (who was also unwell) was pulling up to try to help us out. Such a sweetheart but he was in no condition to be helping push us out. After a few minutes, he went home to get a tow rope, brought back a hitch strap, and I hooked both vehicles up.

Pulling us out led to a near crash and the breaking of the hitch strap itself, but eventually we were all good! We then agreed that it was probably best to give the care package to the boss’s husband, right then and there, and let him go right back home to bed. Marcia and I made our way back to the main road so that we could head to our next stop. So, it was bonkers but it all worked out! Thankfully everyone was okay and the box ‘o’ love made it to its destination!”

Donate a Car Canada staff…post drop-off

The thing about things (literally!) slipping off the road (Oh, the best laid plans do go awry!)? Once they’ve started in that direction, they tend to continue in that direction.

With their journey of care package delivery partly behind them, you would think karma would smile kindly on the delivery driver? Nope! Marcia’s adventures were just beginning.

After safely navigating the next leg of their journey, Kirsten and Marcia arrived at their final destination. A warm hotel! Soft beds soon-to-be sunk into. No more icy patches or snow drifts or busted tow ropes. Or so they thought…

Marcia chimes in,

“I pull into the hotel parking lot and what do I see, you ask? My son’s team coach and team manager pushing a little ol’ Honda that is stuck. In the name of kindness and karma I get out of my car and ask if they need help….”

I mean, the Donate a Car Canada crew are really good-hearted folks!

I just need to interrupt Marcia for a second: this is a gal who just trekked a care package through ice and snow to give a little comfort to a co-worker. And now she’s pausing on her journey again! That’s how our Donate a Car Canada crew rolls in their off-hours!

But back to Marcia,

“Coach hollers, ‘Sure! We could use another hand pushing!’

So off I go to help push.

I am by the wheel of the car and as we start pushing I get a small ice bath from the slush and melt water spitting up at me! Coach decides to change the strategy and we all shift to the other side of the car.

We start pushing and feel the car make a move. At this precise moment I know things are gonna go sideways for me. And yes, yes they did. As the car began to shift, having the short wingspan that I do, it slips from my reach! And me? I lose my balance. I slide half under the car into a slush puddle that is up to my waist.  So there I am sitting in slush thinking, ‘Please don’t let this car roll forward onto me!’

A penguin swim was not in the plans!

The young woman who owns the car is hysterical and freaking out. Coach is trying to help me up. And I am sitting there laughing like a loon! I am unable to get my feet under me as it’s pure ice. Keep in mind the temp is in the minus twenties and the wind is freaking cold.

Once I leave the ice bath I am pretty much instantly frozen. I waddle my way into the hotel (sans glasses as they are ice covered and fogged so I can’t see). I proceed to laugh the entire way through the lobby and up the elevator. Most of those I cross think I have lost my marbles as I am still laughing like a loon.

To top it off? We were not successful in helping the young lady get her car out!”

Your donation is in resourceful and loving hands

Donating a car, truck, van, SUV, or motorcycle through our program is a personal process. The team on this side of your gift is going to keep things moving in a forward direction. No matter what! 9.99 out of 10 donations thrum along without a hitch. Working for Canadian charities for more than 10 years means we have some beautiful process in place. Our agents serve diligently and compassionately across Canada.

Quick, friendly efficiency is our work-a-day normal! But if icy patches and snow drifts and cars stuck in parking lots do get in the way? You can bet we will get it sorted!

The intention, character, and loving kindness that we exercise in our personal time is exactly what we invest in your donation process. Every gift counts. And the charity you are choosing counts, too! You have our guarantee that we will apply our practiced skills, resources, and ample humour to your vehicle donation.

Donate today and meet the team here at Donate a Car Canada!

You are also invited to contact and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter! From there, you’ll be able to keep up to date on our program as well as see posts that showcase our amazing donors and charities across the country!

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Webb telescope images sparkle

Have you seen the first images coming in from the Webb telescope? If that’s not a shot-in-the-arm of good news, what is? This beautiful testament to human effort and smarts is a welcome break from wobbly news. We love a little reveling in wonder and data and pushing the boundaries!

