Four Charities in Raleigh, NC Who Want You to Donate Your Car

Give your car away? You’ve got to be crazy!

That is the first response I got to my suggestion that I give my used car to Make-A-Wish. My wife, my daughter, even my brothers thought I had gone loopy. One brother asked what had knocked my brains loose. Fortunately another brother is a financial planner who assured everyone that what I wanted to do was not crazy. According to him, in our tax bracket it was a great way to reduce the government’s share while giving a charity more than we would likely give in pure cash.

Another point that was a selling point in the family is the relatively low trade-in values that dealers provide. To give the charity the same value in cash and do a standard trade-in would cost more than buying without a trade-in and gifting the car to Make-A-Wish.

Why Make-A-Wish you might be asking. It’s personal with me. I volunteer at a hospital in a children’s ward one day a week. I have met many wonderful children who will experience very short lives or lives that will be a constant challenge as their sight, hearing and ability to control their limbs become increasingly useless.

Cindy Williams, whom I met through the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, is the local director. She had some wonderful tales to tell about the kids they give a chance to. Several of these stories can be found on the website. (http://www.eastncwish.org/ )
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina
3803 B Computer Drive, Suite 108
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 919-821-7111

Make-A-Wish works with an outside organization that accepts your automobile donation and converts into a contribution to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Please call 877-635-0663 for details.

(Please be sure to designate your donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina). 

The process of giving to all the local charities is done via the phone. Whether you call the local office or their designated intermediatory (the person you have to talk to), most of the work will be done over the phone. Some of the work can be done on the Web (Internet).