Cars for a Cause
Gulfport Woman Donates Car to Benefit Senior Center Foundation When Barbara Dye decided that the Gulfport Senior Center Foundation could make better use of her car, she donated her 2001 maroon Buick sedan on Tuesday, July 20. “I came to the conclusion to donate it because I saw the article in the Gabber about it and I didn’t know that the [Senior Center] Foundation did that,” Dye said. “I thought this would be easier than putting an ad in the paper.” Dye called Amy Oatley, the office manager at the foundation, and was directed to the organization that handles the towing and donations, Charitable Adult Rides & Services (CARS). CARS is a nonprofit service that sells the donated cars and provides a deductible tax receipt back to the donor. According to Dye, the entire process was simple. Profits from the donated cars
AMY OATLEY
By Gabrielle Reeder
Barbara Dye signs paperwork to finalize her car donation to the Gulfport Senior Center Foundation.
benefit Gulfport Senior Center facilities and programs like the fitness center and the food pantry. For Dye, the donation was its own reward. “The foundation can use the mon-
ey any way they want to use it,” she said. Have a vehicle to donate? Call Amy Oatley at 727-893-1244 or visit careasy.org/nonprofit/gulfportmultipurposeseniorcenterfoundation.
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