Cash for Clunk : A shock to some charities

CHICAGO - vehicles are already lined up for a weekly car auction benefiting Texans Can, a charity which helps at-risk adolescents and their families, potential donors, in name, had changed his mind.

"You said, who went further and trade in the 'Clunk cash" program, "said Cheryl Rios, Vice President of Dallas-based charity, more than 6000 students.

It is believed, can Texas lost $ 75,000 for the Federal Republic of the program.


While "cash for Clunk" was hit by a huge machine trying to attract customers with discounts of up to $ 4500 for trade in gas fuel new cars with low fuel consumption, some industry associations, vehicle donations for funding say that "King is less cars and trucks.

But others, the program is a blessing for the implementation of awareness and economic activity in a market that is suffering.
Mike Muzzi fears Clunk program would be bad news for Good News Garage, an affiliate of Lutheran Social Services of New England. But Muzzi, director of the Vermont program, since the corrections to low-cost cars and families to struggle, which some auto dealers with potential customers, don't strictly "cash for Clunk" requirements companies have Muzzi's fashion.

"It's not a straight line, you can learn from" Money for Clunk "and an increase in donations," said Muzzi. "But we are seeing an increase in donations. Last year was a record year for us.
Lots of love and economic observers says still too early to determine how Clunk in the final analysis, the impact on. It is logical that many charities would be violated, "said John List, an economic professor at the University of Chicago, a collection of funds. "It's intuition now. All the experts recommend."
Goodwill Industries International Inc. uses the $ 14.5 million was donated 28,000 vehicles each year to fund training programs.
Although this is not to draw conclusions about the impact on donations, Rockville, Md.-based charity "is a bit 'skeptical," said President and CEO, Jim Gibbons
"It 's absolutely the risk of negative consequences for us and the other skills, services for people at a time of difficult economic conditions," said Gibbons. "If these results in the capacity, not fund programs, we believe that a new program must be created."
Rick Watkins, Head of Charitable Auto Resources, a company in San Diego automatically donated nearly 800 works of charity, he said not only to its customers than cars, but you can receive is poor form and less money to recover

Charitable organizations, "ask me every day that gives reach, with the Clunk money for the program, "said Watkins."The answer is that we have" even less to get donations, and fetch lower quality. "
Elena Ortega, responsible for numerous Motors, a car donation in Ventura County, California, with the exception of a decline in donations over the past, that's, including the destruction of a car driving down Clunk under the program.
"I've got a waiting list of families waiting for 80 cars," he says. "C's madness, and their breaking