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<\/a>Then, a miracle happened. A Facebook post coincided with Christmas and my miscellaneous stuff. A friend who works at a Respite Center posted a need for items that the residents could use. I checked through my miscellaneous giveaway container and noticed that jackets, gloves, and hangers were needed. Jim had just placed 2 of his older jackets in the giveaway bin. I had 2 pairs of extra gloves and a bunch of hangers. Match.<\/p>\nI read that the Center could also use toiletries and buckets. That prompted me to look through my medicine closet and basement. Aha! I found:<\/p>\n
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<\/a>17 small travel shampoos and reconditioning tubes \u2013 you know the kind that hotels provide. I usually take them figuring that I will use them on trips to places that don\u2019t provide shampoo. But, I really don\u2019t need 17. This is a better use for them.<\/li>\n- 1 Chapstick<\/li>\n
- 16 hangers that had nothing to hang on them – a testimony to giving away unnecessary clothes. (I held back some hangers for guests. Full disclosure<\/span>, I just went back to count how many empty hangers we still have and there are 57<\/strong>. No way do we need that many extras. Aarrgh! Now I feel guilty. Perhaps I can give them to a thrift store.)<\/li>\n
- 2 buckets. Actually our household had 4 large buckets in the basement but I figured saving 2 would be plenty.<\/li>\n
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<\/a>In the process I also found 9 outdated prescriptions\u00a0(over 10 years past the expiration date). I don\u2019t know how they eluded my earlier purge of expired Rx but maybe they were just under my generous 10 year criteria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nLESSON: If I keep my eyes watchful and my ears attentive, giveaways and places to take them will reveal themselves. This habit of giving away has attuned me to opportunities that I previously missed.<\/p>\n
PS (5 days later): To assuage my guilt, I have now taken 42<\/strong> more orphan hangers to a new home. However, it was more complicated than I anticipated.
\nMediation needed:<\/strong> <\/span>
\nMy husband said he preferred the simple wire hangers to the sturdier plastic ones I wanted to keep for guests. We called in a mediator and negotiated.<\/span>
\nWhere to take the hangers:<\/strong> <\/span>
\nI didn\u2019t intend for this to be a research project, but to save you the work, here\u2019s what I found out. (Local situations may vary.)<\/span><\/p>\n\u2022\u00a0Vincent de Paul<\/strong> only takes plastic hangers (most of mine were wire ones). They give the wire ones to a metal recycler.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Goodwill<\/strong> doesn\u2019t take any hangers at all.<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0Salvation Army<\/strong> was happy to take them to replenish the ones that their visitors take.<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0Dry cleaners:<\/strong>\u00a0Some will take them; some will not. The one close to our home does not.<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0Misc. sources<\/strong>: Thrift shops, Craig\u2019s list, retirement homes, hospitals, women’s shelter. Some people will take the hangers and even pay the shipping. Click here<\/a> for additional ideas.<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0Other uses:<\/strong> crafts, use to retrieve things from underneath furniture. Click here<\/a> for other sources and craft ideas.<\/span><\/p>\nI just dropped mine off at the Salvation Army Center since it was nearest and least hassle.
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