'Tis The Season To Be Junky

| By Scott McClellan | Found in Communication | 3 Comments

Normally, we don’t support junk. But in the case of the Junky Car Club, we’re willing to make an exception. If you’re not familiar with the club, here’s a little bit of info scraped from their website:

Junky Car Club members are learning to live with less so we can give more. We’re a bunch of happy drivers who are politely rebelling against consumerism by driving junky cars. We encourage our members to use their dough to support social justice causes instead of making fat car payments. We believe in environmental stewardship and hanging onto things a little longer. Junky Car Club members sponsor kids living in poverty through Compassion International.

This Christmas, the Junky Car Club is inviting you to help them raise money for homeless kids by purchasing a 2008 Junky Car Club Calendar. Rather than traditional pin-ups, the calendar features great design work and pictures of Junky Car Club members with their junky cars. The concept of living with less in order to give more is so powerful (although rarely evident in my own life) that I hope you’ll consider supporting the Junky Car Club this Christmas.

  • Nathan Walker

    While I do agree that many people use cars as a status symbol and keep piling up debt for the latest and greatest vehicle, the idea of driving a junky car is somewhat lost on me. What about the issues of reliability and safety.

    Maybe I’m just digging to deep to be disagreeable.

  • http://www.collidemagazine.com Scott McClellan

    I don't think anyone wants you to be unsafe or to get stranded on the side of the road. I don't want to speak for the JCC, but they might simply suggest you consider getting less car than you can afford and giving the difference to support those in need. Just a thought.

  • Nathan Walker

    Now I can understand that philosophy. Perhaps I was taking it too far to one extreme. Besides, I think having a little faith in God might make that junky car feel a bit more reliable ^_^