Donate Your Car to a Worthy Charity that Will do Some Good with the Old Rust Bucket

Feb. 6, 2009 - PRLog -- Charities will take almost  anything to help the cause from money, clothes and even a car donation. California  as the leading car ownership state in the United States has a lot to give.Consider the number of older vehicles traveling on the freeways of California. The Automobile industry has thrived in the excess of the Los Angeles drivers need for better and newer cars than what they had the year before. But the value of trade ins when trying  to get a better deal on a brand new car often isn’t worth the time it took to  drive it on to the lot.
It is common knowledge that once  a new car or even a used car, has been driven off the car lot and hits the street, its retail value for resale drops considerably. For the car owner who wishes to extract some monetary worth from their trusted mechanical steed the choices of either a trade in or resale can look fairly grim.
The dealer isn’t going to give a  real market value for the vehicle because that would take more profit out of  his pocket. Trying to sell the car yourself isn’t the easiest thing in the  world either. First you have to make sure the auto is in proper working  condition which can mean pouring more money into something that you want to get  money from – doesn’t make a lot of sense. Of course then there’s the weekends  spent putting the car out on the street with a sign or answering the phone  calls from the ads you had to pay for in order to let people know what a  bargain you have.  At this stage there  has been more time and money spent trying to get a buyer, all of which eats  away at profit made once the car has actually been sold.
Let’s face it. Trading in a car  or selling it to someone else nets only so much in dollars and not much else.  But there is a simple, easy and soul satisfying way to get rid of your car and  help someone less fortunate in the process.
Donate your car (http://www.donateforcharity.com/whatdonated.html) to a worthy charity  that will do some good with the old rust bucket. When you donate a car, many things happen that  provide excellent advantages over reselling or trading it in.  First and foremost, when you donate a car, you are giving something or real value to the community at large. Cash is  nebulous, but a vehicle that can take a person who is down on his luck to work  or shuttle kids to a local community center are absolutely priceless.
Finding non-profits that are  willing and desirous of acquiring your auto have become more prevalent and the  benefits when you donate your car include tax deductions and sometimes even  cash. Some charities will do a split where you can get half in cash for the  blue book value of the car and the other half as a charitable donation.  Many organizations will come and pick up the  vehicle from you and even tow it away if it’s not running.
One charity that has been  accepting automobile donations for years is called Donate For Charity.  Donate For Charity gives 70-80% of all the  net proceeds directly to the non-profit which is the highest percentage of  donation among all the leading national vehicle donation programs.  By maintaining an extensive network of the  nation’s best auction facilities Donate For Charity shortens the average towing  distance and lowering the expense in the process.  The high volume of cars donated through their "Car Donation California" program (http://www.donateforcharity.com/california.html) gives them  better negotiating powers for towing and auction fees allowing for more of the  auto’s value to go to the charity where it will do the most good.
"We maximize the sale price of your vehicle and the amount of your  charitable contribution by running the best car donation processing system in  the country."
To learn more about the Donate  For Charity donate  a car (http://www.donateforcharity.com/) program and to select a charity, click on www.donateforcharity.com  or call them toll-free at (866) 392-4483.