Summertime car removal with heart!

June is host to eight monthly considerations. Each one of them is connected, in one way or another, to charitable work in Canada. If you’re in process of summertime car removal, your vehicle donation can make a big difference for any one of these.

The Canadian Heritage site notes the following as June’s special acknowledgements:

• National Indigenous History Month
• Italian Heritage Month
• Filipino Heritage Month
• Portuguese Heritage Month
• Launch of Pride Season

A few special days are

• June 21
  National Indigenous Peoples Day
• June 23
  National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism
• June 24
  Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
• June 27
  Canadian Multiculturalism Day

Choosing a charity to receive your summertime car donation

If one of June’s special focuses is in line with your giving plans, we have a go-to for helping make a charity selection! CanadaHelps is a resource naming the over 80,000 Canadian charities serving coast-to-coast.

When you visit their site, simply specify the cause you care about. Their robust listing will point you in the direction of an organization working toward the ends you wish to support.

Once you have chosen your receiving charity, vehicle donation is simple, quick, free, and friendly!

First, fill in an online donation form. This will take fewer than 10 minutes to complete.

Then, wait for your tow agent to call to arrange your free tow.

Finally, watch your in box for your tax receipt.

Donate a Car Canada will take care of everything in the betweens! From the moment we receive your online form we track your file. We follow along with our agents as they work to either re-sell or recycle your donated vehicle. We then take payment from the agent and disburse your gift to your charity of choice.

Summertime car removal — whether that vehicle is running, rusty, wrecked, or race-ready — can be all about doing so much good for the cause you care about. We can’t wait to work alongside in your generous endeavor!

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Indigenous Peoples Day, Week, Month

We hold carefully the stories of those who came before us in our own small ways.

Our little team of staff here at Donate a Car Canada works from home. Working from several towns in Alberta, we are becoming increasingly aware of what our history is really all about.

For myself, I work from the traditional territory of the Stoney Nakoda (Bearspaw, Chiniki, Wesley), Pikani, Siksika, Kainai, Tsuut’ina, and Metis. When I tromp the river valley or the bluffs of my town, I often wonder about those whose feet landed on that same earth — long, long before my own.

At the time of this writing, the news of the day continues to alarm. Daily, we are reminded that great suffering has been dealt to our Indigenous Peoples. We hold this with humility, heartache, and care. To be mindful of National Indigenous Peoples Day is a small thing. Marking Indigenous History Month is a necessary acknowledgment of our Metis, Inuit, First Nations. In this honouring we acknowledge the abuses, systemic racism, and complex social injustices that our indigenous experience daily.

Shifting — understanding and growth

Our role here at Donate a Car Canada is simple! We make it possible for Canadians to gift the charity they love through car donation.

This easy as 1-2-3 process has some deep and knowing layers to it, too. We have the happy luck of interacting with hundreds of causes. Moreover, we working alongside thousands of donors. That allows us an ever-humbling perspective on the complex issues that Canadians face.

As we engage with our fellows one car donation at a time, our own understanding of Indigenous Peoples, and the vulnerabilities within their communities, deepens. With understanding, comes a better knowing — a better doing.

Truth and reconciliation

Looking to become more richly informed for yourself?

Explore the Truth and Reconciliation calls to action…and then follow the trail to deeper understanding.

Your vehicle; your values

If you have an unused or unwanted car, truck, van, SUV, or motorcycle rolling around, donate it!

Honour Indigenous Peoples Day and History Month. Donate your car for an allied charity!

Explore our charities list for the cause that matches your own caring best! Can’t find your charity on our list? No problem. Simply ask, and we will ensure that your donation goes to the cause you love!

Once we have your car info, we take care of all of the details. For you. For your charity. Your car is so much more than scrap metal and tires! A gift like yours builds toward inclusion, health, and dignity for all. Your one act of caring ripples out to build a future that is caring and just.

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