Big leaps like this come from many small efforts

One of the everyday joys of working at Donate a Car Canada is the scope of the charities we serve. There is a charity for every cause you can imagine! ‘Love donkeys? There’s a charity for that. Are you all about hand bells? We ring it in for that cause, too. Community, cancer, kids, and critters: your car donation can go to any charity you love!

Of course, none of those are directly related to space exploration! While they reach for great heights in their own ways, their hooves, paws, and sneakers area planted firmly on this planet.

‘Sights set a little further out? Where do you give? How can you impact future thinkers and creatives and explorers with something as earthbound as a car donation?

Gettin’ smart

Wonder. Curiosity. Imagination. Your car, van, SUV, or motorcycle donation may lead to the lightbulb moment that will one day morph into something as grand as space exploration!

Did you know you can donate your car to an education-focused charity?

Consider two that are already on our list:

If you’d like to see a new charity added to our list, you can even select an un-partnered charity like,

Telus Spark (Calgary)

Telus World of Science (Edmonton)

Space Place Planetarium Canada (Toronto)

Space For Life Foundation (Quebec)

Every car helps your charity reach for the stars

We, working on behalf your charity of choice, will arrange to have the vehicle recycled or re-sold.

When your car is selected for our recycle process, the donation can be up to $500.00 in some parts of Canada. This is determined by the area in which it is donated, and what the market will pay for the year/make/model. The tow is always free!

Your vehicle may be considered for sale at auction, or re-sold by another resale agent. Several things go into qualifying a vehicle for re-sale. These include drivability, type of mechanical problems (if any), age, damage, visual appearance, and mileage. These vehicles are sold to the highest bidder, as a full and final sale. The outcome is determined by what buyers bid.

Webb telescope milestones inspire

Imagine it! Your scrap car or unused van will make a difference! Gift the cause you love that is making strides toward the breakthroughs you care about. Whether you choose to give to a cause that’s all about planet earth, or a charity that’s looking way up, the process is simple and quick. Just click on the quick link at the bottom of this post, or call us directly at 1-877-250-4904. We’re here to help!

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Uvalde – Today’s reminder that we are all connected

Given the parameters of our work here at Donate a Car Canada, we have no wish to weigh in on the politics of anything. ‘Certainly not on the gut-wrenching Awful of the Uvalde school shooting. I saw a graph of what has been happening with school shootings in the the United States last night. It is confounding. Appalling. So many babies lost. So, I weep. And I get rage-y. But I also get curious about how to respond in ways that are just. Meaningful. Active. Right here in my own beautiful country.

In our little bubble of caring work here, we are so, so lucky! We see the scope of Good Work that Canadian charities lovingly engage in. We know that there are volunteers and paid workers toiling and serving and creating every day. They are applying themselves with so much heart to the very work that saves the lives of children. The people at the helm of our participating charities help make sense of the senseless.

The experience of suffering is something that connects us. Headline news (war, economic crisis, pandemic, and violent acts) is certainly a shared and collective trauma. And we each experience that suffering in our own ways.

One way to be with headlining tragedy

Do you ever feel a bit powerless in the face of heartbreaking news like that out of Uvalde? Or, do events like the Uvalde violence (or Buffalo’s just a hearbeat before that…not to mention the Ukraine), leave you with an angry energy that needs an outlet?

I understand those feelings, too. The rage and wish and empathy and indignation. Maybe you have robust ways of tending to those things in yourself? For myself, some rhythms of contemplation, mindfulness, and physical exercise help. Those practices can help with my own mental-emotional-spiritual health.

But sometimes we need to DO something. We need to help. Making some kind of contribution in a tangible way feels so important. Helping in practical ways seems to help our internal processing of impossibly big feelings about these kinds of circumstances.

I cannot help the grieving families in Uvalde. My reach for providing real assistance in the Ukraine is limited.

I can help here. At home. I can support teachers and care givers. My volunteerism and donating might aid distress lines or hand-up services for youth in crisis. By educating myself I can expand reach and understanding around issues of inclusion and equality. My practice of caring can chip away at barriers to mental health care and compassion for those who are chronically ill.

We can get involved

If you are doing your bit of good, and I am doing mine, will we build a healthier society? Overall? Or, at least, a gentler Canada? I’ll do my bit for empathy and dignifying inclusion. You do the same in the ways that feel alive and true for you. And soon, between you, me, and the people we love, might we find ourselves in a world where one child does not feel their only course of action is to take the lives of other little ones?

