Supporting Canadian wildlife through Subaru donations

Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary is signed up! A generous Subaru Outback donor connected to donate their vehicle and named the refuge as their charity of choice. How exactly does this work?

Are you considering vehicle donation? Did you know that you can donate your van, truck, car, SUV, or motorcycle for ANY Canadian charity?

Your first stop is our online donation form. This will take you less than 10 minutes to complete. ‘Trouble with the form? Give us a call at 1-877-250-4904. We have lovely, funny, efficient humans happy to take your call.

Then, sit back and wait for our agent to give you a buzz to set up your free tow (Yup! Free!). After that? Just watch your in box for your tax receipt.

When you filling in your form you’ll find our list of charities. It is a long, long list! One recent donor jokingly said, “This process was all so easy…except scrolling all the way down to the “W’s” to find my chosen charity!”

How did charities get on that list?

Donor’s like our recent Subaru saint requested that the charity they love be added to the list. If your beloved local, regional, or national work is not already on our list you’ll be able to request that we get ‘er done. And we will!

What is the donation value of a Subaru?

The first “value” of every vehicle donation is the experience itself. You can expect exceptional donor support and the thrill of knowing you’ve made a difference for the cause you care about.

The Outback donor we mention above wrote in to say, “‘Application online was very fast and easy with a well designed online application. Response after application was prompt and informative. Tow service was prompt, friendly and efficient. They went above and beyond as I accidently locked all of the keys in the car as I prepared it for pickup. The driver came to the location of the car and patiently gained access then drove the car back to his shop with dealer plates. I found him very friendly, skilled and patient. A totally positive experience!“

But what about actual dollars and cents!?

An excellent experience is one thing. Making a cash-in-hand difference for the charity is next level! In the instance above, the Subaru was recycle ready and raised a donation of several hundred dollars for the WWS.

Salvage or scrap ready, every Impreza, Outback, Legacy, Forester, or Tribeca counts! Thousands of donation dollars are raised for charities like yours through these donations every year. Just a few of those charities in the last couple of months:

Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation

The Ottawa Mission

Hope for Wildlife Society

MS Canada

Toronto Cat Rescue

and G.R.I.S. – Montreal

We could keep this list growing, but there’s more to learn!

What if my car is in great condition and not ready for the scrap yard?

Whenever possible, our agents work diligently and capably to re-sell donated vehicles. This can be done through auction where vehicles are sold as-is to the highest bidder. Or, an agent might shop the Subaru (or any other amazing make) around to their substantial base of interested vehicle buyers.

Where a recycle-ready vehicle can bring in hundreds of dollars, a re-sale ready vehicle can bring in several thousand. Here is an example or two:

$1,232.25 was raised for the HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre! Thanks for donating your XVC, K.M.!

A ’92 SVX sold for $1,000.00. The donor’s chosen charity? BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund.

$1,185.87 went to the Parkinson Association of Alberta thanks to J.R.’s Impreza donation!

Ready to roll with your own make-a-difference donation?

As we speak, we’re working on seventeen (17!) Subaru donations. Just this month alone! Whatever the make, model, mileage, and muster of your unused/unwanted vehicle, we’ll make it count for the cause you care about. We’re ready to put the pedal to the metal for you and your charity today!

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Donated Hyundai models raise thousands of dollars for charity

Just a few minutes ago I had the happy experience of engaging a Hyundai Tucson donor. Her trusty and beloved ol’ girl is ready to come off the road. The donor is having a hard time letting her go, but she’s excited to be donating to her charity of choice. In this case, she’s giving to a human rights organization.

We’re working on a Santa Fe donation for a hospital foundation, too. An Accent donation is going to Ronald McDonald House Charities this month end. The Canadian Red Cross will see the proceeds from a Sonata donation drive on up shortly, and an Elantra will benefit the ALS Society.

Every car counts!

Re-sale ready vehicles are a boon for charities coast to coast. Whenever possible, our cooperating agents re-sell donated vehicles to the highest bidder. Vehicles are sold as-is (no repairs are done on the vehicles prior to sale).

If your Hyundai is rusted out and ready for crushing, no problem! We’ll process your vehicle for recycling.

Either way, the net proceeds can go to ANY Canadian charity. You can simply choose one from our drop down list on your donation form. ‘Still not sure about who to gift? Pop over to CanadaHelps!

Remember: the tow is always free!

Does the charity get the Hyundai? Or just the money from the sale?

Donate a Car Canada facilitates the sale of all donated vehicles. As mentioned, this is done by either recycling or re-selling the cars, trucks, vans, and motorcycles. Boats and RVs are occasionally processed through auction as well! The net proceeds from those sales are sent right off to each donor’s chosen charity.

For the charity to manage this process for themselves would be costly and cumbersome. From paperwork to towing to processing, a LOT goes into managing a donated vehicle. We take care of all of the details so the charity can just keep doing what it already does best: fulfilling its mission within your community, your world. CanadaHelps has a part in this, too. In addition to tending the possibility of donation to Canada’s thousands of charities, they also facilitate the tax receipt process for donated vehicles. Yet another effort spared your charity of choice!

Ready to donate? It’s simple, quick, and free. And hoping for exceptional customer care from real, live humans? You’ll receive 5 star treatment here. All day. Every day.

We’re ready to see your donation form! Need more information? Call us at 1-877-250-4904, Monday – Friday. Hyundai (or Honda…Ford…Dodge…Tesla…) ready to roll? We’ve got you covered!

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Human kindness, human rights?

