I did the same purge a while back. My experience was good except that I donated the items to a local non-profit womens shelter for pick up. Never again.
They sold/shared my name and address. My mailbox is full of donation requests from food banks, homeless shelters, independent leukemia groups, kidney dialysis, you name it. I have to screen my incoming calls because asking them not to call doesn’t work. The government do-not-call list doesn’t apply to non-profits.
My discards are now dropped off at Goodwill. Sorry for the rant. Good luck with your declutter Kay.