{"id":17102,"date":"2023-05-03T06:43:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=17102"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:58:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:58:34","slug":"donate-your-card-get-tax-credit-as-help-national-bicycle-greenway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2023\/05\/03\/donate-your-card-get-tax-credit-as-help-national-bicycle-greenway\/","title":{"rendered":"Donate Your Card &#8211; Get Tax Credit as Help National Bicycle Greenway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.charitygiftcertificates.org\/GCE\/scripts\/cad.min.js?charityId=18075&#038;clientId=26459&#038;charityName=National%20Bicycle%20Greenway&#038;large=true&#038;borderWidth=10\"><\/script><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">You can use the above form or if you go to the bottom of <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/?fbclid=IwAR0ePN3AQt5qg0H0_5D_S-C80_7WFOSnyuAr8BaCXl_Kd7KUATfzDRuoGRg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BikeRoute.com<\/a>, you will see you can now donate unused portions of your gift card (Starbucks, Walmart, North Face, etc.) and get a tax credit as a way to help us!\u00a0 Or as the people at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitygiftcertificates.org\/\">Charity Choice<\/a><\/strong>, the host of this program, say &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Donate Merchant Gift Cards:<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Millions of Americans aren&#8217;t playing their cards right.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">In fact, we&#8217;ve left more than $44 billion on the table, in the form of unused gift cards, according to a new study, and an additional $2 billion every year.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">&#8220;People are letting cash slip away that they could be using.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; You can use the above form or if you go to the bottom of BikeRoute.com, you will see you&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2023\/05\/03\/donate-your-card-get-tax-credit-as-help-national-bicycle-greenway\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity-choice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-4rQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12074,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2016\/10\/04\/ipad-needed-for-a-day-cashiers-needed-same-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":17102,"position":0},"title":"iPad Needed for a Day. 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