(NAPSA)—The next time you find yourself stuck with an old vehicle that barely runs—or doesn’t even run at all—you may be surprised at just how far that car can go. If you donate it to a charitable organization, you can help others, help the environment and help yourself to a tax deduction. What An Old Car Can Do Donating a car can generate You can do well and do good by donating your old car to charity. enoughcashto: Supply a month’s worth of food for a family offive, Provide more than two years’ worth of generic drugs to a senior those materials from scratch and using precious resources from the Support education, medical research and youth programs, *Help rescue animals from neglect and abuse. What You Can Get Besides the good feeling you get from helping others, you can benefit in another way. Because donated vehicles qualify as charitable gifts, you may be eligible for a tax deduction. If your vehicle sells for less than $500, you can claim up to $499. If it sells for more than $500, you can deduct the actual sale price. Most vehicle donation programsprovide full service, including free pickup coordination, processing of the paperwork and sending you completed tax forms. What The World Gets Recycling the metal from old vehicles saves energy, conserves natural resources and reduces the pollution that can comefrom steel production. According to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, recycled. This eliminates the need to manufacture such metals and translates to a reduction in landfill space in one year that would equal all 31 NFL football stadiumsfilled 12 feet deep. What Many People Don’t Get Surprisingly, although vehicle donation programs have been around for years, many people don’t know much about them or how easy it can be to donate. Nearly three out of four Americans made charitable contributions in the last five years. Sixtynine percent donated cash, 67 percent donated used goods and 47 percent donated time. Only 6 percent donated a used vehicle. In fact, four in 10 respondents said they were lacking the information and understanding of the overall benefits and process of vehicle donation. A national vehicle donation program called One Car One Difference was launched to help dis- citizen, recycling one car conserves 2,500 poundsofiron ore, 1,400 poundsof coal and 120 poundsof limestone. Thanks to the salvage auction industry, the nation sees significant energy and environmental savings by recycling old materials, such as aluminum and steel, rather than relying on creating environment. Annually, more than 1.7 million tons of steel and more than 268,000 tons of aluminum are pel common misperceptions about the value and ease of vehicle donation. Learn More For more information about vehicle donation or to learn how to donate a vehicle, call (877) 557- 1CARor check out www. lcar1dif ference.com.
