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But she’s concerned about the less fortunate - people barely scraping by, people with kids to raise, bills to pay and Christmas presents they can’t afford to buy.

Mairs has a suggestion, and I’m merely passing it along.

The suggestion is Freecycle.org, an online alternative to the Salvation Army or Goodwill. Local chapters have groups on Yahoo.

Part charity, part auction, part friend of the environment, the Freecycle Network was founded in 2003 as a “recycling exchange” for individuals and other nonprofit organizations

By MARC HANSEN
REGISTER COLUMNIST
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