Yes, about books-I volunteer at the library book store, and we get donations all the time. TONS of books. About 10% of them are re-sold in our book store to support library activities, and about 50% are repackaged and picked up by betterworldbooks. The other 50% are in such gross, old, crappy beat up condition that we have to throw them out.
Please, if the book you want to donate is moldy, has pages missing, colored or drawn in/highlighted all over, the baby barfed on it, has half the pages stuck together because itâs a cookbook you used in the kitchen, just toss it. It would make the people who help to give the good books a new life very happy to not have to wade through the yucky sfuff.
Last year somebody left a ton of boxes full of books on the loading dock-we started to go through them and they were FULL of dead cockroaches. @-) No bueno! Just throw them out.
We have lots of old textbooks that weâll give to betterworldbooks. Our more recent novels get donated to the library for their book sale. The only problem is that DH comes back from the library sale with a bag of books. Argh!
Thanks for the link to betterworldbooks. I recently discovered that not only does my county recycling take paperbacks, but hardbacks as well. I was surprised.
Put my ârecyclesâ out a couple days early in hopes someone may bite. My car and spirit wasnât into taking it anywhere further than the curb.
All gone! Yea!
Good for you, gouf. People take the weirdest stuff! Mr. put out his old power tiller - a piece of heavy junk - never expected someone would take it, but a neighbor down the street was thrilled!
Most of my stuff wasnât âweirdâ but very bulky and hard for me to haul.
I figure if someone wants to take the time to deal with it then they are very welcome to it.
It certainly saves me a bunch of time and trouble. If they needed it for home or to make an extra buck then itâs done itâs job.
My only regret is I didnât put out more stuff! Next weekâŠ
I wish I had some traffic so I could do that. It would just sit and then be covered by snow by the snowplow until April.
Always glad to hear when stuff doesnât wind up in the landfill. On manâs trash truly is another manâs treasure - an old adage with some true to it.
Thatâs part of my problem. I donât have traffic. Just enough âlookersâ which is why I try to add the âcarrotâ
Just makes me happy when someone picks it up.
Suggestions for organizations that pick up? And what they want?
Better yet.
What are some actual guidelines for donations to major (minor with good intent) organizations?
Been told that old books arenât making it.
How about holiday decorations?
Bedding?
Okayâis this part of the âbag a week clubâ?
Yeah. Cause knowing where to send your discarded stuff makes it way easier to send it.
agreed gouf78âknowing where to send your discards makes it so much easier to get rid of things! Otherwise I keep feeling like I have to keep everything myself even if I know Iâm not going to use them!
I do feel like we have discussed prime donation resources for certain items somewhere on the 164 pages of this threadâŠbut if you have something you donât know where to donate, just tell us what youâve got and Iâm sure someone here will give you a donation referral!
I use the Lupus Organization (Foundation?), you can google it. I just go on line and select from one of the days that they will be in my neighborhood. I have done this for year and never had a problem.
I need help with finding a new home for an 1895 Quaker Grand, cast iron cook stove complete with water tank, complete restored by a leading expert, insulated, up to code, new nickle, etc⊠Has a GE Profile gas cooktop and electric oven. Gorgeous, functions perfectlyâthis was their top model. 60" wide, beautiful backsplash and shelves.
If anyone has a potential market, let me know! Iâm leery of Craigslist. Usually I just list stuff in the âfreeâ section of our newspaper and poof! itâs goneâsome really odd, and heavy things, too.
^^^^I would LOVE to see a photo of this - I canât quite imagine it but it sounds VERY special! I know this goes against this thread, but donât give it away for nothing - it needs a special home!!!
Are we allowed to send pictures in pmâs? Iâll send you one. It is a masterpiece! Stunning. I paid $8,800, plus shipping from MA. Iâd like $5,000, which is under its current market value. I know the buyers are out thereâitâs finding them.
It is a real showpiece in a period kitchen. Weâre trying to downsize. It breaks down into 3 pieces, but they weigh 500 lbs total.
And apologies to all for going against the thread a bit, but I have a bunch of posts in this thread on giving away tons of stuff, and in a few posts, unloading my MILâs house into a dumpster. Iâm just frustrated on how to find a home for this stove. It does need the right person who appreciates something like this.
Wow. How about some of the decoratorâs magazines? One of them - I canât remember which one - often would have ads in the back where they would feature classic old homes for sale (as ads) and maybe items like yours???