We’ll just say it: things are feeling a bit bonkers right now. We’re feeling. So many feelings! Some of us are yelling about our feelings. Others of us are tensing our jaws and staying so very quiet. It can be tricky to discern if we should be shouting more loudly, or staying more quiet. I mean, we have rights…right?

We’re not going to weigh-in on those rights. But in a week when we were reminded that Kindness Day is a thing we all need, we stand by one basic privilege: human kindness. To that end, we’d like to introduce you to some of the Canadians that are doing their utmost to serve the world’s most vulnerable people. These are folks whose daily mission it is to extend compassionate equality, inclusion, and basic dignity.

Who do you love?

Donate a Car Canada is a family-run business operating out of Alberta. We’re a tight team of WFH humans. The captain of our little ship has made it her practice to offer employment with integrity, fairness, and inclusion. This means we’re a diverse bunch. Each of us have passions and beliefs; each of us work and serve with our own understanding of the human condition. The human condition in all of its complexities.

And every person on our team is here to serve Canadian charities without bias and with abiding compassion.

We do this understanding that Canadian donors give with their heart and soul. They donate based on their experiences. We feel so lucky to represent (with excellence and care) the broadest spectrum of those diverse beliefs, concerns, and causes possible.

When you think of your donation dollars, where does your heart turn? What is your unique expression of human kindness during strangely disrupted times? We are here to serve your cause!

Your caring counts

Social justice works make it their daily practice to extend basic human kindness. They often do this with a reach that you or I could never employ on our own. And they need us to extend that very reach.

Here is a short list of some of the charities you can choose when donating an unused or unwanted vehicle through Donate a Car Canada. We’ve randomly linked a few, but do search each of their websites. Learn how you can serve, support, and grow the charity you love!

A Better World Canada
ADRA Canada
Amnesty International Canada
ANIDA
Because I Am A Girl
Bridges of Hope
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Bullying Canada
Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN)
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Girls Inc. of Durham
G.R.I.S. – Montreal
Guatemala Stove Project
International Development & Relief Foundation (IDRF)
International Justice Mission Canada
JaneFinch ReachingUp
Medical Mercy Canada Society
Opportunity International Canada
Our Place Society
Oxfam Canada
Plan International Canada
The Hunger Project Canada
Save the Children Canada
Social Justice Connection
The 519

Diverse, practical, compassionate

From international justice work to local inclusion projects — you can give to the heart work that means the most to you. Human kindness comes in so many shapes, sizes, policies, and procedures!

Even while we feel the ground shifting beneath us, can we agree to offer the steady hand of respect and support where we are vulnerable? Because we are all vulnerable in one way or another. We need each other to be a non-anxious presence in an anxious world.

We’re here to serve you and your heart cause with excellence, efficiency, and impartiality. Reach out if you’re ready to donate your unused/unwanted car, truck, SUV, van, or motorcycle. The tow is always free, your charity of choice won’t pay a penny, and you’ll receive a tax receipt for the net proceeds of the processing of your vehicle!

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Dignity, inclusion, safety, and care for all

For almost 20 years we have been at-the-ready to process car, truck, van, SUV, and motorcycle donations for LGBQT2S+ charities and their allies!

This Pride Month is no exception.

It is possible that the charity you love is already on our list of causes receiving car donations. If it’s not, we can correct that in no time. Just let the folks you love know that we have a one-click button right on the website that will connect them to our charities coordinator.

Or, go ahead with your vehicle donation. When you take that generous step, you can simply name the organization you wish to receive the funds from your car. We take care of the rest. That includes adding the charity to our always-growing list so that other donors can gift them, too!

Where do I start in choosing my Pride charity?

If this is a cause that you care about you may wish your gift to go to a very specific work. Here are just a few of the charities we have already set up to receive your care:

• Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
• Durham Alliance Outreach
• G.R.I.S. – Montreal
• Rainbow Resource Centre
• The 519

And that is just a glimpse into the caring works available to you for donation!

Remember, you can also visit CanadaHelps for an encyclopedic list of charities across Canada. You’re sure to find some direction there.

Taking pride in Pride

All are welcome here at Donate a Car Canada. Every human. Every critter. And, of course, every car! Well…almost any car. We do fuss about tires and catalytic converters. And engines are pretty important, too. Whatever the condition of your unused or unwanted four-wheeled masterpiece, consider donating it to the cause you love today. The process is superquick and supergenerous. We can’t wait to serve you soon!

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How do I donate a car in Quebec?

You have come to the right place if you are ready to donate a car in Quebec. Donate a Car Canada has been serving charities in Quebec since 2005.

You would think by now we would have bi-lingual process in place for our Quebec donors. Thank you for your gracious understanding with that missing service. It is not for an absence of the wish, and it’s certainly not because we haven’t tried. It is, in a nutshell, because our efforts to get that done have been stumped by cost.

Thank you for going ahead with your donation despite that! Your charity needs you!

Speaking of which, your charity of choice (You read that right: you can choose ANY charity in Canada!) will never pay a penny for our care. Your own steps-to-donate? Well, they could not be easier:

Click or call (1-877-250-4904)

Fill in the information form (this is where you’ll pick your charity, too)

Take a call from the towing agent and hand over the vehicle

Leave the rest to us!

But how do I choose my charity?

When you fill in your vehicle information form you will see our drop-down list of charities. It is a long list!

If you would like to explore charity options before you get started, our charities page can help. Another option? Spend some time on the CanadaHelps website. Their list of Canadian charities is vast — and we can serve them all!

A quick-glance at your local Quebec causes

Is it really worth it to donate a car in Quebec?

Quebec car, truck, SUV, van, and motorcycle donors raise thousands of dollars for their 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-wonder cars — donate a car in Quebec and make a difference for the cause you love today!

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