Monday, June 28, 2010

Donate Used Items to Charity to Help Kids in Bulgaria.


Donate used items to charity to help kids in Bulgaria. I have an excess of slightly used items sitting around my house which I would love to donate to charity to help kids in need in Bulgaria. It’s a great thought, but how does one donate used items to charity to help kids in Bulgaria? After all, shipping items to the country, just as shipping items to Ghana, is not a good option because of theft and inadequate postal services. Money is the best thing to donate to get kids the items they need because it can be safely wired, but in times like these, I don’t have extra money. My heart cries out, however, that there must be a way to donate and bless kids with the excess of things we have in this country, for I would rather give to charity than throw away my used items. As I was thinking and praying about this, God began giving me a few ideas of innovative ways to gain a return for these items go help His children. The following gives several ways to donate used items to charity to help kids in Bulgaria.


Donate used items by recycling and use the money for charity! With the recent push to “go green,” what better way to join the movement than to make the good of the environment translate into helping the poor and orphaned kids in Bulgaria? Search online for recycling centers that pay for glass or metal, and announce that you are collecting in your church and neighborhood. Also, look at sites like http://www.cash4cartridgesusa.com to donate old ink-cartridges, and http://www.yourenew.com/ to recycle electronics for cash. It doesn’t cost you anything, and it gives you that extra money you’re always wishing was around to help charities reach kids in places like Bulgaria.

Secondly, a good way to donate used items to charity to help kids in Bulgaria, through getting a return for them monetarily, is to hold a garage sale. Determine before-hand that all the proceeds you make will go towards charity, and promote your sale thus. This will draw more people to come, as well as encourage further spending. People often become willing to spend more if they know that all the cost is going to help kids in need.

Finally, get cash to give to charity to help kids in need by donating used items to places like the Goodwill. True, most second-hand stores do not give money for the things you bring in, but they will give you a receipt you can file and get a tax-rebate from. If you track the taxes that these donations saved you, and use the money you would have had to pay as an offering to help kids in Bulgaria, it’s similar to getting money for those used items to donate to charity. Also, look into high-end second hand stores that actually pay for slightly used, quality clothing. In Seattle area, there’s a place called Plato’s Closet that gives cash for brand-named clothing.

Now that you have a way to get money out of those used items, you can give the aid to the Bulgarian children Changing a Generation supports that you thought was not financially possible for you previously. With a little innovation, it’s easy to donate used items to charity to help kids in Bulgaria, and in Africa, and it doesn’t cost you anything!

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