Key Takeaways
Jingle banned in California. A judge ruled Kars4Kids ads deceptive for lacking disclosure about their religious affiliation.
Misleading charity claims. The organization funds religious programs, not underprivileged kids as implied.
Donor’s dissatisfaction. Bruce Puterbaugh felt misled after his car donation supported a Northeast religious mission.
Legal repercussions. Kars4Kids must update ads with full disclosures or stay off California airwaves.
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If you’ve ever heard the “1-8-7-7-KARS-4-KIDS” jingle, you’ve probably heard it a million times. In states where this car-donation charity operates, it’s been running obnoxiously repetitive singing-kids ads for decades with the intensity of a shock-and-awe military campaign. But after all those years of operation, one disgruntled donor took it to court and got a judge to kick Kars4Kids off California airwaves for practicing “an actionable strategy of deception.”
Since Kars4Kids is mostly a thing in America’s coastal states, I’ll link the jingle for those of you who are unfamiliar. (As …
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Author: Andrew P. Collins
