FROM TRASH TO TREASUE TO CHARITY PICK UP
YOU EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENS TO THE USED ITEMS YOU DONATE OR PUT IN THE TRASH I OFTEN WONDERED SO I ALWAYS TRIED TO GIVE MY USED THINGS TO SOMEONE ELSE IN NEED RATHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER OUT REACH SPRINGS OF TAMPA AT ANYRATE OWNING MY OWN BOUTIQUE ANTIQUE SHOP FILLED WITH OLD BOOKS I COLLECTED USED BOOKS YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED THE THINGS YOU COULD FIND AND ON RARE OCCASIONAS YOU CAN SCORE TREASUE FOR PENNIES AFTER FALLING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS FRACTURED PELVIS HIP MY GOD MY CHURCH CHIOR GATHERED BRINGING YES BOXES DONATIONS BOOKS CLOTHES TOYS ONE CHIOR MEMBERS EVEN VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE MY KINDERGARTENER TO SCHOOL AND BACK HOW BLESSED I WAS THIS IS HOW CHARITY CONTINUES I STARTED PHYSICAL THERAPY VERY NICE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION ALWAYS ARRIVED TO TAKE ME TO APPOINTMENTS PHARMACIES EVEN SHOPPING THIS WAS A BLESSING CAUSE I COULDN'T DRIVE AFTER MY PHYSICAL THERAPY SEVERE PAIN MY ADULT SON CAME TO RELOCATE ME AS I PREPARED I REALIZED HOW MANY BOOKS TOYS CLOTHES COATS SHOES PURSES I COULD NOT CARRY OR PAY FOR THST MUCH LUGGAGE CRUSHED I WAS MY BEANIE BABY COLLECTION I PRIDED HOWEVER THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME BY THE NICE LADY OPENING HER BOUTIQUE SHE HAD TWINS DAUGHTERS ON THE WAY TO COLLEGE SO DID I BUT I ALSO HAD GRANDDAUGHTERS I HELPED HER IN HER SHOP WHILE WALKING TO THE LIBRARY ONE DAY SHE JUST DONATED A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF TOYS TWICE BECAUSE SHE HAD TWINS THE TOYS COVERED THE ENTIRE APARTMENT BUT IT WAS CHARITY NOW HERE I WAS WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THESE TOYS BOOKS SO I BEGAN DONATED TO VETERANS HELPING VETERANS BOOKS SALVATION ARMY CHARITY PICK UP ANY WITH SUCH EASE YOU EVEN GET A TAX RECIEPT TO CLAIM AS DONATIONS CHARITY CONTINUES TO REVOLVE CHARITY I COULD FIND THAT WILL ACTUALLY PICK THE ITEMS UP INSTEAD OF JUST LEAVING THEM ON THE CURVE ALSO MY CHURCH FALL FESTIVALS BUT I STILL HAD MORE AFTER MY SON AND NEPHEW BEGAN MOVING THINGS WE WERE BLESSED A FEW MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION WORKERS THAT DROVE ME TO MY PHYSICAL THERAPY DOCTOR BLESSINGS THEY HAD KIDS NIECES NEPHEWS SO YES I DONATED THE TOYS TO THEM CHARITY FOR HELPING MY SON AND NEPHEW MOVE MY COLLEGE STUDENT INTO HER APARTMENT DOME CHARITY AGAIN AFTER I LEFT THE NEIGHBORS LANDLORD WENT THROUGH MY TRASH FOR MORE TREASURE GOD ONLY KNOWS WHERE IT LANDED IMAGINE SITTING IN THE DENTIST OFFICE IN COMES A MAN WEARING ONE OF YOUR DRESSES THAT YOU DONATED TO CHARITY ANOTHER PERSONS TRASH COULD BE ANOTHER PERSONS TREASURE FROM WHITE ELEPHANT SALES FALL FESTIVALS CHARITY PICK UP OR THE SPRINGS OF TAMPA BAY OR CORNERSTORE IN CHICAGO HOMELESS SHELTER DONATED SO MUCH TO MY FAMILY AFTER MAYOR DALEY ADOPTED MY FAMILY TOYS COATS SHOES BOOTS EVEN A FEW FUR COATS DONATED FROM LAKE FOREST CLOTHES BOOKS GAMES APPLIANCES COOKWARE I DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOP FOR YEARS I WAS GRATEFUL GIFT GIVING DONATING DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN MONEY IT COULD MEAN YOUR TIME HELPING MAKE MEAL CLEAN A ROOM YARD WORK HELPING SOMEONE MOVE WHEN THEY DON'T DRIVE OR DISABLED GIVE USED TOYS CLOTHES WARM BLANKETS YOU NO LONGER USE NEED OR WANT THERE IS A CHILD SLEEPING IN THE SALVATION ARMY WITH PARENTS UNABLE TO BUY NOT EVEN A BEANIE BABY SOMEONE DONATED A COLLECTION OF BEANIE BABIES TO ME TWO OF EACH FROM TWINS I THOUGHT A COLLECTION MAYBE I COULD SALE THEM CHARITY IN TO TREASURE IN THE END I HAD TO EITHER TRASH THEM OR GIVE THEM TO SOMEONE IN NEED BE CHARITIBLE I AM REMINDED OF THE POOR CLARES MOVEMENT I AM THANKFUL AND BLESSED
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