WENDLAND
Published: August 14, 2009
The Freecycle website needs to be at the top of your favorites list.
It’s a way to help others by sharing and to help yourself by “freecycling”, if you will, perfectly good stuff that other people no longer need.
It’s a huge online community made up of nearly 5,000 local groups and 7 million members.
Joining is free.
Just pick your local area and sign up.
FREECYCLE
This grass-roots organization looks to keep items that are one person’s trash out of landfills and get them to someone who wants them. Search for groups by city at freecycle.org.
The best place to look for garage sales is, of course, the newspaper. I also like to go online to find them. Many people will list all their garage sale leftovers as giveaways on Freecycle late Saturday afternoon or evening.
Sign up for Freecycle. This is a Web site that gives stuff away for free. You may find a treadmill or a set of weights for free. You just have to sign up at Freecycle.org. You can give away some of your stuff as well.
Well, how about getting stuff for free?
The Montgomery branch of Freecycle.org is part of a nationwide movement that lets local people post objects that are free for the taking. Since the non-profit, grassroots effort got its start in 2003 in Tucson, Ariz., it’s had nonstop action. There are now 4,763 groups and nearly 7 million members around the world.
The whole concept is based on that old axiom, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
She also told us about a Web site called freecycle.org where you can trade furniture and other items for free with other people in your neighborhood. She says it’s a great way to find things for your home that may need to be re-upholstered or refinished, but it’s a lot cheaper than buying new things.
Evelyn Hughes, a moderator for Orlando, Fla., Freecycle, an 8,700-person group whose members exchange free items through an online community, said she hadn’t heard of it yet but liked the concept.
“Actually, it’s kind of a neat idea,” said Hughes, whose group is part of the national Freecycle Network. But she worried that if word doesn’t get around, many curbs will be left bare. She said that if people tell her they are participating, she’ll share their street name with other members.
Evelyn Hughes, a moderator for Orlando Freecycle, an 8,700-person group whose members exchange free items through an online community, said she hadn’t heard of it but liked the concept.
“Actually, it’s kind of a neat idea,” said Hughes, whose group is part of the national Freecycle Network. But she worried that if word doesn’t get around, many curbs will be left bare. She said that if people tell her they are participating, she’ll share their street name with other members.
2. Freecycle: Take those used clothes, books, electronics, and furniture and donate them to someone who needs them.
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