From: dangerous@telus.net
Claire wonderful post. I too give away. Not one for selling anything ..I
usually find the person who
is most suitable for the item. If I can't I like to give to the church and
ask them to find a single mom
who can use the item. I gave away hockey gear, lots of games, children's
books.
When my dad passed his clothes went to the street people in Calgary and many
of his household items
to a woman shelter.
With five kids we offer them our house hold items first since they are all
starting out on their own. And if they don't
want them on to free cycle. Free cycle got a man's like new mountain bike.
Sorry Gary you just weren't fast enough.
--
Dora
Dangerous with Attitude
I do it cause I can
"Claire (Mason) Blais" wrote in message
news:yAESe.368298$5V4.161784@pd7tw3no...
>I totally agree with you Gary - I always try and recycle to friends and
> neighbours and then to organizations that either sell to at a reasonable
> price or donate to those in need - or where the funds from the sales go
> to
> a good cause. I used to try and steer away from donating to Value
> Village -
> but recently became acquainted with a woman who was on income assistance
> (single mom) who has been hired by them - while their employees only make
> minimum wage they have full benefits -medical/dental - extended health
> coverage and life insurance etc. - she says that their policy is to try
> and
> hire either single parents or persons with families on income assistance
> and
> then train them to be managers etc - and that their dental program is the
> best - her son is getting braces - which he could never get if she were
> working elsewhere for the same low wage.
> Getting down off her soapbox now (whew where did that come from) I guess
> partly from hating to see things go to waste and also - we weren't
> particularly weathy - when dad was in the AF and we were growing up - and
> saving, handing down - and taking care of things were valued
>
> Claire
>
> "Gary" wrote in message
> news:BF3FB228.20467%garpal@shaw.ca...
>> Hello All
>> I went to the 'dump' today...I felt like the Lone-a-Ranger....to the
>> dump the dump, the dump, dump, dump....ah, sorry about that...I do get
>> carried away some times.
>> In front of us was a trailer that had four perfectly good chairs in
> it.
>> Once I was inside the drop area, I approached (ran up to) the people in
> the
>> truck and told them about a new recycling ground roots effort that was
>> happening and that they did not have to throw those chairs away. Instead,
>> they could Freecycle them.
>> They looked at me wondering, I am sure, why the Lone-a-Ranger was
> there
>> in the dump! I myself was dump founded! They did not understand and
> neither
>> did I.
>> They did not know why I (the Lone-a-Ranger) was there and I could not
>> understand why they were throwing away four perfectly good chairs.
>> As a side note:
>> You all know where those chairs go, don't you....?
>> "Attention all you people in Cache Creek....there are four perfectly
>> good chairs on the way. Trust me, I saw them. Now, don't you take this
>> sitting down...at least not until the chairs arrive".
>> Well, anyway, I want to tell you all about this site:
>> http://freecycle.org
>> Sending four perfectly good chairs to a black hole in Cache Creek is,
> to
>> me, idiotic. Give them to the Sally Ann, a local charity, anyone who
>> wants
>> them. Don't just waste them. Don't just send them to a black hole called
>> a
>> land fill!
>> Could it be that there is standing room only, in Cache Creek? Is that
>> why the chairs are going there, to provide more seating? Well, I'll be!
>> Never thought of that until now.
>> Gary
>> PS: Freecycle is all across the States and Canada, Australia
> and...Ethiopia.
>> Ethiopia? Now that is not funny! http://www.freecycle.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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