Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for May 08, 2014
May 07, 2014
May 09, 2014
Transcript:
Holly: Goodwill won't take the exercise machine. Val: Why NOT? It's a nice piece of equipment. Holly: Yeah...they already have a LOT of them... Val: I wonder why?? Holly: Apparently, there's a lot of OPTIMISM in the exercise world.
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ORMouseworks almost 10 years ago
The Salvation Army takes exercise equipment as long as it works…and…there’s always…the Garage Sale! ;)
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Call 1-800-718-7825 and have a donation truck of The Salvation Army pick it up. I know that telephone number because I work as a Salvation Army donation shed attendant. Yes, I’m commenting AND advertising at the same time.
pelican47 almost 10 years ago
The road to Health is NOT paved with good intentions…
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Agreed Holly.
jud03005 almost 10 years ago
Put it on Craig’s List and advertise it as “low mileage”.
paxtonhoag almost 10 years ago
Freecycle it! Offer it up on your local free group.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I worked at a local food pantry sorting donations. It amazed me the amount of long since expired cans, jars, and packaged food people would donate instead of throwing away. If you don’t want to eat the 4 year old stale box of crackers that’s been rotting in your basement pantry, you honestly think someone forced by circumstances beyond their control to shop at a food pantry is going to be grateful to get them? I gave up that line of charity work when I realized how incredibly inefficient it was: people buy the food that was trucked to the grocery store, put it in a bag or barrel to have it trucked to a central processing warehouse to be sorted like so much trash by unpaid volunteers, then it’s trucked to food pantries, where if it goes unsold, it is discarded.
jr1234 5 months ago
Put out on lawn with free sign someone always takes it.
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