Cartober is a month to share how your used vehicle donation can support nonprofit organizations. We partner with CARS to accept donations of cars, trucks, motorcycles, RVs, and boats to support survivors.

Corissa Phillips, our external relations director, recently donated her 23-year-old vehicle to support the mission. She made the donation through CARS, a nonprofit organization that helps accept and process vehicle donations for other nonprofits. 

“I had an emotional connection to that old blue station wagon. It was the first car I ever purchased as an adult, and both of my kids had driven it at some point during high school and college,” she remembers. “It had body damage, a broken tire rod, duct tape repairs to the roof. It hadn’t started for more than a year.”  

The CARS donation team assured Corissa the parts had value, even if the car wasn’t roadworthy, so long as she had the title. The towing was free, and she wouldn’t be charged any fees. 

Only a week after initiating the donation, Corissa watched as her old station wagon was towed down the driveway. She was notified it sold at auction two weeks later and $223.47, equal to 70% of the sale, was being transferred to GreenHouse17. 

“I was really surprised my old car sold for that much! I should’ve done this years ago,” she says.