Help hit the high notes: donate a vehicle for the arts

Is the curtain closing on your old Toyota?

‘That old Dodge ready for it’s swan song?

Susan’s 2010 Nissan Murano was ready to come off the road. The driver’s door latch and lock mechanisms were broken. Its passenger window was stuck, and the trunk refused to open. A dead battery and flat tires, plus a few cosmetic injuries, all added up to the old thing’s last call. A free tow and a tax receipt later, and $400.00 was capably gifted to the donor’s charity of choice, Theatre Direct Canada!

Whether your unused, unwanted vehicle is ready for it’s finale, or just waiting for its encore performance, your local arts charity will benefit from it! We’ll have your car, van, SUV, truck, or motorcycle re-sold or recycled for dramatic donation dollars!

When we say any arts charity, we do many any!

Here are a few of the Canadian arts-focused charities that are currently receiving vehicle donations through our program:

Alberta Theatre Projects              

               Buddies in Bad Times Theatre    

               Calgary Young People’s Theatre Society  

               Factory Theatre

               Green Fools Theatre Society

               Kittiwake Dance Theatre Inc.                                                   

               One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Association   

               Punctuate! Theatre        

               Rosebud Centre of the Arts

               Tarragon Theatre

               The Metropolitan Cooperative Theatre Society                  

               Theatre Direct Canada   

               Theatre Orangeville

               Verb Theatre Society

               Young People’s Theatre

Wait! Here are a few more that really sing…and add a splash of colour, too:

Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund

Make Music Matter

Royal Conservatory of Music

The Legacy Children’s Foundation

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery

artsPlace – Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation

Calgary Allied Arts Foundation

OrKidstra

‘Don’t see your crew or choir on the list? Visit CanadaHelps to get a more comprehensive glance at your options. Or, simply submit your vehicle for donation: we’ll get your charity of choice set up with us in no time!

Keeping the flood lights up

When you donate a vehicle for the arts it will always be free for you and your charity. We will make the process simple, quick, and friendly, too!

Follow these 3 easy steps to donate a car:

First, click the big red button here:

The form you find there will take you less than 10 minutes to fill in. Trouble with the form? We are here to help! Call in to 1-877-250-4904 to talk to a cheerful, funny, very efficient human!

Next, wait for your phone to ring. Our agent will call to arrange pick-up of your donated vehicle.

Finally, it’s time to receive your tax receipt! Once your donated vehicle has been re-sold or recycled, we will receive payment for it. Then, CanadaHelps will issue your tax receipt on behalf of whichever charity you have chosen.

Not quite ready to let go of that ol’ car?

Find and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. There you will be able to keep up-to-date on posts. We love to showcase amazing donors and charities in every province in Canada!

Then, when you’re ready sometime down the road, we’ll be just a click or a call away.

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We appreciate the need to protect your company reputation. You need to have full reassurance that your donated vehicle’s lasting impact will be for the good of your charity. You don’t want a new buyer driving your company logo around town.

One of our late summer donors came to us with that very concern. Thinking that the only means of ensuring that the company would be protected, the donor requested that the vehicle be crushed.

Protected through the donation process

This would certainly have been an option. But our agents knew we could do better. Our agents are always looking for ways to ensure a stronger return than simply scrapping or recycling a vehicle.

Our supporting agent arranged the free pick-up for the SUV. Once at their yard, they knew right away that they had a vehicle that wasn’t ready for the crusher. They reached out to us to request permission to re-sell it for a higher return for charity. They noted that they would simply have the company logo removed.

Our donor agreed to this process (she was in full control over this at all times), and as you can see in the photo above (provided courtesy of our agent), their thorough care resulted in a vehicle that will not reflect on the donor company in any way — other than their donation to Rosebud Centre of the Arts! Rather than settling for a recycle outcome, we will be able to send hundreds of dollars on to the theatre!

When in doubt, call. We’re happy to help!

If your company logo has been holding you back, or if you have other related concerns about your potential vehicle donation, just give us a call at our toll free number, 1-877-250-4904 and we’ll be happy to assist in any way we can!

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They did. In dramatic fashion! Her donated 1966 Mercury 350 will stir closely held memories for our rural readers, and it drew a $969.75 donation for Rosebud Theatre (Rosebud Centre of the Arts)!

Rita writes,

“This truck was bought back in 1993-1994, when we moved out of Edmonton to the acreage by Beaumont. Initially used to haul calves, it was then used to move dirt when landscaping after building our house.

My late husband had refurbished the vehicle at one point, with re-sale in mind after we no longer needed it.”

Sadly, Mr. Wesley passed before the family had opportunity to sell their faithful old truck.

“After his passing, the truck stayed in the Quonset and was used only (very) occasionally.  I had tried to sell it on Kijiji but (obviously) with no luck.

Almost to the point of being ‘ the way’ I had been trying, for the past couple of years, to find a solution for disposing of the vehicle, but always procrastinating, I guess, although the whole project seemed to be quite daunting for me.  By this time, seals were seized up, and we couldn’t get the truck started.”

Enter Stage Left: Donate a Car Canada!

“When attending a performance there earlier this year, I chanced on an advertisement in the program, regarding Donate A Car Canada.  That seemed to be the right answer!  I could get the vehicle towed away with no cost to me and donate the proceeds to a very worth-while cause.”

As a Rosebud Theatre visitor myself (my family has enjoyed many home-cooked buffets and engaging productions there through the years), I echo Rita’s heartfelt, “I thoroughly believe in what Rosebud does, and certainly enjoy attending performances there 3 or 4 times a year.”

You can support the creative arts in your own dramatic way! Connect with any curiosities or concerns and we’ll set our production team to work getting your show underway.

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