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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a DP. I would love to hear from the PPs what kind of community is built by picking up stuff. Do you chat when the recipient picks it up? Do you contact them directly with other give-aways once you know they have a particular interest?

I'm genuinely asking. I think community is important, I just don't see the mechanism here. [/quote]

I'm not sure how it works, but it does. I don't typically chat with recipients in person because I'm at work during a lot of pick ups, but I exchange messages online. Gratitude posts help build community. There have been messages and posts saying how someone is using something I gave them or a photo of their kid wearing something I passed along. I know who has kids slightly older than mine and who has kids slightly younger than mine. If someone is getting married, having a baby, moving, etc.,  and puts out an ask for stuff, we all dig out stuff they can use (candles, swaddles, kitchenware, boxes, etc). We have a lot of borrowing of large tools or unique items (e.g., a dressform) in my group so that helps build community. I haven't personally done this but there have been people who have attended events together when someone has an extra ticket, people who have sewn/repaired items for people (gift of time/expertise). Stuff like that.  [/quote]

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