Cars for Homes™ - Habitat for Humanity’s car donation program - in the news
April 15, 2009
Cars for Homes ™ helps Habitat for Humanity build affordable homes by recycling cars (PDF)Habitat for Humanity is celebrating Earth Day 2009 by recycling donated cars to help build homes in partnership with low-income families in need of housing. “In celebration of Earth Day, we are inviting supporters to help eliminate substandard housing and homelessness by recycling their old vehicles,” said Marcia Rundle, director of Habitat’s Cars for Homes™. “The proceeds from car donations help purchase building materials and result in homes built in partnership with families in need of decent shelter.”
November 11, 2008
SRI helps ‘recycle’ Cars for Homes™ (PDF)The newest support of Cars for Homes™ , Steel Recycling Institute, reports that the automobile is one of the most recycled consumer products-more than 14 million tons of steel is recycled from cars each year. By donating an end-of-life vehicle car to Habitat for Humanity, you help save energy and natural resources with the added benefit of supporting hard-working families build decent, affordable housing within your local community.
July 28, 2008
Shoppers are driven to “Shop, Give and Build” with Cars for Homes™ (PDF)Among some of the best stores, entertainment and dining, Bridgewater Commons mall shoppers are now presented with many opportunities to help Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity build homes in partnership with low-income families. Hanging high above center court and along the third floor corridors, are large banners displaying “Shop. Give. Build.” above a local Habitat homeowner family photo, with Cars for Homes™ information on the reverse side.
The banners were made by a joint effort between the local affiliate, Cars for Homes™, and Bridgewater Commons, a General Growth Properties mall located in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The campaign is part of a three-year national partnership between GGP and Habitat for Humanity to raise awareness of the mission to eliminate poverty housing.
March 26, 2008
Boston area residents attend “Drive In” and “Drive Out” in a Zipcar (PDF)Zipcar, the world’s largest car-sharing service, hosted Boston’s first “Drive-In” event to take old cars and the pollution they cause off the streets. During March and April, Boston residents are able to donate vehicles to Cars for Homes™, Habitat for Humanity’s car donation program, and receive a one-year Zipcar membership and driving credit. By donating a car through this promotion, Bostonians are able to reduce the expenses associated with urban car ownership, do something good for the environment, and help low-income families in need of decent housing.
January 9, 2008
Donate a car to help build a family home (PDF)The Times-Picayune newspaper printed an article about a recent car donation helping Habitat for Humanity of St. Tammany West and featured the affiliate’s executive director, Maureen Clary, talking about the ease of the Cars for Homes™ car donation program for both car donors and Habitat for Humanity affiliates.
November 9, 2007
ARS“recycles” car donations into homes (PDF)November 15 is America Recycles Day, and Advanced Remarketing Services, Inc., Habitat for Humanity’s nationally authorized agent for processing car donations, provides supporters with an easy way to “recycle” by donating vehicles. Automobiles are the most heavily-recycled consumer product, with 94 percent of the metal in the car being recycled. By donating a car, truck, boat or RV to Cars for Homes™, you help the environment and your local Habitat for Humanity affiliate build homes in partnership with families in need of decent, affordable shelter.
November 15, 2006
Cars for Homes™ helps rebuild the GulfFrom removing forms from the concrete slab to installing the porch header, Rosie August worked alongside new friends as her dream of a new home came closer to completion in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Through an anonymous, designated donation of a powerboat, Cars for Homes™ sponsored the building of a complete house and energy-saving upgrades to other houses being built by Ginger Ford Habitat for Humanity. Serving Tangipahoa Parish, this affiliate is one of 23 in the Gulf Coast area receiving aid, materials and support through Habitat’s Gulf Recovery Effort.
Cars for Homes™ also brought together volunteers from 10 different states, including employees of corporate partners, to provide the much-needed labor to erect a “home in a box” originally framed by the Kansas City, Missouri, Habitat affiliate. Rosie, a widow, and her four children are now closer to moving into their own decent, affordable home, more than a year after their rented home was condemned after Hurricane Katrina devastated southeastern Louisiana.
March 23, 2006
Audi of Downtown Los Angeles partners with Habitat (PDF)Audi of Downtown Los Angeles partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles and Cars for Homes™ to help generate awareness and eliminate poverty housing in the local community. Audi of Downtown Los Angeles hosted a kickoff event at its new landmark facility in Los Angeles and presented an initial cash donation of $5,000. Audi also donated $100 for every vehicle sold between March 23 and April 23 to help revitalize a home for the Reyes family near the new dealership.
In addition, Audi provided a brand new 2006 Audi A3 that was raffled at Habitat for Humanity’s annual golf tournament hosted by Fannie Mae. Listen to Paige Hemmis of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” talk about the promotion with Mark and Kim on KOST 103.5 FM.
August 1, 2005
Habitat for Humanity launches Cars for Homes™ nationwideSteering more low-income families toward affordable homeownership opportunities, Habitat’s official national car donation program helps raise funds from car, truck, boat, motorcycle, RV or other automobile donations to benefit the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate within the local community where the car donation is made.
December 14, 2004
Cars for Homes™ provides tips to donate a car, boat, RV or other vehicleCars for Homes™ offers supporters an additional way to help families within the local community who are living in substandard conditions by donating a car, truck, boat or RV.
Donate cars to help Habitat build homes today.
Call Cars for Homes™ toll-free at 877-277-HFHI (4344), or
donate a car online!