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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can donate the instrument, even with it missing a key. There are groups that fix them up and give them to schools with low income students.
Some groups will also clean jackets, call around and see if there are any places where you can donate jackets that just need a bit of work. It might cost you $50 to get that jacket cleaned and mended, but a non-profit might have an arrangement with a company that will do it cheaper.

As you find places who'll take things, make a note of it. So when you go through your clothes, and decide your long winter coat from 6 seasons ago isn't "you" anymore, you already know where to take it.[/quote]

I also have instruments, coats, used waterbottles and stationery! Piles of them collected by my 4 kids and happy to purge. Hope it will give the balance like Marie described!

But the question is Who takes these things? Or do they remain in trash? 
I went to a thrift store the other day, and a lady was returning some coats because the zippers were damaged. The store gave her the refund and then dumped the coats in trash. So obviously, those coats won’t be going anywhere.

So I would also love to know who would take these. I have a pile of nice coats too that maybe have a damaged zipper, a grater sleeve because my dd got t her hand caught while at a playground etc. I had hoped to have mended them but the cost of doing it cost much more than a new coat. I might as well buy a pile of new coats for the shelter for example.

I also have a full cupboard of used waterbottles from all these camps my kids go to or win at tournaments. They are used  but maybe used  during the duration of the summer camp and look decent enough to be used.... like spouts not totally messed up but you can tell they are used. Who would want to drink out of another kids bottle that maybe even have her name written on in marker by camp counsellors!

I find that thrift stores take these stuff but after all the effort of driving it there, sorting it still ends up in the landfill. It ends up being less environmentally friendly in my opinion.

So if someone has a name, let us know!

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