Charity to Pick up After Yard Sale

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Call any of the charity organizations - Goodwill, Vietnam Veterans, Big Brother/Big Sister, etc. or use Purple Drop (I think that's it) and schedule the pick up.

Are you saying it's unusable when you say "Junk" or are you using it as a term? IF it's junk? just leave it out for the trash collectors.

Depends upon what it is, The Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity will pick up donations.

Big Brother/Big Sister pick up around here, and they have regular dates but you can also request a scheduled date. I doubt they would pick up on a weekend at the close of a yard sale, but if your friend can store stuff in the garage for a few days, that might work. They take housewares, clothes, knick-knacks, up to 2 boxes of books, and no furniture.

I don't give to the Salvation Army because they don't extend their services to everyone; they discriminate against gays/lesbians and I won't support them. We do have several agencies that work with groups of immigrants, who often come here with nothing, as well as a group that collects for homeless families going into transition housing and who may have had to sell everything they own. These folks need furniture, curtains, bedding, and everything else you can imagine. You might google Latino or Brazilian groups, for example, or any other ethnic group in your region. There's a huge need for refugees from Syria and Sudan, for example. Or call a local service agency and ask for referrals to groups that do pick-ups. Sometimes it's just a volunteer with a truck, you know? The Interfaith Hospitality Network (if you have a chapter near you) often has great leads on what's needed and which agencies can best serve that. Our library takes used books, and so do many prisons.

And do have your friend put a large sheet on the ground or otherwise mark an area where she will put "free stuff" even if it means moving something with a price tag over to that area around 1-2 PM when sales are winding down. We got rid of a lot of things that way.

Around here the salvation army will pick up donations. When my parents moved, they came with a big truck and took clothes, furniture, kid items (she ran a daycare), kitchen stuff, etc. Also, Amvets will come around and pick up clothes and might do other things. They will give a tax form that you fill out fair market value of your items for a tax deduction.

Here's why so many places don't do this.

If it didn't sell at a garage sale then it's not likely that it's usable stuff. That sounds mean but think about it. If a person truly wants to clean house, get rid of it, then they should price everything to go. Less than a dollar for everything. Clothes especially. Have a sack sale and make it two dollars a bag until the last day. Then make it a dollar a bag.

IF, IF, IF the goal is to get rid of it then price it to go. If it's about raising money and not about getting rid of it then try to sell stuff on a local FB community page or Craig's list is you feel safe doing that.

If your stuff is out of date or off season or just not what other people like then a charity is not going to come take it off your hands so they can throw it away. Not meaning to be harsh.

We have about 6 local FB pages/groups with the words 100% free or Free only posts. If anyone says stuff is for sale or tells someone where they can go buy something if they've posted a need they are banned from the group. The purpose of these pages is for people to give away things and for those in need to post and let people know they need something.

I'd rather post that my garage sale is closed and anything left over is outside on the driveway, anyone who wants anything come get it. Then hang out to make sure they don't take the tables or shelves or anything they might think is free.

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