This blog is about Freecycle. It is about my experiences with Freecycle, of which I’ve been a member since 2006. I sort of take it for granted that everyone knows what Freecycle is all about but in the case that you have been living under a rock and do not know…here is their blurb.
Welcome! The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,755 groups with 6,774,000 members across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them’s good people). Membership is free.
Well let me just state for the record, I LOVE Freecycle. I am a Freecycle addict. I have their posts feed straight into my Outlook at home and on my Blackberry which is with me at all times. I view about 100 messages a day…easily. And I love every minute of it.
Love getting free stuff. Love getting rid of my junk. Do those two phrases cancel each other out? Probably. I celebrate each victory equally although my de-cluttering agenda is foiled every time I respond to an offer, scoop up my kids and rush to someone else’s porch like a kid at Christmas.
The phrase “One man’s trash is another’s treasure” has never rung so true. I mean, I have put out some busted, broken crap on there and there is always someone coming up the stairs to my porch to pick it up. I am amazed. But I am also amazed at my need for a fix. I’m like one of those guys at the beach with a metal detector.
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