Sweet Catastrophe

I just wanted to take a moment and let you guys know a little about Car Angel. Car Angel is a non-profit organization that takes car donations (and other donations, of course) to “help single mothers, homeless, teen and adult rehab, food distribution and orphans.”

They use donations to create children’s dvds, anti-drug videos and prison literature. To date, they’ve given away over 2.4 million videos.

I know it’s not a common thing to have a car you can just donate, rather than sale, but chances are at some point in you’re life, you’ll be left with a car that just isn’t worth the hassle of selling. This would be a great alternative. They make all the arrangements for pickup, repairs, title transfers–everything. It’s something to consider as an option, and you’d be helping yourself as well with a tax deduction come April.

Here’s an example of some of the dvds they produce. This one is a religious story, with Spanish subtitles.