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For the next several months, area residents can do some late spring cleaning and give to the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line at the same time.
The Cars for Kids program at the club is asking people to donate old clunker cars.
"Now that we have our building, we are looking to raise some money so we can open our new centers," Rachel Dean, endowment director, said about the summer fundraiser that runs this week through Fest ival Days in September.
Dean referred to the four new rooms vacated by Havre Public Schools that are being transformed into themed centers for clubgoers. The club purchased the building, that it previously shared with kindergartners and firstgraders in the schools, this summer.
"The kids who come here to the club come here because it's a fun place to be, because they love the people they get to hang out with ... ," Dean said. "And we work very hard to give the kids a wide variety of options to keep them interested and engaged."
The new centers, along with other activities at the club, give members a chance to explore activities they might not otherwise have a chance to.
"We want to make sure that the kids of Havre understand that they can be great," she said.
A Bright Spot for Reading center, an arts and crafts center, a media and music room, and an all-purpose room known as the Gap, are taking shape.
However, furnishings and sprucing-ups are needed, Dean said, and the Cars for Kids program funds will be used to do that.
Ace Towing is transporting donated vehicles free-of-charge to Pacific Steel & Recycling, where they are recycled.
The proceeds — an average of at least $100 per car — are donated back to the club, and a tax break goes to the Samaritan.
Already, Hank Tweeten's Auto Body has donated scrap metal worth several hundred dollars. Vern Brown, the pastor at Christian Life Center, donated a bus, which will be worth more than the average car.
"Everyone we've talked to has been really positive," Dean said, adding that many area businesses have pledged matching donations.
The club will be pushing the fundraiser from fair time through Festival Days, particularly during demolition derbies.
"It's a good way for your derby car to make its exit," Dean said.
And donating an old car is a good way to get it off of city lots and yards, she said, cleaning up town in the process.
For more information about the fundraiser, Dean or Samantha Clawson-Hutchins can be reached at the club, 265-6206.
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