Freecycle, a Yahoo community group that offers a way to share your no-longer-needed items with strangers who may need them, and also offers a forum for you to request items for which you might be looking.

“It’s a great organization, and its mission, which is to keep usable items out of our landfills, has both global and local impact,” said Linda Kennedy, who started the Walpole/Norwood/Foxborough/Sharon group in 2004 after moving to Walpole.

She started Freecycling in 2003 when she lived in Watertown; she was dismayed to see a similar group did not exist in Walpole.

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Do you have items you want to get rid of? Like that chair in your living room, a fax machine, or an old door?

Not sure how? Or don’t want to spend money?

If you haven’t heard of Freecycle – it’s a Yahoo group for local residents where they can post items they want to receive, or items they want to get rid of. And everything is free.

“It’s a great way to pass things along to people who can use them,” said Michelle Varela, a Yorktown resident. “For example, I just upgraded my knives at home. I posted on Freecycle that I was offering a set of used knives. Within an hour I had about 10 interested parties.”

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