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A necessary part of spring cleaning is donating items that we no longer use or need. A lot of older adults may struggle with being able to lift and haul boxes of donations. So, we will talk about various way to donate today.<\/p>\n

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Donation Boxes<\/h4>\n

I’ve talked about these before so we’re just going to touch on them now. These are great if you are able to drop items off in a box. These are usually set up by reputable charities like the Red Cross for shoes and clothing. They’re very convenient and typically open 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n

Buy Nothing Groups<\/h4>\n

If you’re on Facebook, you might have seen groups for your neighborhood or city that say for example “Middletown Buy Nothing.” These are groups for neighbors to share items that they are no longer using, and they’ll usually pick them up for you. You don’t have to lift anything at all if you don’t want to, or you can have someone put whatever the item is on your porch.<\/p>\n

Donation Pick Up Services<\/h4>\n

There are plenty of services that will come pick your donations up, and some charities that will pick up donations themselves. You can find out more in this article from Laura Mueller<\/a> for Moving.com and by checking out 1-800-GOT-JUNK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more cleaning topics this month!<\/p>\n

Written by Brigid Coffey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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