We are set up to partner with ANY Canadian charity. If you pop over to CanadaHelps and explore their charity list, you’ll find we can work on behalf of all of those charities, too!

Pick a cause. Perhaps, for today, it will be a cause that is shaping the lives of children and care givers and teens? Through music, sport, employment services, or distress care, we turn our attention to Canada’s unique needs and give there. In this way, might we bear witness to our connection to Uvalde?

We have so many children’s charities to choose from. If you would like to attend to your need to help by donating a car, here is a short list to get your creative giving juices flowing? Consider,

What happens when you donate a vehicle?

When you donate your car, truck, van, SUV, or motorcycle, the net proceeds go to your cause. You fill out a 5 minute online form. We arrange your free tow. Your charity receives the funds, and you get a tax receipt.

We know this won’t right terrible wrongs like the parade of awful we see in the headlines these days. But your giving does seed Goodness. Caring. A commitment to acting on empathy. And that is a kind of justice all its own. The kind that invites another such action, and then another, and then one more. And that’s where we’re at with this today: I’ll do what I can. You do what you’ve got it in you to do. We’ll take care of each other. One loving act at a time.

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Accessible Housing Society: barrier-free

Accessible Housing opens doors for people with limited mobility. In addition, they enhance dignity through accessible homes that are appropriate and affordable.

Through their outreach and residential programs, they provide housing and personal support. Their aim: for everyone to have a home, to belong, and to participate in community.

AH believes everyone can thrive! This is true, regardless of circumstances, if people are provided proper support and opportunity.

Accessible Housing offers many programs to support those with limited mobility. Clients are intentionally supported to develop a sense of hope and strength. This is accomplished by fostering a sense of connection and belonging with the community.

Enabling, caring, creating

The society was formed in 1974 to meet the housing needs of young people with severe physical disabilities.

Through the years, the society has grown the services they offer. They are now able to include more individuals in different life situations. Two of their programs (Inclusio, and Chinook) include personal care services. These two programs provide an array of at-home and personal care supports.

Another program, Bridge to Home, provides intensive supports to help people with limited mobility exit homelessness. RAD is yet another program. It helps people to stay in their own community by facilitating accessibility renovations to private homes or local businesses. In these ways, AH supports hundreds of clients (and their families and loved ones) each year.

They also offer an Accessible Housing Registry. There, client housing needs are identified and assistance is provided to obtain housing. This service connects clients with landlords. Specifically, landlords whose property may have modifications that would work for the person in need. In addition, Accessible has a learning tool known as Accessible University (AccessibleU). This online resource offers information and links for navigating changes to spaces that support accessibility.

Crossover collects big!

It is not unusual for our car donors to give without much explanation. D.B. is one of those donors. Because of that, the size of his donation outcome feels so BIG relative to the simplicity of the process!

Our AH donor simply filled out his donation form and waited for our donor care. D.B’s SUV was a good choice for our re-sale at auction process. One of our long-time auction houses had the Subaru up on the block in no time. The Crosstrek was in great shape. Bids on sale day reflected that!

He donated in the middle of October; by the end of November, Accessible Housing had his (enormous) gift in hand! Within one month D.B. went from a donation form to a completed gift. No fanfare. ‘No story attached to his Subaru’s notes. ‘Just one donor quietly giving to the cause he cares for.

D.B’s donation outcome? $23,457.90 for Accessible Housing! Yes, you read that right! His charity of choice is on their way. Thanks to him, they have a little more room to build and serve.

Your car, your choice

Does the work of AH mean a lot to you? Or, maybe another charity you love has capable and caring hands tackling work that offers dignity? Generous spaces? Your time, your caring, and your gifts matter to their work!

If you have an unused or unwanted vehicle to give, Donate a Car Canada can help! As we did with D.B’s Subaru, we will process your car, truck, van, or SUV through re-sale or recycling. Then, the sale proceeds will be sent to any charity you choose in Canada. The tow is always free. Not only that, you will receive a tax receipt!

If you have questions about how to give to AH, we’re here to help. We look forward to hearing from you!

Wishing you and yours enough to thrive, and enough to share, through a barrier-free holiday season!

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