Bicycles
Books
- Adopt a Library Organization
- Some libraries accept used books - call your local library for information
- Book Crossing - Register for free. Then leave a book in a public place for someone else to pick up, read and pass along to someone else. Some "released" books travel
great distances - across oceans to other countries - who knows where a book you set free will end up. Try it and see!
Classroom supplies - donate items to schools in your area
- iloveschools.com provides a way to find teachers at schools throughout the US who have posted donation requests for specific items
Clothing
Eye glasses
- NJ Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center c/o The Katzenbach School for the Deaf 320 Sullivan Way West Trenton, NJ 08628
or send by U.S. Post Office to: NJ Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center P.O. Box 7263 West Trenton, NJ 08628
- Unite for Sight
- Local libraries often have collection boxes for eye glasses
Hearing Aids
"Stuff" - what to do with other still-useful things you don't want
- freecycle.org is NOT a charity, but you can join for free and visit online message boards
to find someone in your area interested in receiving the items you would like to give away
- Stuff Ya Don't Want offers good recycing information - from afghans to veggie Oil
- Recycle everything possible lists more recycling links
Wheelchairs and other medical items
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