TOLEDO (WTOL) - Rose and Thomas Lewandowski can tell you everything about their 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva. "It was blue with slate green interior. It had semi-bucket seats in it," they said.
But when the repair bill got too high, old reliable had to go. "Kind of got a lump in our throat when we went to get rid of it," they said, "but it needed a lot of work to it."
The Lewandowskis checked into trading their car. "With the used car dealers, we would only get maybe $200 for it."
They decided the price of helping others was more valuable than money, so the couple turned to the Goodwill. "There is a special place in my heart for people that need help."
They say the process is easy. To donate, just call Goodwill, who will send a tow truck.
"After the auction, they get notified for how much it sold for," said Casey Holmes with the Goodwill Auto Auction Division. "If it sells for over $500, they get a 1098c in the mail, and they can deduct that amount also."
Your donation is also helping someone in need. "About 80 cents to every dollar goes to support our mission, which is helping people with barriers to employment. We do job training and job placement," said Holmes.
People say when you do a good deed, it comes back tenfold. Instead of getting $200 worth of trade in value for their car. The Lewandowskis car auctioned for $565 -- $300 more than the trade-in value.
"We haven't filed it yet, but it will help us out a whole lot," they said.
The next Goodwill auction is November 7.
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