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Here you’ll find articles relating to the many challenges our veterans and their families face daily.

Old Car Tires Piled Up | Veteran Car Donations
July 26, 2021

When Do You Need to Replace Your Vehicle’s Tires?

4 Signs That You Need to Change Your Wheels ASAP Checking your car’s tires should be an important part of your routine car maintenance. Your tires are your vehicle’s connection to the road and take the brunt of your car’s weight. When your tires deteriorate, it can cause blowouts, flats, and other more serious problems ...
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Person Counting Cash | Veteran Car Donations
July 26, 2021

Top 5 Financial Tips for Life After Your Military Service

Be Responsible By Being Financially Prepared Unlike the organized and routine life in the military, civilian life is the complete opposite. That’s the reason why some of our veterans find themselves in financial distress a few months or years after they leave the service. Uncle Sam isn’t there anymore to tell them what to do ...
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Black Car Dash Panel | Veteran Car Donations
July 21, 2021

What the Most Common Car Warning Lights on Your Car’s Dashboard Mean

Understand These 12 Symbols to Stay Safe on the Road If you’re a driver, you need to understand the different parts of your car. These include the numerous lights on your dashboard that when turned on serve as warnings about certain malfunctioning parts of your vehicle. You have 64 different lights on your dashboard that ...
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Career Path for our Vets | Veteran Car Donations
July 19, 2021

Top 5 Career Paths for Those Leaving the Military

Transitioning to a Civilian Career Is a Big Challenge for a Lot of Vets Transitioning into a civilian career where they can utilize their skills, be sufficiently compensated, and regain their sense of purpose is what most veterans would want. Unfortunately, this is a big challenge for many of them. It’s one of the biggest ...
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Person in Therapy Session | Veteran Car Donations
July 16, 2021

What Percentage of Veterans Are Affected by Mental Illness?

The Mental Health Issues That Our Vets Are Struggling With By the nature of their chosen profession, soldiers face many challenges that expose them to extremely dangerous situations and traumatic events. As such, many of them develop mental health conditions. A recent analysis of risk factors for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military personnel and ...
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Parked Car in Summer Heat | Veteran Car Donations
July 15, 2021

5 Most Common Summer Car Problems

Car Problems to Look Out for This Summertime Summer’s here once again, and you know what this means? Road trips and beaches! Before loading your car with an arsenal of your beach essentials and snacks, however, you got to give it a close inspection. Summer brings not just sunshine and a temperature average of 71.9 ...
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July 13, 2021

5 Ways to Keep Your Parked Car Cool in Summer

Beat the Summer Heat! Entering a car that’s been bathing in the sun for an hour or so has got to be one of the most unpleasant experiences you can ever have. Imagine being so excited to get into your vehicle so you can finally cool off after sweating profusely from the scorching summer heat, ...
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The Golden Gate Bridge in Daytime | Veteran Car Donations
July 12, 2021

Top 3 U.S. States with the Most Veterans

Looking for a New Place to Settle Down? According to the latest official figures released by the U.S Census Bureau, as of July 2019, we had 17.4 million veterans living in the country. More than half of them were aged 65 and older. The majority of them served in the Vietnam War and Gulf War. ...
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Person Thinking Deep | Veteran Car Donations
July 11, 2021

What Keeps Veterans from Getting Proper Mental Health Treatment?

3 Barriers that Prevent Them from Getting Treatment One of the toughest challenges that veterans have to deal with is their mental health. Because of the traumatic events they experienced during their time in the service, many of them developed mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, depression, and anxiety. These ...
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Car Crash and Insurance | Veteran Car Donations
July 6, 2021

What Are the Different Types of Car Insurance?

8 Different Policies You Need to Understand After you do your research and decide on which car brand and model you want to get, the next step is to decide what type of car insurance is best suited for your needs. Car insurance is one of the most important investments that you can make as ...
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