Donating your vehicle

Just think of all the great things you can accomplish when you donate your car, truck, boat, motor home, travel trailer, airplane, tractor, 18-wheeler, or other motor vehicle to Helen Woodward Animal Center!

Here's a great example of how one family's generosity is now helping animals and people in-need.  

They contacted HWAC and asked if we would accept their used mini van as a tax-deductible donation. We never look a gift horse in the mouth. (Okay....that's not entirely true. The staff at our Equine hospital looks horses in the mouth. But that's different.)

We said, "YES! We would be happy to accept your van!"

The van that they donated was much newer, in better mechanical condition, and with 100,000 fewer miles than the van that we were currently using to transport animals. (This is where the really cool part comes into the story.)

• The family still took advantage of the value of their van as a tax deduction.
• We swapped out the newly donated van for our old van.
• HWAC sold our old van then used the proceeds to support our programs and services.

Everybody wins!

Your vehicle donation will help us as we continue to carry on the mission that Helen and her friends began in 1972.  

Thanks to you and your generosity, Helen Woodward Animal Center remains a place where people help animals and animals help people.

For more information on donating your vehicle, please call Kristy at 858-756-4117 x350.

For Donations outside of the local San Diego area, donate your vehicle through Cars 4 Causes to benefit the Center