Car Donation: A Few Thoughts

Car Donation: A Few Thoughts Thank you for considering Activated Ministries for your car donation. We appreciate and need every vehicle that comes our way.  While receiving car donations allows us to fund more of our exciting projects around the globe, there are other ways that giving your car away benefits everybody. For one, car donation is changing people's lives every day in this country. Donors are getting rid of old clunkers they'd never use in a million years, cleaning up their...

Donating A Car Is A Big Decision

Donating A Car Is A Big Decision To Make It's an extremely important decision to make, and it should never be treated flippantly or casually, but I think - for most people - donating a car to charity is an excellent choice in almost every situation. For a young person who's never had to make a big financial decision, it's perfect because it teaches them about taxes, tax deductions, Blue Book values, and it teaches them the importance and value of helping one's fellow man out in a tough...

Donate A Car And Improve Your Life

Donate A Car And Improve Your Life If you're ever wondering why your life isn't going as well as you once imagined it would, think about whether or not you should donate a car to charity. While it may seem like giving away something for free is the last thing you should be doing, it can be a surprising boost to your quality of life. After all, a big part of living well and feeling well is knowing that you're doing good deeds and helping others with their problems. When you donate a car to...

In these Financially Challenging Times - You can Make a Difference

Everyone is facing a difficult time during this financial crisis, including charities like Activated Ministries who are finding it difficult to fund the programs that make a difference in the lives of many needy families and individuals!  Vehicle donations are a traditional way to give to charity and the funding from donated cars goes a long way in helping to alleviate the suffering of those in need.  By donating your car to charity you can benefit by getting a valuable tax deduction,...

Donate A Car To Charity

Donate A Car To Charity We say it almost every time we post a blog to our site: donate a car to charity! I'm sure it gets old hearing us prattle on and on about it, but we can't help but talk about our enthusiasm for the practice. After all, that's why we got into the business - to help others donate cars to charity and to help people benefit from it. When you believe in something as strongly as we do, you have a moral obligation to promote that cause, especially when the cause is...

Car Donation Is More Important Than Ever

Car Donation Is Crucial  With the economy finally beginning to show signs of life, halting all car donation altogether could be the killing blow that sets it back on the course toward failure. You see, when people are donating cars on a regular basis, it isn't just the mark of a prosperous economy. It also helps fuel an economy.  Good Marker Why is widespread car donation such a good sign for an ailing economy? Simple. It indicates that people are finally beginning to feel...

Donating A Car And Getting One With Better Mileage

Donating A Car Lets You Get A Better One Most of us get into donating a car to charity for just that: the charitable aspect of it all. You do it because you're helping someone in need and providing a fantastic service to a family who really needs it. And we are continually going to stress that aspect of the donation process; after all, helping people is why we got into this business in the first place. But there also exist other reasons for people to get into donating a car to charity,...

Donate A Car, Even If You Don't Have One

Donate A Car To Charity Indirectly This builds off of the last blog post, the one in which we suggested anyone wishing to donate a car to charity without actually having one available for donation could circumvent the limit by convincing someone else to donate a car instead. Today, we'll look at some simple, basic methods for convincing those skeptical people in your life of the benefits of donating a car to charity.  1. Be A Living Example Of Success The surest way to convince...

Car Donation Blues

Got The Car Donation Blues? I know, I know. We hear about this quite often, actually, from our readers and our customers. You've had such great experiences donating your cars to charity that you're actually upset when you don't have a car to donate. Well, car donation in all respects should be the goal - even if you aren't the one donating it. That means that if you're feeling down or lousy because you've already done all the car donation you can, don't just sit there! Get up and convince...