Kars4Kids Donor Works to End Human Trafficking
Human trafficking has gone on for hundreds of years and only becomes more reprehensible in the 21 century. For 12 years, Long Beach, Calif,-based Forgotten Children has tried to staunch the flow, going into city streets to bring women into its drop-in center, where they can find shelter, GED training and a path to a better life. Forgotten Children […]
Glowing Kars4Kids Testimonial from MIT Brain Scientist
This week’s Kars4Kids column, in the words of one colleague, is a blog piece that wrote itself. Another colleague commented, “Wow! So glowing that if not for the name, position, and phone number, I would have thought it a fake.” These two co-workers are referring to a thank-you note from a car donor: one Henry F. Hall, a research specialist at […]
Making the World a Better Place: A Donor Supports Kars4Kids
David Hamlin has a soft spot for kids. He and his wife, Jeanne, regularly contribute to charities that help children, so when the couples realized their black 2017 Honda Civic was not the right car for them, they decided to donate it to Kars4Kids. “This car was in great shape, like a rolling tuxedo,” says […]
A Car Named Grace: A Story of Recovery, Kindness, and Miracles
When Camille Valencia called Kars4Kids to donate her car, she cried and told our service representative that she didn’t know how she’d do it: donate her car. But after the fact, as our rep put it, “She seems to be very happy she did!!” Camille had dashed off a note to the customer service rep thanking […]
Mom Donates Car Out of Gratitude After Son Survives Accident
Car donation is all about doing good, no matter why you’re doing it. But when one mom donated her 2013 Mercedes-Benz, the deed was especially inspiring. She donated the car out of gratitude that her teenage son survived the smashup that messed the car’s front end. Mom could have kept the car. Sure, it looked […]
Tribute to a Donated, But Still Beloved Car “Meanwoman”
Martha Thompson loved her car, “Meanwoman.” So is it any wonder she felt the need to write this heartfelt tribute when she decided to donate the vehicle to Kars4Kids? Thompson laid her heart out in her post on Facebook. We felt the need to share her beautiful words: Thanks for making donating my suburban so easy, but […]