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fflo ([personal profile] fflo) wrote2004-11-22 06:51 pm

Thanksgiving coming; car giveaway poll

Well, I'm gonna be a straggler this year, for the first time. Will be spending Thanksgiving in some place call She-boy-gun. Yeah, it's a strange name, isn't it?

I've just found out that this calendar year, 2004, is the last for simple tax-deduction car donating---starting next year, cuzza something buried in the Giant Tax Breaks for Corporations bill, people will be generally be able to deduct less for their donated cars, and in many cases won't know until after the donation how much it will be worth. Charitable groups are pretty upset; asked what she thought about the new law, a spokesperson for Goodwill is quoted in this article in Motortrend as saying, "You mean how Congress is using the homeless and hungry to pay for corporate tax breaks?"

Anyway, I'm contemplating donating the Jeep instead of selling it as is or getting the steering fixed in order to sell it. Gotta do a little number-crunching first. If I do decide to donate it, to whom should the donation go?

[Poll #389853]

Whitman-Walker's a great clinic in DC (serving the GLBT community). SMYAL's a queer youth group. CORE is the long-time civil rights organization. WEAVE us "Women Escaping A Violent Environment"---cheesy acronym, but a national group of 25+ years now.

I nearly died of SIDS myself.

Re: For What It's Worth

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2004-11-23 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm tending more and more toward WEAVE.
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Re: For What It's Worth

[personal profile] groovesinorbit 2004-11-23 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good.

Re: For What It's Worth

[identity profile] vjsmom.livejournal.com 2004-11-23 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad to see that Whitman Walker is doing better than they were the last year that I participated in AidsWalk (it's been a few years, I 'm sad to say). However, CORE does not do that well in applying contributions to programs, so I think I'd probably change my vote--perhaps to SMYAL. But then, [livejournal.com profile] atleastdefiant has a great point about WEAVE possibly using the vehicle itself in a positive way. I have fond memories of the Jeep, and I'd like to think of it being used to help someone in a direct way.

And thanks to [livejournal.com profile] pijeanf for all the info!
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Re: For What It's Worth

[personal profile] groovesinorbit 2004-11-24 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Glad to do it.