Your old vehicle is worth more than you think!

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Your old vehicle is worth more than you think!

How ‘Drive Away Hunger’ can turn your car into meals, shelter, and vocational training for the disadvantaged.




Since 1949 Portland Rescue Mission has been helping people struggling with hunger, homelessness, and addiction take steps towards recovery. Too often individuals facing job insecurity and housing instability are neglected and undervalued for the intrinsic value and capability they possess. WIth programs such as ‘Drive Away Hunger’, Portland Rescue Mission helps rehabilitate individuals facing systemic failure through direct vocational training, while providing regular meals and shelter.


About 81% of  participants in restoration programs by Portland Rescue Mission remain free from addictions and in housing up to four years after program graduation. Each Portland Rescue Mission program meets people where they are at. Drive Away Hunger is no exception. Drive Away Hunger is a car donation and sales nonprofit dedicated to changing lives. Through this program your vehicle donation is fully tax-deductible, with proceeds from car sales directly going towards providing meals, shelter, and compassionate care. Not only does the sale of your donated vehicle provide monetary support, but vocational rehabilitation as well. Throughout the program, participants are trained in forklift operation, tow truck operation, car detailing, administration and title work, lot attending, vehicle sales, marketing, cashiering, and processing donations! 


This program provides clear reintroduction into the workforce environment through skill building, reorienting how we might consider and integrate each member as a functioning part of society. 



Do you have a vehicle you want to donate? Do you want to contribute towards a greater cause? To learn more, click the link below! 



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