KNOW WHERE TO LOOK

Finding great values starts with knowing where to hunt.

Single parent Jane Walsh of Hyannis, mom to 2-year-old Naomi, is a fan of Freecycle and Craigslist, two online listings that act as a free classifieds system (with Freecycle items actually being free).

“I got a crib and changing table, both for $50, from Craigslist Rhode Island. I would have loved to have found it on the Cape, but the Cape Cod Craigslist site was not established at that time. It is now,” Jane says. “I have also gotten a rocker/glider and lots of toys and books from Craigslist. I also got a toddler bed from Freecycle for free, which fits the same mattress as the crib, so I can just swap it over.”

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COLUMBIA — Jeremy Santiago, 12, sits at the desk in his room; the light from the computer screen illuminates his face. He moves the mouse in his right hand, as math equations start to fall down the screen. Jeremy’s mother, Jeanette Santiago, watches her oldest son intently as he fills in answers to the problems.

Santiago home-schools her four children but until relatively recently hadn’t been able to use educational computer games with her curriculum. The Santiagos made trips to the library so the children could use the computers there. “We just couldn’t invest in a computer for the children,” Santiago said.

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A website designed for offloading household goods is being used to get rid of unwanted pets, an animal charity has warned.

Cats and other animals are being offered through the Carlisle Freecycling website, on which web users offer their unwanted household goods.

One guinea pig was rehomed three times through the website, and Joanne Park, fosterer and volunteer for Animal Concern Cumbria’s North Lakes and Solway branch, has warned moving animals about in such a way is unhealthy.

She said: “There is a great list of items on this website, and in among them is a six-year-old cat.

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An online organization offering free merchandise, FreeCycle.org, is allowing people holding unused $40 digital television converter box coupons to use its website to give theirs away.

The site (www.freecycle.org) could be the only option for consumers at present who want a subsidized converter box, since the Federal Communications Commission has run out of free coupons. There is a waiting list of two million consumers hoping that Congress will authorize more money for the program - which cuts the cost of the box in half.

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In addition to recycling, they’re pushing for composting on campus; creating crafts with recycables; establishing residential hall freecycle boxes and a clothing swap; moving trash containers to a less prominent location; working with on Waste Awareness Wednesdays in partnership with Bon Appetite, and organizing a an item collection and tag sale event called Waste Not! to encourage the reuse of student furniture, clothing, textbooks and other items. They’re also planning to have Valentines Day card for sale printed on 100 percent recycled paper.

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Wills also said you can get good deals on exercise equipment like treadmills and elliptical machines at garage sales or on Freecycle, but there’s a reason they’re there.

“I’ve got an elliptical trainer upstairs right now that I never use,” she said.

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A scheme that enables people to pass on children’s old clothing has gone from strength to strength since it was launched last year.
Highfield Improvement Project Community Association began a FreeCycle children’s clothing service in the Highfield Road area of Rushden last November to help people beat the credit crunch.

The free service is held every Tuesday morning at the group’s weekly coffee shop and it has a good stock of quality clothing.

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I just joined Frederick’s Freecycle Yahoo group, plotting to rid my house of extraneous “things.”

You know, the stuff that’s too good to toss — the stuff you store and say one day you’ll sell in a yard sale! If you’re like me, you’ve been saying that for so long your yard sale items have earned a room of their own. Where they sit, collecting dust and waiting for a loving home.

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Boonville residents can now enjoy the benefits of Freecycle, an internet website where items are posted to give away and where items can be sought after.

Freecycle is new to the Boonville area but has been in larger cities for several years now. Freecycle is just that, free to recycle. The site allows members to search for free items or to post items of their own to be given away and it reduces waste in landfills by recycling.

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