March – Towel Donation Month

Lyn — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:27:00 +0000

Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Click here for the full disclosure. INSIDE: DURING THE 2020 DECLUTTER CHALLENGE, MARCH IS TOWEL DONATION MONTH. COME SEE HOW WE SUGGEST YOU DO THAT! Times are scary right now, but we cannot forget about our mission of donating needed things to others while we declutter our own homes. During the month of March, clean out those linen closets and kitchen drawers by donating your towels. It’s a perfect time to makeover those linen closets too!!!! Where do we start: Make a list of where you might have some mysterious towels. Linen Closets Laundry Room Pool side Under children’s beds With the animal supplies Kitchen drawers How we decide to keep or donate: Gather all of your bath towels, hand towels, wash clothes, and kitchen towels. Once you put them all in one place, you can begin to see how many you have of each. There is no magic number of how many towels you should have but there are some “guidelines.” 2 bath towels, hand towels, and wash clothes per person. Additional 2 sets for potential guests. Do you reuse them for a day or 2? Do you get a new one every day? How often do you wash them? Seasonal towels should not be included in your main count. Thinking of these things will help you narrow down the ones you MUST keep. Other things to consider – Too thin Ratty Smelly Old kid towels that don’t fit anyone anymore Do you have enough room to store them all? Found one with a tear but still pretty useful Turn it into rags. I had one bath towel that was tearing at one seam. So I helped it along, I made 20 rags out of it. If I ever have a need for that many rags, someone please come help me….I will need an intervention if I use all of them!!!! But it was a good way to continue to use a towel that wasn’t completely useless to me. Repurpose Dedicate towels for the animal baths. I should have done this a LONG time ago! I have BIG dogs so I am giving them beach towels – I will put their names on those towels, and everyone has been instructed to use those to dry the boys after a bath or swimming. Donate Towels that don’t serve your purpose anymore, you don’t have room for, or you just don’t like can still be donated. Keep in mind – to donate to other humans….it should be useful. Right? No point in donating if it can’t dry a person….. So if you don’t like it but it still dries, consider donating to homeless shelters or domestic violence shelters. What if it doesn’t dry humans anymore? Easy – donate to an animal shelter. They can use the towels for millions of things including cleaning up spills, small clean up after meds (have you ever tried to vaccinate 6 puppies at once???), and they can dry the animals too. For a list of animal shelters near you – check out this site. Have questions? Ask away…..I’ve done my fair share of donating and volunteering to help animal shelters. Happy Giving,

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Challenge 2020 – 12 Months of Giving

Lyn — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Last year, I challenged you all to a more organized home….it was a lot to take on, I know! BUT – didn’t it feel great? Well, challenge 2020 is 12 Months of Giving. Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click here for the full disclosure. Declutter your home while donating to those in need. Let’s take each month and challenge ourselves to removing it from our home and giving it to those who need it more. We will start here: January and November – Food Find your local community kitchen using this website – Food Pantries You will find your state and city – each city will have a list of food pantries. Connected to that are websites that instruct you on how to donate. Donations are usually accepted during certain hours and a list of what they DON’T take will be on the site. No donation is too small. The great part about food banks is they give things to people based on their family size. Don’t be afraid to give away ONE can of something you won’t use….someone will use it. The other option is to give to your local homeless shelter. This is a little trickier. They are VERY limited on what they will take because one box of cereal won’t feed everyone…….. February and August – Clothing If you spend each weekend in the month of February and August cleaning out closets and dressers, by the end of the month I am willing to bet you have at LEAST 2 trash bags FULL of unused clothing…in ALL sizes! Here is where some research might be needed on your part for our Challenge 2020 – 12 months of giving. There are plenty of organizations that help get clothing to people in need for cheap. Goodwill stores, Salvation Army, Rescue Missions…..but most of these places CHARGE for the items. If you want totally free – do your homework. Check out this website – Money Crashers – they have a list of nationwide clothing donation sites. March – Towels Donating to a local animal shelter is a good way to offload some of those not so needed towels. You know the ones you got for your wedding that don’t match your style or the 45 extra beach towels that you’ve accumulated over the years. This is an ultimate list of things your local animal shelter always needs: Want to find a NO-KILL shelter to donate to? Check out Best Friends for all the shelters in your area. ***Update – obviously 2020 has become a WAY bigger challenge to most of us than we could have seen when starting this Challenge 2020 – 12 Months of Giving. I did not follow through on several of these months because of this pandemic. BUT – maybe that should be the bigger reason to continue this challenge!!!**** April – Books I know, I know…..how many of you read physical books these days? I know I don’t very often. BUT – there is nothing like having a book on the beach….and I DO live at the beach…so I have some. I’m sure if you thought about it, you do too, especially to continue our Challenge 2020 – 12 months of giving. And then there is the kids……have books they don’t read anymore? Too young for the growing kids? Give them away! Sure you can give them to your friend’s kids….I know I loved when people gave me books for my kiddos. But there are other options too. Check out these places to see if they would like your books: May and December – Toys In this house, we have short attention spans. Meaning – lots of toys we “have to have” for Christmas end up being dust collectors by Spring. So…twice a year I go through bedrooms and the toy/playroom and find a bunch of things that my kids have outgrown. Instead of giving them to Goodwill……are there places that could use them….for free? June – Dishes I know that plates and bowls are not replaced every year, but if you have 5 pie plates? Do you really need them ALL? Or maybe you bought the newest Pampered Chef – if you have that one….why do you need another? July – Personal Hygiene I have this co-worker that takes every hotel shampoo and soap, every time she goes anywhere. She donates those items to our homeless population. AND let me tell you, they are SUPER grateful for those items. How many of you go on trips and bring your own personal care items? I know I do…except maybe body soap. So, is it wrong to take the shampoo and bring it back to our homeless? I don’t think so. So where can you donate personal care items? Let’s check it out: September – Home Decor If you can’t find a way to upcycle your furniture for yourself or someone close to you, consider donating it. Of course, pillows and appliances certainly apply as well. Make sure you call before you haul appliances though, some places will NOT take appliances. Here are some ideas to get you started: October – Warm Jackets and Blankets I picked this month to go through your jackets and blankets because it isn’t quite panic time in many parts of the country. We know that it will get VERY cold, VERY quickly. Going through your closets (and the kids’) to find jackets and blankets BEFORE there is a huge need makes more sense…to me anyway! Jackets are usually used for one season in this house. The kids grow so much from one winter to the next. And honestly, the jackets are kept in pretty good shape. I always offer them to friends first. But I’ve found that the older I get, the more I notice the kids at school getting out of the car with NO jackets!!!! Therefore, here is my list for giving jackets (I’ll get to blankets in a minute): Ok, now let’s talk about blankets – so many people need blankets. There are the usual places – homeless shelters. In general, just find a homeless person and give them a blanket. They aren’t going to turn it down. But there are some places you may not know need them: The bottom line is – don’t throw away those “less than” perfect blankets. Don’t give them to Goodwill – Give them away for FREE to people who shouldn’t have to PAY for them. Catch my drift???? Finish the year strong – November and December – Food and Toys/Books Like we did the previous months of our Challenge 2020 – 12 months of giving, keep in mind that these are the months that families are struggling to keep the lights on while figuring out how to play Santa. I read an article that said the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign will take “gently used” toys. They give them away in a different way than the “new, unwrapped” toys. How do you feel about this challenge? Can you do it? Something specific each month of the year, declutter your home and help someone in need…..sounds easy….right? Let’s do it!!!! Let me know what your ideas are!!!! Happy Giving,

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March – Towel Donation Month

Challenge 2020 – 12 Months of Giving