While we are organizing and even afterwards
#11
For those of you that donate to Goodwill....do a little research on their business practices. Since finding out that 0% of their proceeds go to charity and so little goes to employee salaries, we no longer donate to them. Salvation Army is an excellent place to donate since close to 100% of their proceeds goes to charity.
#13
For those of you that donate to Goodwill....do a little research on their business practices. Since finding out that 0% of their proceeds go to charity and so little goes to employee salaries, we no longer donate to them. Salvation Army is an excellent place to donate since close to 100% of their proceeds goes to charity.
The vast majority of our donated items go to the local homeless shelter, battered women's shelter and to the local
children's safe house. We also donate our aluminum cans to the local homeless shelter, those type of donations go for utility bills they have.
#14
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Houston, TX
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This is good advice on checking to be sure you have enough insurance coverage! I did this on my jewelry and the few antique furniture pieces I own but never thought to do it on my fabric, notions, books, patterns, machines, etc.
Thanks for the heads up on it!
Thanks for the heads up on it!
#15
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Western North Carolina
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It is definitely nice when the recipient acknowledges a gift. I sent lots of fabric 2-3 years ago to someone on this board who indicated she needed materials because of her financial situation. Not one word of thanks did I ever receive!
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
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my experience too. I donate to local charity quilters and I hear......nothing. Rethinking my practice of bagging up my unwanteds. I "hear" that they are thrilled to receive but I guess a quick note, text, Facebook post, etc is too much to expect. Hey, I spend hours purging.
I suggest that we store the records in a safe deposit box as back up too.
Sandy
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Wisconsin
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my experience too. I donate to local charity quilters and I hear......nothing. Rethinking my practice of bagging up my unwanteds. I "hear" that they are thrilled to receive but I guess a quick note, text, Facebook post, etc is too much to expect. Hey, I spend hours purging.
I suggest that we store the records in a safe deposit box as back up too.
Sandy
I suggest that we store the records in a safe deposit box as back up too.
Sandy
#19
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Central, California
Posts: 450
My ladies club often want to donate to a charitable cause, we have found local groups who work with and for our mountain community, we donate clothing to a local group who checks, cleans and organizes them, we also give them fabric, household goods, yard tools, anything we think can be used by someone else, also a church in our area collects many things for our neighbors and friends, as for insurance, we are also insured to the hilt, we do so many different things that its hard to keep track, we have replacement value on our house and furnishings, as for my crafts and woodworking hobbies, we provide pictures, and scanned receipts put on a DVD to our insurance company plus we keep a copy at my parents hose, we update the info regularly
#20
That was so nice of you! My only problem with figuring out the value of my stash for insurance would be that dh would find out. LOL.
I have a friend that has a goal of making 100 quilts for kids this year so I'm donating some of my fabric to her for that.
I have a friend that has a goal of making 100 quilts for kids this year so I'm donating some of my fabric to her for that.
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