What have you donated, sold or trashed recently?

StarSong

Awkward is my Superpower
I love the "What have you bought recently" thread and was thinking about the flip side of buying. Many of us - myself included - have more stuff than we need, want or will ever use. This thread is to encourage each other along the streamlining process.

Yesterday while putting away Christmas stuff, I packed up a box of decorations I no longer care to take out and put away every year. Also most of my Christmas towels. When cleaning the bedroom I added a couple of sets of (non-holiday) sheets, some random vases that have come with delivered flowers and a few miscellaneous items that I have no need for.

DH will bring them to the Salvation Army drop off site later this morning.
 

We recently donated a huge bag of clothes .. mainly summer tops that I haven't worn for about 3 years, and some very new shoes. I forgot to take the box of books - next time!

Sometime this week, we will take towels, blankets, pet dishes/toys to the Humane Society.
 

Posted on here the other day that I'd taken a Rifle stock to the Recycle centre... not being used to seeing any gun parts , the 'waste operatives' were all repeating.. 'gun..gun''.. as they saw me go towards the dumpsters..lol :ROFLMAO:..I got rid of a whole bunch of almost new Duvets..into the waste centre, it's such a pity because none of the charity shops will take them as donations...

Yesterday I was left with several unwanted really nice jackets by a family member to sell or donate..
 
Yesterday I had a box of food to donate. None of the centres were open.

After Christmas, I packed up extra ornaments & towels too. They’re nice but not needed. Was given a pair of mugs with a Christmas theme, they went into a drawer of items that can be given to women’s centre next December.

I like to donate to agencies that give directly to the recipients rather than sell to people who can afford them first. During our extreme cold spells clothes and bedding are requested. I wasn’t pleased when I hauled three large boxes of sleeping bags, etc into a Salvation Army and then they said they’d be selling them. They also high grade items out to other cities. They’re low on my list for donations.
 
Posted on here the other day that I'd taken a Rifle stock to the Recycle centre... not being used to seeing any gun parts , the 'waste operatives' were all repeating.. 'gun..gun''.. as they saw me go towards the dumpsters..lol :ROFLMAO:..I got rid of a whole bunch of almost new Duvets..into the waste centre, it's such a pity because none of the charity shops will take them as donations...

Yesterday I was left with several unwanted really nice jackets by a family member to sell or donate..
@hollydolly
Hols, do your animal shelters take duvets/comforters, etc?
 
Yesterday I had a box of food to donate. None of the centres were open.

After Christmas, I packed up extra ornaments & towels too. They’re nice but not needed. Was given a pair of mugs with a Christmas theme, they went into a drawer of items that can be given to women’s centre next December.

I like to donate to agencies that give directly to the recipients rather than sell to people who can afford them first. During our extreme cold spells clothes and bedding are requested. I wasn’t pleased when I hauled three large boxes of sleeping bags, etc into a Salvation Army and then they said they’d be selling them. They also high grade items out to other cities. They’re low on my list for donations.
You're absolutely right, they do that here too
 
like to donate to agencies that give directly to the recipients rather than sell to people who can afford them first. During our extreme cold spells clothes and bedding are requested. I wasn’t pleased when I hauled three large boxes of sleeping bags, etc into a Salvation Army and then they said they’d be selling them. They also high grade items out to other cities. They’re low on my list for donations.
I'm of two minds about this, living where there's a huge homeless population (one of the downsides of living where the weather is mild). Sure, I'd like people to be warm and hope to lend a hand with that. The other side of the coin: a fair number of homeless people hoard and the mess/trash in the areas they inhabit is not to be believed.

I no longer donate goods to charities that give things away unless it's through actual shelters.

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Yesterday I had a box of food to donate. None of the centres were open.

After Christmas, I packed up extra ornaments & towels too. They’re nice but not needed. Was given a pair of mugs with a Christmas theme, they went into a drawer of items that can be given to women’s centre next December.

I like to donate to agencies that give directly to the recipients rather than sell to people who can afford them first. During our extreme cold spells clothes and bedding are requested. I wasn’t pleased when I hauled three large boxes of sleeping bags, etc into a Salvation Army and then they said they’d be selling them. They also high grade items out to other cities. They’re low on my list for donations.
I'm with you. I donate to the PAWS thrift store though the woman who runs the place now is a complete bitch.

I took some books, a vintage quilt and other items over a couple of weeks ago.

Lots of re-ellers at the thrift stores now too. They buy to sell online, including clothes.
 
Some of the home exercise stuff I got when the gym was shutdown for covid.

The gym was only closed for 4 weeks, so about time.
I finally took loads of stuff to Goodwill.
Wish we had one here, I like them. I take it either to a thrift shop at the Presbyterian Church, its my first choice but they can only take a limited amount of stuff, its a very small operation. More goes to the Mormon's Deseret Industries (DI), a very well run place, and much larger (https://www.deseretindustries.org/).

Nothing wrong with the DI, I just like a smaller place where I know most everybody. My wife attends the very small Presbyterian Church here, I go to the gym Sunday mornings.
 
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I've been selling off tools and building supplies from are island home, as it's up for sale. Taking a week long vacation at Palmas Delmar on the big island right now, and will be back to packing up some things for shipping back to CO, and selling off the rest. Sales have been brisk, as a lot of things are unavailable here and prices are much higher than when I purchased, so making out pretty well. Mike
 
As soon as the ice melts (possibly tomorrow), I'm going to pack up all the clothes that I never wear and bring them to Goodwill along with some other stuff from around the house that's just taking up room. Clutter just seems to accumulate if you let it. High entropy is the natural state of being, so a bit of proactive energy expenditure is required every once in a while.
 
I gave my daughter handbags I had that were never used and still had their tags on them and she was dropping them off at the Goodwill
Sassy, your post reminded me that I've got about ten handbags in a guest room closet. I've added them to my list of things to go through and winnow the ones I might use again from those I won't. Thanks for the nudge!
 

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