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Choose the Best Yacht Life Jacket | Veteran Car Donations
June 26, 2022

How to Choose the Best Yacht Life Jackets

A Life Jacket Can Save Your Life! Everyone who’s on a boat should wear a life jacket. In case the vessel capsizes or a person falls overboard, this personal flotation device (PFD) could mean the difference between drowning and keeping someone afloat in the water. If you own a yacht, you should choose the right ...
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Ways Yoga Benefits Veterans | Veteran Car Donations
June 21, 2022

International Yoga Day: 4 Ways Yoga Benefits Veterans and Others with Mental Health Issues

Give Yoga a Try! Would you believe that yoga has been around for 5,000 years? Up to this day, it remains an extremely popular activity worldwide. Millions of people have made it a part of their routine to calm their minds, reduce stress, improve their posture and balance, build strength, lose weight, and even treat ...
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Close Up Shot of a Vintage Car | Veteran Car Donations
June 18, 2022

6 Tips to Get Your Car Running Up to 200,000 Miles or More

How to Increase Your Auto’s Lifespan Gone are the days when cars would only be good for about 100,000 miles on the road before showing signs of wear and tear. Now, thanks to major advancements in powertrain, lubrication, and rust prevention technologies, automobiles have become more durable and reliable. Almost any modern motor vehicle, as ...
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Unrecognizable tourists looking out of car on rough road | Veteran Car Donations
June 16, 2022

How Do I Prepare My Car For Summer?

6 Top Tips to Ensure Safe and Comfortable Driving Despite the Heat Getting your car ready for summer? Before you go on your summer road trips or weekend beach getaways, make sure to prepare your car and tune it up to its best possible condition. It’s frustrating to experience a vehicle breakdown while you’re on ...
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Facts About the Oldest Branch of Our Military | Veteran Car Donations
June 14, 2022

U.S. Army Birthday: 5 Astounding Facts About the Oldest Branch of Our Military

Celebrate Our Army’s 247th Birthday! June 14th is celebrated as the U.S. Army’s Birthday to commemorate that momentous day in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress created the Continental Army, the force we know today as the U.S. Army. This came about following the outbreak of the Revolutionary War against British rule earlier that year. ...
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The Ultimate Car Accident Checklist | Veteran Car Donations
June 14, 2022

The Ultimate Car Accident Checklist

What Should You Do After a Car Crash? Car accidents can happen in the blink of an eye. If ever you get into one, you must be fully aware of the steps you need to take. Even if there’s no serious damage to your car, you should stop and take steps to document what happened. ...
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How to Make a High-Mileage Car Run Like New | Veteran Car Donations
June 12, 2022

How to Make a High-Mileage Car Run Like New

4 Ways of Making Your Old Auto Run Like Brand-New Again Why spend thousands of dollars to purchase a new car when you can still keep your old ride in tiptop shape? Just because it has hit the 100,000-mile mark, or probably close to it, doesn’t mean that it’s no longer worth driving. Today, it’s ...
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Common Reasons Why Your Car Battery Keeps Dying | Veteran Car Donations
June 10, 2022

6 Common Reasons Why Your Car Battery Keeps Dying

Find Out Here Why Your Battery Drains Quickly A car battery dying once may not be a big deal considering that batteries can lose power for a variety of reasons. Oftentimes, drivers would just shrug off a dead battery, thinking that went wrong won’t happen again. But what if your car battery keeps dying over ...
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What Are the Biggest Car-Buying Mistakes to Avoid | Veteran Car Donations
June 8, 2022

3 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Car

Avoid the Pangs of Regret as You Drive Off in Your New Set of Wheels When it comes to buying a new car, the last thing you’d want is to drive off in your new set of wheels with pangs of regret. Although mistakes are inevitable in life, many of them are avoidable. Since a ...
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How to Effectively Help a PTSD Sufferer | Veteran Car Donations
June 3, 2022

National PTSD Awareness Month: 4 Ways to Best Help a Person with This Mental Disorder

This June, Go the Extra Mile for Someone You Know Who Has PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, better known by its acronym PTSD, is a mental health condition that develops in a person following exposure to a traumatic event that causes terror and distress. Symptoms of the condition can manifest a few weeks after the traumatic ...
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