Our mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community.
Some of the moms at the moms group I go to introduced me to Freecycle over a year ago, and I love it! Since joining our local group (which is a Yahoo group where members post offered items) I have thrown very little away. I have passed many things on through Freecycle: travel soaps and lotions, a pregnancy test, old computer speakers, moving boxes, mailing boxes, packing peanuts, baby stuff, and even a styrofoam cooler. I have also gotten many more items through Freecycle: practically brand new toys for Eliana's first birthday, toys for her to use now, a snow suit for her, lots of books for her, Dr. Brown's bottles, brand new with tags "#1 Dad" pajama pants for Jimbo, and we almost got a freezer!
How does it work? People post items they want to get rid of and where the items are located. The post is emailed out to all members in the group. If you are interested in the item, you reply to the email. The person emails you back to let you know if you have been selected to pick the item up. You schedule a time and place to pick the item up if you haven't already (usually the person leaves the item on the curb or front porch of their house), then you pick the item up at the scheduled time.
Join now - you will be amazed at what people are giving away and at what you find to pass along to a new home!
If you are already a part of a Freecycle group, please feel free to share your experiences!
3 comments:
Sounds amazing! I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the new blog and ideas.
So excited to find out about this blog! :) I am really excited to get some ideas from you. It has been a fun challenge to buy and prepare food here since we do not have a Trader Joes and the Whole Foods is about an hour away. I am very excited to prepare our first thanksgiving meal too!!
Love you guys so much - Nick and I really hope we get to see you guys soon...
sending lots of love.
Hi Kristen,
I finally joined Freecycle. I love doing it at the mom's group so I figured this must be even more helpful to get rid of those unwanted things. YOU'RE SOOO GREEN : ) THANKS
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