Bring some, take some, for free
Tucson-based group sponsoring ‘no strings attached’ meet-ups
The guests have gone, the holiday hullabaloo hushed.
What’s left: stuff. Ribbons. Wrapping paper. And an assortment of misguided gifts and other unwanted items that promise to take up space for the next year, if not forever.
Rather than throw these things away, wouldn’t it be great to give them to someone who could love them – and even get something you truly want in return?
Freecycle.org, founded by Deron Beal on May 1, 2003, enables exactly that.
Beal created the website so that locals could sign up on a list server to unload items or request things they want to find.
Beal says the website he founded in Tucson now serves communities in more than 110 countries, and he expects to reach 10 million participants worldwide this year.
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