As a professional organizer, I want to give several options to clients who are ready to downsize or to just get rid of larger items. One very effective channel for connecting givers to receivers is Freecycle. This is a brief description of the organization from their website www.freecycle.com:
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,801 groups with 6,576,000 members across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them’s good people). Membership is free.
To participate, find the nearest Freecycle network to you on their website.
Fill out a membership form.
Then begin to post items you want to offer or to respond to offers for free stuff. The postings are via email.
A word to the wise: Freecycle allows you to receive offers as they are made, in a digest, or to not receive offers on a regular basis. Here in the greater Columbus, OH area, my email filled up quickly.
You can always try the real time posting to get a feel for the process and change it later. Just be prepared for a deluge of offers. These can be a blast to read… for a short time!
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