When the electric blanket and hamster supplies flashed onto her screen, Christine Coburn pounced, claiming the goods from a donor known as Howlingmoon Wolvespirit.

Other freebies the Siloam Springs nurse, 39, and her husband, Chuck, have snapped up from online donors include an activity table they gave their son for Christmas and a Labrador-St. Bernard puppy that now weighs 65 pounds and is still growing.
Freecycle is an online exchange designed to keep castoffs out of landfills. With about 5, 000 members in Northwest Arkansas, it has become a popular way to sweep out the old to make room for the new.

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