Why Should I donate?

So here's the story. For the past three summers, I've been saving up for a car, by mowing my neighbors lawns, and raking leaves, you know, usual guy stuff. Now, last December, my grandfather gave me a 1972 Ford F-100 pickup truck, primer gray, with the 200ci inline 6-cylinder. It was barely running, but it was an old truck, and had a lot of character. What guy wouldn't love to own that truck? I really did love this truck, but this was the time gas began to creep up to nearly $4.00/gallon, and getting about 10mpg in my truck, I could not afford to drive it any longer. After much debate, I decided that I would sell the Grey Goose (as my grandfather called it), and look for something more economical, such as a small Honda, or something similar.
Well, I listed the truck on the Austin craigslist, and finally sold it for a whooping $1300 to a guy living in Hutto, that was looking for a work truck. So I began riding the dreaded school bus again every day in the sweltering heat, searching for a more economic vehicle than The Grey Goose. Near the end of the school year (towards the end of May), I finally found the perfect car for me, a 1997 Honda Civic. Although I had saved up some money, plus the money from the sale of the truck, I was still short about $1000, so my parents pitched in a little, so I could get a decent car that would last me through at least high school. Despite its purple paint, it was a great car, and got about 26mpg mostly driving to and from my girlfriends house, and the public library.
And this is the part that sucks.
After I'd had the car for about 3 months (last summer), I was on my way to the public library to volunteer with one of my friends. I had made a pit stop at HEB near my house to return a movie to the in-store movie machine, and as I was pulling out onto the highway, my car, that I had spent my entire savings on, and worked for 3 summers towards, was smashed into oblivion. As I was sitting at the stop sign, a nearby traffic light had turned red, and traffic in the nearest lane was backed up to the point where cars were stopped right in front of me. Well, the lady nearest to me in the stopped lane of traffic was inching up, but decided to be nice (so she thought), and wave me out rather than to cut me off. So I looked both ways, and as I was pulling out, I saw a Chevy TrailBlazer heading straigt towards me at full speed. Unfortunately it was too late for me to stop, and the SUV obliterated my tiny Civic. I was hit nearly head on, destroying most of the front end of my car, and in 5 seconds all my hard work was gone. Fortunately no one was hurt, and I was able to walk away from the accident totally unharmed. Thank God for seatbelts and airbags.
Well, since the car was totaled, and I didn't want to see it get crushed in a junkyard or something like that, I decided to have it towed to my house, where my dad and I pulled apart nearly the entire car, selling as many parts as I could, and raising over $1000. I kept mowing lawns, and doing all the little things I could to keep saving money, and now I have about $2000 sitting in my savings account. Unfortunately for me, mowing season is over now, so that business is gone until next summer, and I don't have a car to get to a potential job. I've been trying to fix friends computers, and sell things around my house that I don't need, but I still don't have enough for a car.
Another thing that you should know is that my mom started a buisness in March, Cruise Holidays of Northwest Austin, so instead of making money, we are now loosing money, until her buisiness gets up and running (and in this economy, that could be a while). On top of all of this, on November 5th, my dad walked into work that morning, and was laid off from his software company. So it seems that a car is further and further out of my reach, as is a decent job.

Thank you for your time and consideration, your donation to Daniel's car fund would be much appreciated,
Daniel Whiteside
danny_guitarkid@sbcglobal.net