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 […]
At Kars4Kids, Real People are Working Behind the Scenes to Help Donors
When you call Kars4Kids to donate your car, the agent who answers the phone is a real person, not a robot or an employee of some third-party vendor. Our agents care about our donors and enjoy chatting with them about their lives and the reasons they are donating their cars. Sometimes they even have the power to […]
Kars4Kids Sales Representative Helps Widowed Wheelchair-Bound Senior
Inbound Sales Representative Sara Wagshal used to be a social worker, which made her the perfect person to handle the phone call from California resident Jerald Swan. Swan is a wheelchair-bound senior who wanted to donate his car, but needed to get the ball rolling in a hurry. The car in question was sitting right smack dab […]
Meet Our Vendors: Jimmy T of JT and Sons Towing
Towing is a big part of what we do at Kars4Kids. We count on our excellent relationships with towing companies in every part of the country to ensure speedy and pleasant service to our donors. One of our favorite allies in this work would be Jimmy of JT and Sons Towing, out in sunny Oakland, […]