Vermont News Station WCAX Shows Off the Good News Garage

Longtime Good News Garage mechanic Mike Blair was interviewed in the garage while working on a car. Watch, listen, and learn how we take donated cars and give them back to a neighbor in need:

Sunday Sounds Show December 2010

Donate a Car to Good News Garage and receive a 2010 Tax Deduction

Final preparations are underway for Good News Garage's Car Donation Drop-off Days. On December 30 and 31, Good News Garage CT, Good News Garage NH and Good News Garage VT will be open extended hours to accept your tax-deductible car, van and truck donations. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to receive a generous 2010 tax deduction for your older car and help a local family in need!

During Good News Garage Car Donation Days, all Good News Garage offices will be open extended hours to accept donated vehicles from Connecticut, Maine (southern), Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Everyone who stops by a Good News Garage office will be treated to holiday refreshments and a Good News Garage travel mug. Good News Garage will also provide free towing or pick-up of donated cars.

Since 1996, Good News Garage has provided refurbished donated cars to more than 3,500 New England families in need. All cars provided by Good News Garage have been donated and all donated cars qualify for a tax deduction ranging from $500 to the vehicle's full fair market value. For additional details regarding Good News Garage's Car Donation Days, view: http://www.goodnewsgarage.org/ or call Good News Garage toll-free: 877.GIVE.AUTO (448.3288). Good News Garage: Donate a car...Change a life!

Game On with Good News Garage NH

Do you love Monarchs' Hockey? Are you a trivia buff? If so, become a Facebook fan of Good News Garage NH and play "Game on with Good News Garage" Car Trivia Game. Correct answers will be entered in a drawing to win a Family 4-Pack of Silver Level tickets to see the Manchester Monarchs. Good News Garage NH would like to thank the Manchester Monarchs for donating our grand prize and for supporting our Donate a car...Change a life! mission. Become a Facebook fan of Good News Garage NH http://on.fb.me/fXAgww and play "Game On" today!

Good News Garage NH and Ride-Away provide wheelchair accessible van

Most of us take our independence for granted, but not Rita Gravel of Manchester who recently regained her freedom thanks to a donated wheelchair van provided by Ride-Away and Good News Garage NH.

Ride-Away, America's number one provider of modified vehicles and adaptive equipment and Good News Garage, a New England car donation non-profit, have teamed up to provide appropriate vehicles to low-income individuals with disabilities.

Rita, who has a nerve disorder and is confined to a wheelchair, received the keys to her donated van from Manchester Mayor, Ted Gatsas on Monday, November 15, 2010 at the Ride-Away offices in Londonderry, NH. This van, donated to Good News Garage NH by Ride-Away, will allow Rita to get to the store, to doctor’s appointments and to become an active member of her community; something she has been unable to do for over four years.

“I want to thank the folks at Ride-Away and Good News Garage for everything they have done. This van will change my life” said Rita after receiving her van keys.

While Good News Garage, a program of Lutheran Social Services, provides donated cars, vans and trucks to working individuals in need, the car charity will accept and award donated wheelchair vans when possible. In 2008, Good News Garage NH provided a wheelchair van to the Orton family of Gilford, NH providing them with safe and reliable transportation for their son.

Since 1996, more than 3,500 individuals have received a reliable, donated car, van or truck from Good News Garage. All cars provided by Good News Garage have been donated and qualify for a tax deduction. To donate a car, van or truck to Good News Garage visit: www.GoodNewsGarage.org or call toll-free: 877.GIVE.AUTO (448.3288). Good News Garage: Donate a car...Change a life!

Good News Garage NH Sets Mileage Record

Good News Garage NH recently set an all-time low mileage record! We just received a donated Toyota Corolla with only 13,000 miles on it! This is an exceptional car donation, but we are grateful for EVERY car, van, truck, boat, RV or golf cart that is donated. Every car provided by Good News Garage NH has been donated and every car donation qualifies for a generous tax deduction ranging from $500 to the vehicle's FAIR MARKET VALUE! Want more information on the benefits of donating cars, vans and trucks to Good News Garage NH? Check out our web site: www.GoodNewsGarage.org.

On the road with Good News Garage NH

Good News Garage NH is hitting the streets every Saturday in September to attend events around the state. If you are enjoying any of these fall festivals, stop by the Good News Garage NH booth. We'll have games and prizes for the kiddos and Good News Garage goodies for the adults. But best of all, you can learn more about the Good News Garage NH Donate a car...Change a life!program. Good News Garage NH wishes you a fun-filled September and we we look forward to seeing you here:

Cruising Downtown
Saturday, September 4
All day!
Elm Street, Manchester, NH

Bedford Olde Towne Day
Saturday, September 11
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Riley Field Complex, Bedford, NH

Hollis Old Home Days
Saturday, September 18
Nichols Field on Depot Road, Hollis, NH

Merimack Fall Festival
Saturday, September 25
10:00 - 3:00
Merrimack Town Center, Merrimack, NH

Good News Garage NH - Donate a car...Change a life!

I love this photo of Nick (second from left), the Good News Garage NH vehicle processor, shown here with the recipients of a donated and refurbished 2001 Ford Windstar with 185,000 miles. To receive a car from Good News Garage, a client cannot have a working car in the household. So the families that Good News Garage NH serves struggle to commute to work, childcare, medical appointments and even to the store. By accepting, repairing and awarding reliable donated cars to families in need, Good News Garage changes lives one car at a time. And the joy and relief felt by our clients is often displayed on the faces of our clients when they pick up their "new" vehicles.

If you have an older car, van or truck that you no longer need, please consider donating it to Good News Garage NH. All car donors have the satisfaction of knowing that their car is transporting a new family toward financial independence. To date, more than 12,000 cars have been donated to Good News Garage and Good News Garage has provided vehicles to more than 3,500 families throughout New England.

In addition, Good News Garage car donors may realize a unique tax advantage. Other car donation programs liquidate the cars they receive limiting the tax deduction to the amount the charity receives at auction. Cars donated to Good News Garage NH that can be reconditioned and awarded to a family qualify for a deduction equal to the vehicle's full fair market value! This can mean a deduction worth thousands of dollars.

To donate a car, van, truck, boat, RV, moped, motorcycle, camper, ATV or jet ski, to Good News Garage New Hampshire, call toll-free: 877-GIVE-AUTO (448-3288) or visit on-line: http://www.goodnewsgarage.org/.